It Sparkles!

The daughter of some friends of ours was celebrating a birthday in January, and I wanted to do something special for her.

I made seven batches of pasta (the plain, or 'mother' dough not shown) in a variety of colors, and turned them all into thin strips. Oh, and the doughs had corresponding edible glitter!

On sheets of plain dough, I laid the colored strips, in rainbow order.

These sheets then got rolled by hand, then run through the sheeter many times, and cut into wide strips.

They, in turn, were cut into smaller pieces (with a fluted rolling cutter).

And turned into butterflies!

Sparkly Rainbow Butterfly Birthday Pasta, for a very special little girl. 

Blog Party #44 is coming soon!  We're checking our pantries and cupboards for hidden (read: forgotten!) ingredients, and coming up with appetizers and drinks to share - from a safe distance!