Prejudices are one of those things that in a civilised society, you don’t want to admit that you have but of course, being human you inevitably do. You prejudge people because your brain tries to sort out friend from foe using a sample size of those you have met or read about. They’re not always correct, of course, many people defy prejudices or stereotypes. After all stereotypes are meant to be broken by personalities and individuals.
Rainbow bow pasta-sourced from unicorns (or the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne)
As I set this down in front of Mr NQN I said “Don’t be put off because of the colour”. I could tell there was slight alarm on his face when he saw how pink and colourful it was. He has a natural aversion to pink things and the suspicion was written all over his face. Until I explained that the pink was from beetroot, the colourful pasta was one that we had bought in Melbourne and not supplied by unicorns and the sauce contains delicious amounts of cream, gorgonzola and jamon serrano.
The sauce is really a cinch, made up in a matter of minutes with a total of four ingredients plus a touch of oil and is perfect for any Breast Cancer dinners or lunches you may be hosting or participating in or Spring lunches. It is absolutely delicious and has a balance of salty from the jamon serrano which I was saving from my lovely Brookvale Meat Supply delivery, sweetness from the roasted beetroot and richness from the cream and gorgonzola. I cannot stress how delicious this is. Don’t feel like you need to source this rainbow pasta from passing flying unicorns to make this dish, regular bows will do.
So tell me Dear Reader, you can tell me, what prejudices do you have? 
Rainbow Pasta
Serves 2
For sauce
- 2 beetroot bulbs
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 30-50grams gorgonzola (to taste)
- 150ml/5 fl. ozs cream
- 1 slice of jamon serrano (you can use prosciutto for this too)
1. Firstly roast the beetroot. In a 180C/350F oven roast beetroots for 1 hour. I know it seems silly to roast two tiny beetroot for such a long time. I’d suggest roasting a whole lot of them and then using them in salads. Try and find the smaller ones as they are less woody. Set aside.
2. Cook the pasta according to directions in plenty of salted boiling water. Drain.
3. In a small saucepan on low to medium heat, add a teaspoon of oil and crumble the gorgonzola in and cook it stirring all the time so that it doesn’t catch on the bottom of the pan (it will slightly but don’t worry). Add the cream and heat this up on medium heat and keep stirring until the gorgonzola has melted into the cream. Add jamon serrano and beetroot.
4. Place pasta in a bowl and pour sauce over.
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That is such a gorgeous looking pasta Lorraine!
PINK RAINBOW PASTA! (Faints with pure giddiness)
That looks delicious! The gorgonzola here in Italy is wonderful, as is the prosciutto and jamon. We are spoilt for choice at the local supermarket. I think this is the perfect place for me to try this.
this dish sounds so good and looks really pretty!
Wonderful! Beetrot is so delicious and versatile.
Cheers,
Rosa
It IS pretty, Lorraine!
And the sauce sounds so creamy and delicious. 
I’m afraid I’m quite prejudiced against mushrooms, oh yes, and liver. Thankfully I’ve overcome my antagonism towards olives and they are now dear friends. 
It’s a beautiful color, Lorraine… just pops off the page at me. Prejudices??? Well it was mutton and kidneys and, well mutton wasn’t nearly as bad as I remembered it from childhood –kidneys– still no go, but hey… used to be I hated beets, now I love them!
I love your unique looking pink pasta!! I must taste that special sauce,..I must!
I’ve eaten red, black, green pasta but pink few times just in creamy pink sauces and never in a rainbow of colors! Liked how you broken the food rules..ops my last post..
All the best,
Gera
I just had a delicious beetroot and gorgonzola pasta in Italy – amazing. This looks equally good! Well done on convincing Mr NQN
oh my – I bet this tasted as ‘pretty’ as it looks!!!
Very pretty and perfect as you said if you are hosting a Breast Cancer lunch.
My prejudices – anything offal!!!
Not sure about this one, certainly can be used for a good cause and undoubtedly delicious but I am certain that all I could think about is chugging Pepto Bismol while eating said dish.
rainbow pasta wow
Oh. My. God! Wow they look great! Its like the perfect girly dish I love it!
Do they do other colours and shapes??
Great one, I’ll definitely try it. Sounds like something Heston Blumenthal would play around with.
