Amaretto Sauce with Homemade Blueberry Pasta: Winner of the Connoisseurs Choice Award

A sweet pasta indulgence for the connoisseur in you. This winning recipe is great for special occasions, parties and to add variety to your traditional Italian cooking.

Give you pasta a colorful kick this Easter season or anytime you are throwing a festive party. Never the same old white pasta on this kitchen table.

Homemade blueberry pasta dough:

1 cup semolina flour    * sub gluten free, vegetable, rice, coconut if you like.
2 tbs. Virgin Olive Oil 
1/2 cup blueberry puree

Blueberry puree:

1 cup blueberries, washed well
2 tbs. pure cane sugar
3 tbsp. of fresh squeezed lemon
Lemon zest 
1/4 cup water
Pinch of cinnamon

Amaretto cream sauce:  You can just keep the dish simple with pasta & classic Olive oil, garlic and Parmesan cheese as well as the sweet desert alternative here.

1/2 cup marscapone cheese
3 splashes of Amaretto liquor    * sub real almond extract
1/2 Blueberry Puree
Mint to garnish

Put the blueberries in a saucepan, cover with water, add the sugar lemon juice and cinnamon. Cook slowly over a medium heat.

Save half of the sauce and berries for the pasta. Mash with a fork or puree with a blender.

Using a food processor to fold the the pasta dough into a solid ball.

Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface. Cut the dough into tagliatelle shaped strips., 
You can wind the dough through a pasta machine if you have one.

Cover dough in plastic and let dry.

Mix the ingredients for the amaretto sauce until smooth and creamy.

Cook the pasta in boiling water until al dente. Fresh pasta takes about 4 minutes.

Serve the pasta with the amaretto sauce and the blueberry sauce.

If you are making this for a birthday party dessert you can use peach half's instead of pasta. Or use baking pie dough recipe for individual pizza pies. Decorate with blackberries, mint & or strawberries & mint.

Valentines Day: Limoncello Blueberry Pie

Lemoncello Soaked Blueberry Pie is a new twist on this classic favorite. Ready to indulge in a sweet slice of blueberry pie with a hint of lemon? Extraordinary pie for Valentine's day. Serve with a kiss. Dip blueberries in melted chocolate and decorate top of pie.

Pie Dough Ingredients: You can make individual pies for special occasions like Valentine's day!

2 cups all purpose flour    substitute: coconut, almond or gluten free flour
t tsp sea salt
2/3 cup real butter    *healthy alternative applesauce, pureed prunes or bananas
5 tbsp of cold water

Filling:
3/4 Pure cane sugar or white sugar
1/2 all purpose flour
pinch of cinnamon
Lemon zest
6 cups of blueberries soaked 2-3 hours in Limoncello  *over night in refrigerator is ideal)
1/4 cup Limoncello
1 tbsp butter  *healthy alternative applesauce, pureed prunes or bananas

Mix flour in bowl. Knead and add water slowly. Make dough into 2 balls. Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate about 1 hour.

Mix topping ingredients in a bowl and spoon into glass pie pan with dough filling. Saving butter to cut slices on top of blueberries in pan. Place pie pan in oven. Cover with foil.

Preheat oven 450 and bake 35-45 minutes at reduced heat 350. Crust should be light golden brown and blueberries should be bubbling. Decorate with real fresh flowers on side of plate and Hersey kiss for special occasions.

Server and enjoy with a cool refreshing class of Limoncello wine spritzer.
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