|  | The red pasta that I usually buy is made with chili peppers, which is why it is 
spicy.  I have also made this at home.  I have the large dried red chilies, 
which can be found at lots of gourmet shops.  My recipe uses 3 peppers, 2 eggs,
2 cups flour (+ or -), and a touch of oil (<tbsp)
I tear up the dry peppers, discard the stems, and set the seeds aside.  Soak the
peppers in a little hot water (just enough to moisten everything, you don't want
to cover them).  Next put the water, soft peppers, eggs and oil into a blender.
Add about half the seeds to get hot, more for hotter, less for milder, pasta.
Blend until pureed.
Mix this with the flour, adding more or less flour to get the consistency right.
I mix the dough in a food processor, starting with 1.5 cups flour, and adding 
last half cup or more to adjust the consistency.
By the way, the dried red peppers look almost black, but the pasta will be a 
pretty red color.
			-JP
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|  |    I'd like to recommend opening up the breadth of this topic (and maybe
   the title too) to consolidate recipes for making all types flavored
   pasta instead of just the tomato pasta.  I looked through the related
   pasta notes (and pasta maker notes), and while there are hints of
   flavored pasta in several places, there isn't one central place for
   this.
   
   So... presuming that this recommendation is accepted, here goes...
   
   Any recommendations on good combinations for making flavored pasta?
   Any recipes for dessert pastas (fruits, chocolate, etc)?  I guess this
   might include hints on how to serve dessert pasta too...
   
   Any hints for how to handle the ingredients when trying to find
   something new to mix in?  
   
   Any recommendations for what to avoid?  
   
   Any recommendations on differences in all this info relative to
   automatic versus hand-cranked pasta makers?  No, not another note on
   pasta makers, just differences between types relative to making
   flavored pasta (consistency, add-ins, mixing hints, etc).
   
   Thanks,
   
   - Tom
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|  |    Well, since I said in the previous entry that other notes hinted at
   making flavored pasta, I thought I'd consolidate the entries down and
   post them here.  btw, these are interesting, but I am still looking
   for new and exciting stuff to make.
   
   fwiw, I've tried substituting tomato juice for water in pasta recipes,
   and the other day I tried making fetuccini with cooked asparagas.
   From 3808.7 RANGER::PESENTI
   ... Also, I like to make flavored pastas, and once in a while I get a
   small chunk of shiitake mushroom or chili pepper in the pasta dough.
   With an extruder, this would cause a major clog.  I would take the
   extra step of passing the flavoring thru a fine seive before blending
   it in the dough. ...
   From 3808.28 BULEAN::ZALESKI
    ... Shrimp with lemon pepper pasta, tomato flavored pasta, spinach
   pasta in a cold salad with Vegs. Green Red and yellow pasta for salads
   (use tomato for red color and carrot for the yellow or orange pasta)
   etc. Made garlic pasta, regular flour pasta and we also used semolina
   for a richer pasta all with sauce. ...
    
   From 3808.38 SMURF::CCHAPMAN
    ... The variety is unlimited.  Use combinations of flours (my
   preference is 1/2 white flour, 1/2 farina), with eggs or without,
   different flavored oils.  Add vegetable juice instead of water and you
   may make anything from tomatoe flavored pasta -- to lemon. There are
   even those (on the infomercial) that make chocolate pasta. ...
   From 3808.39 BULEAN::ZALESKI 
    ... The stuff you put in pasta is flour, eggs, oil, water and
   sometimes alittle salt. You can substitute any juice for the water and
   the oil is good quality olive oil, you can use veg. oil like crisco
   oil. A typical batch for 6-8 people is about 2 cups of flour, 2 eggs,
   oil and water. They use a special measure. Two measures of flour, 2
   eggs and 2 T of oil and fill with water or juice to the full batch
   mark. You can use tomato, spinich, carrot, alittle orange or lemon, a
   little worstershire, soy in with the water or as a substitute. The egg
   can be low colesteral (sp) or egg substitute. You can add pepper white
   or black, other spices. I have tried white flour, semolina, whole
   wheat, rye or parts of each. ...
   From 3808.41 HOTLNE::CORMIER
   ... Oh, you can make all kinds of cool pastas.  I make all of mine by
   hand, simply because it's therapeutic for me, but you can experiment
   with super-protein flours, different grains (finely ground),
   substitute pureed spinach or tomato paste for some of the liquid, etc.
   ...
   From 2967.24 DTIF::RUST
    ... Red Pepper Pasta (serves 8)
    
    2 large red bell peppers, halved and seeded
    1 c. water
    3 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
    2 eggs
    1 T. olive oil
    1 tsp. salt
    
    Cut the peppers into 1-inch pieces. Place in a 2 1/2-quart saucepan
    with 1 cup lightly salted water and bring to a boil over medium high
    heat. Lower the heat and simmer until all the water has evaporated,
    about 45 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes, then puree in a food processor
    fitted with a metal blade. Refrigerate, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
    
    Prepare the pasta dough by placing 3 cups flour on a clean, dry cutting
    board or similar work surface. Make a well in the center, add the eggs,
    cooled pepper puree, olive oil, and salt. Using a fork, combine the
    eggs, pepper puree, olive oil, and salt. When thoroughly mixed, begin
    to work the flour into the center, a small amount at a time. When
    enough flour has been added so that you can handle the dough, begin
    kneading by hand. Knead the dough by hand until all the flour has been
    incorporated, about 10 minutes. Cover the dough with film wrap and
    allow to relax at room temperature for 1 hour. ...
    
   From Note 2967.31 TNPUBS::MACKONIS
   ... The lemon pasta reminded me of some flavors I recently saw,
   blueberry, licorice, raspberry -- what types of sauce would compliment
   these flavors?  I assume that these are considered some type of
   dessert pasta?? ...
   From Note 2967.36 VALKYR::RUST 
   ... I got experimental last night and made some borage fettucine.
   (Borage is an herb that tastes vaguely of cucumber, and produces lots
   of sky-blue, star-shaped flowers with a similar taste.) I used just
   the flowers, hoping to get a blue-ish pasta, but didn't have enough;
   it came out as plain-old-pasta with little blue bits in it, and a very
   subtle difference in flavor. If I try it again, I'll use heaps more
   flowers, and save a few for garnish. ...
    
   From 2967.37 FORTSC::WILDE
   ... wow!  great flavor for a pasta salad base - mild basalmic
   vinegarette, blanched carrot matchsticks, baby pear tomatoes (red and
   yellow), and some sweet red pepper matchsticks and artichoke bottoms,
   sliced into matchsticks...some sweet vidalias...mmmmm....some fresh
   sourdough bread maybe some sliced, grilled chicken breast over the top
   of the salad...  yup.  nice dinner.
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