Happy dance…I have a backyard full of beetroot! This is perfect, although I’m with Mr NQN, the stripey pasta made my eyes open wide as well..hehe
Oh, if only I could get my hands on some beetroot! My heart skipped a beat when I saw that the pasta was stripy!
Love this post. I love beetroot with pasta, but I’ve only ever grated it in to a pasta salad. I’m definitely trying this (and as luck would have it I noticed this brand of pasta in our local fruit shop last week!).
Jamon Serrano! Beetroot and gorgonzola! Gorgeous looking colour! I’m in!
Hmmm, my tutorials this week are about racism and prejudice, so this post is both apt and about a faaaar different topic! I wish I could just get my students to discuss food prejudices
Im jumping on the offal prejudice bandwagon. And chicken feet/duck feet, etc. Just cannot do it
Lovely pink pasta, perfect for a Breast Cancer lunch!
Heidi xo
OMG, how gorgeous does that look? And it contains one of my fave ingredients – beetroot!
This reminds me so much of one of the episodes of Forever Summer by Nigella where everything she cooked was pink! Brilliant!:) This dish looks fantastic, can’t wait to take a stab at it!:)
I’m always so tempted to buy rainbow pasta when I see it…now I know what I’ll do with it!
It looks like such a romantic meal with that pretty shade of pink!
Hmm…this does look a tad strange to me…but I am fascinated by the colorful stripped pasta. Something I would most likely buy if I were at that market…
Such an amazing colour! Pretty in pink indeed. Now I’ve got that song in my head, you know the one?
such beautiful pasta must be delicious!
Oh so pretty!
I’m very prejudiced in favour of chocolate
After eating Ya Ya’s blue bread, I’m not sure that I have any prejudices left! Oh wait! I absolutely refuse to eat DURIAN!
NQN
My youngest daughter is known in the fam as “The Pink Thing” (all things pink are her obsession). Her next birthday dish has been found – can’t wait to see her face!
Prejudices – tripe and brains, Blech!!
How pretty!Hmm, I just happen to have some gorgonzola at home too! I have no food prejudices but do have a problem with bad spelling and grammar and yes I am a pedant,hehe!
I didn’t see that at the markets this weekend! Jealous.. now I want to look for pretty bow pastas’ too!!!
Hate potato in every form!
Very pretty and super cool rainbow pasta. I do love the idea of unicorn food suppliers, magical, I think they would do great trade at my house.
What pretty pasta!!!
I’ve got to admit it – I’m not a pink fan.. but this pasta looks yum!!! I love beetroot… and jamon (and prosciutto as well!), and gorgonzola in pasta sauces tends to be yummy (except for one I tried, which was just wrong on so many levels!)… Don’t know if anyone in my household would go for this pasta but me though, unfortunately
Beautiful looking. And heck, it even might get little girls to eat more veggies since they all do love pink.
Prejudices? Hmm, let’s see…. that it is pink and beautiful and sweet. So I would think, judging from the first glance, this is like a very delicious but sweet dessert made from bow pasta..
Sawadee from Bangkok,
Kris
OMG!! These look amazing, I love that they are PINK!
This looks like a real Heston dish! I try not to have predjudices, but I am a very suspicious person by nature.
im all for stepping away from plain everyday pasta and this just takes the cake!
I really do hope that no unicorns were harmed!
Im predjudice against people that count calories. There – i said it out loud
Today a co-worker asked me why we have so many pink folders.. I replied ‘because I order the stationary and I like pink’. Maybe I should make this and bring it in for lunch, just to drive the message home! Looks amazing!
I’ve been eyeing out that rainbow pasta for ages!
I am prejudiced against offal and organs of any kind. My mind is too freaked out to eat them without gagging!
That is the most divine looking pasta dish. It is visually amazing, and if it tastes as good as you say then it must be a real winner, I loved your suggestion for a breast cancer dish. It is absolutely perfect. I can’t wait to try this one.
It’s very pretty, but I would have preferred to use plain pasta with this sauce, cause like this the rainbow colours of the pasta are hidden under the pink sauce. They could have been paired with something else that could show off their pretty colours
Wow! That is the perfect Pink Ribbon dish – well done!
awww such cute pasta – who wouldn’t fall in love with it!
