Beet Pasta Sauce
Another delicious way to include vegetables within your pasta is with this easy Beet Pasta Sauce. Tender beets blended with creme fraise, feta cheese, sautéed onion, and garlic until smooth is perfect for any type of pasta.
Ingredients
- 2 medium beets peeled, cooked, and chopped.
- 2 yellow onions chopped ( you can also use red onions, shallots or green onions)
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 cup creme fraiche (or greek yogurt)
- ½ cup feta cheese
Instructions
- Sauté onions and garlic in a large pan over medium heat until they are soft and translucent.
- To a high speed blender add the cooked onions and garlic, cream fraiche, feta cheese and beets (make sure they are well cooked and chopped before you add them to the blender, because otherwise you might have a difficulty blending them).
- Blend on high until the sauce is smooth and creamy.
- Serve over freshly cooked pasta, optionally top it with crumbled feta cheese or freshly grated parmesan cheese.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 274kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 7gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 67mgSodium: 355mgPotassium: 404mgFiber: 3gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 603IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 230mgIron: 1mg