Homemade Beet Pasta loses color when cooked

I love making homemade pasta, and I've been making the beet pasta for a while (I use this recipe here http://natalieparamore.com/homemade-beet-pasta/). When I make the pasta, it gets a beautiful dark red color, like the pictures from the recipe; however, when I cook it, it loses most of it's color, and turns into a pink pasta, instead of the dark red. Is there a way to avoid this, or reduce the loss of color? Something I can add to the recipe, a different way to make it, or something I can do before cooking the pasta? Thanks

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Best Answer

You could use commercial food coloring. I wouldn't tell, and it wouldn't take much. I use this brand for baking, I'm sure it would be fine in pasta:

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Do beets lose color when cooked?

Boiled Beets Carefully wash any dirt off the beets, taking care not to break the skin, roots or crown. If the skin is broken, the color of beets will be lost and they will look a dull pink after cooking.

How do you make beetroot Coloured pasta?

Peel beets and pur\xe9e with a hand-blender or food processor until smooth. To Make the Dough: On a large, clean work surface, pour flour in a mound. Make a well in the center about 4 inches wide. Pour whole egg, egg yolks, beet pur\xe9e, and salt into well and, using a fork, beat thoroughly.

What makes pasta colored?

Black pasta (pasta nera) is coloured with squid or cuttlefish ink, which turns it black. Green pasta (pasta verde) is coloured with spinach. Purple pasta (pasta viola) is coloured with tomatoes or beets. Red pasta (pasta rossa) is coloured with carrots.

How do you make natural blue pasta?

For blue dye: Add 1 teaspoon baking soda to 2 cups purple dye. Stir until dissolved. For green dye: Mix 1 cup yellow dye and 1 cup blue dye. Pour each dye over each bag of pasta and allow pasta to soak for 30 minutes to 2 hours.