I love beetroot dishes so this one is definitely on the menu next week. We have been touched by breast cancer in our family and friends so we will think of them while we enjoy such a colourful dish. Lorraine, do you know where to get the pink pasta in NSW? Is Unicorns the place?
Love, love, love jamon serrano and gorgonzola and the combination of the two even more. Great analysis of prejudices.
This beetroot colour looks stunning!
It is so girly gorgeous! Perfect for us! But husbands, not so much. But that sauce – gorgonzola and serrano? Wowee delicious! And this is perfect for Pink October Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
Gosh… I must walk past it so many times at QVM and never notice rainbow pasta! Blind I must be.
This is too funny! I can imagine my horror too if honey served me up something pink. I tried for months to convince her to get a red kitchenaid instead of her pink one.
My prejudices are with colourful deserts = bad colourings… Thank goodness there are more natural options around.
Such a pretty pasta! I love the pink color and the sauce sounds excellent!
I clearly have pink prejudices because I was quite alarmed at first seeing this as well!
I won’t start to discuss the rest of my prejudices, we could be here all day
I love all thingsss pink and would love to enjoy this one in my pink bowl!!
Delicious pretty recipe, i wonder if i’ll find the rainbow pasta here:-)
Ok if i make it maybe!!
So beautiful , it looks scrumptious!
umm for me, vege.
The pink pasta is gorgeous!
These are soo adorable. Though I would have cooked those adorable ones as is so that the stripes would show through, and probably use it in a dessert somehow
Colorful, girly colors = desserts for me
I like the way this pasta looks. It is inviting. I do not care for beets though and not much into red meats at all. There are wonderful things to make to eat that may give the pink color. Not sure I can top this.
We’re almost ready for Halloween week at the Pond!
I’d love to try those. My prejudices are offal, mass-produced meat pies and sausage rolls (I make my own, for who knows what is in the bought ones), and colours and preservatives. They send my kids crazy, so I avoid them wherever possible. (The colours, not the kids…hehe)
Ooh, I love this! My hubby is slowly getting used to the pink that is enveloping his house… and there’s more to come with my little girl on the way!
So very pretty Lorraine, any little girl would eat this in a heartbeat (not that adults won’t).
Kind of a shame that the beetroot sauce slightly covers the pretty rainbow colours of the pasta
Hi NQN!
LOVE your blog, have been reading it for ages and your recipes are delish
I’m looking for Jamon for another recipe (having a tapas night at my place) and wondering where you got yours from. I can’t seem, to find it anywhere!
Your help would be much appreciated!
Alexandra
P.S. if you don’t mind, could you tell me how much it was also?
I missed Melbourne and I agree that Victoria market is one of a kind. The things I like Melbourne, again because of the greenery of the botanical garden, the tram and the old architecture. I wish to go back there with the whole family, and I miss my university, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. I miss lots of things
It’s pink and stripey! Cute and delicious too- I love beets!
This is beautiful. I’ve seen these cute stiped bows over here in the states, and have always wondered what to do with them. It’s so you. I did two hours of non-stop zumba at a zumbathon that raised money for breast cancer tonight. I deserve to eat that pasta!:)
Awwe pretty in pink. Looks wonderful, but it is a shame that the beautiful candy stripes of the bow tie pasta got a little lost.
Teee heeee
I love the stripey pink pasta. Gotta get me some of that..
Hahaha poor Mr NQN, not only did he have to deal with pink, he had to deal with bows! You are too mean
I do love the hot pink though and I make a similar beetroot salad that comes out a phenomenal hot pink, but it’s all natural! 
Interesting. Love those mince…so nicely moulded
Thanks very much for sharing.
Lorraine, this was delicious! There are two of us and I’m glad I made it according to recipe. We’d have eaten it all again if I’d doubled it. Had a wonderful merlot/cabernet mix w/ it. Num, num, num! Thanks a bunch.
Oh wow! I’ve never seen pasta like this before- it’s so pretty. I want some!! haha…
And the pink of the beetroot just makes it that little bit prettier =)
Yay for pink!! Such a pretty dish.
Yum, I love all of the ingredients so I’d love this dish.
Don’t like Offal in any shape or form
i feel like i can be honest with you, lorraine, and tell you that i find the color of the sauce a little off-putting. it sounds delicious though, and the pattern on the pasta is awesome. you do some unique things, milady.
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