Black Orange Halloween Pasta From Scracth Recipes

HALLOWEEN PASTA

Steps:

• Add 10-20 Drops of Green Food Coloring to the boiling water which you are cooking the pasta inches.
• If you want it more Green, add more food coloring to pasta after you drain it and stir. It will absorb the color and create some darker and lighter strands.
• Melt Butter in a small sauce pan and Add Flour, cook for 1 minute.
• Add Milk and stir/whisk until incorporated.
• Add Salt and Pepper and bring to a boil.
• Stir in Cheese.
• Add 10 Drops or Orange Food Coloring.
• Spoon Orange Cream Sauce over Green Pasta and Sprinkle with Black Sesame Seeds.

BLACK AND ORANGE HALLOWEEN PASTA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in middle.
• Toss squash and bell peppers with garlic, thyme, red pepper flakes, oil, and 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper in a 17- by 11-inch 4-sided sheet pan. Roast, stirring once, until vegetables are just tender and browned in spots, 25 to 35 minutes.
• While vegetables finish roasting, cook linguine in a pasta pot of well-salted boiling water until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water, then drain pasta and return to pot.
• Remove sheet pan from oven and pour reserved water over vegetables, stirring to loosen from pan. Stir in olives, then add vegetable mixture to pasta in pot and toss to combine.

BLACK PASTA WITH SCALLOPS

Steps:

• Bring large pot of salted water to boil and add pasta.
• Cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until al dente, then drain.
• While pasta is cooking, trim muscle from side of scallops.
• Heat oil in skillet over high heat.
• Add scallops and sauté about 2 minutes per side until golden and opaque throughout.
• Remove from skillet and set aside.
• Add whisky to skillet and boil until reduced to 1 tbsp (25 ml).
• Add stock and orange juice and boil until reduced by half, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and whisk in butter.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Toss sauce with pasta and place on four serving plates.
• Nestle scallops on top and sprinkle with chives.
• NOTE: A single malt whisky is too strong a flavour for this dish thus the blended whisky.

BLACK LINGUINE WITH ORANGE AND RED PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a 5-quart kettle bring 4 quarts salted water to a boil for pasta.
• In a 12-inch heavy skillet cook garlic with pepper flakes in oil over moderate heat, stirring, until garlic begins to turn golden. Add bell peppers with salt to taste and cook, stirring, until softened. Add wine and boil, stirring occasionally until almost all liquid is evaporated. Add broth or water and simmer, covered, until bell peppers are tender, about 5 minutes. Pepper mixture may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat mixture in skillet before proceeding.
• In boiling water cook pasta until al dente and drain in a colander. Add pasta to pepper mixture with parsley and toss with salt and pepper to taste over moderate heat until combined well and heated through.
• Divide pasta mixture among 6 small plates and garnish with parsley.

TUNA AND BLACK OLIVE PASTA

Steps:

• Cook pasta, drain and set aside in big bowl.
• Heat 3 tablespoons of the oil in skillet over medium low.
• Add garlic and cook 2 minutes.
• Add capers and olives and cook 3 minutes.
• Stir in parsley and cook 1 minute.
• Remove from heat.
• Add lemon juice, pepper and rest of oil.
• Top the pasta with the tuna and olive mixture.

HALLOWEEN PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook Halloween-shaped and wagon wheel-shaped pasta in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain and transfer pasta to a large bowl.
• Place pumpkin in a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and return pumpkin to pot. Add nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, 1 teaspoon garlic, onion, chili powder, and 3 tablespoons olive oil; stir to coat.
• Toss olives and garbanzo beans into cooked pasta. Add 1/4 cup garlic, Parmesan cheese, 1/4 cup olive oil, and oregano. Toss to coat; top with pumpkin mixture.