First of all, prepare the beetroot pasta: blend the beetroot with the egg until you obtain a smooth puree, add it to the flour and work quickly until you obtain a homogeneous dough, which you will wrap in cling film and leave to rest for at least 20 minutes at room temperature .
Prepare the egg pasta: combine flour and eggs in a bowl and work until you obtain a homogeneous dough, then wrap with cling film and let this rest too.
Prepare the filling intact: combine the beetroot, ricotta, parmesan, salt and pepper in a blender and blend until you obtain a smooth cream.
Pour it into a piping bag and keep it in the fridge, so you have it ready to use as soon as the pastry is ready.
At this point comes the most complex part, that is, preparing the pastry, which must be made of alternating strips of normal and pink egg pasta.
Take the loaves again, then take them one at a time, remove the film, flatten them on a lightly floured work surface and pass them through the pastry maker, starting from the thickest thickness and decreasing the thickness at each step, until you obtain a thin sheet (but not too much, it will go thinned again at a later time).
Proceed in the same way with the second dough.
From each of the 2 sheets, cut long, thin strips, equal to each other (you can use a smooth-bladed knife or a roller to cut the pappardelle, you see).
Arrange the strips on the work surface alternating colors, then flatten them lightly with a rolling pin to start making them stick, then pass them through the pastry maker to obtain a uniform and thin sheet (you can go up to the penultimate thickness).
Finally, arrange the filling on the ready pastry, in the shape of a candy cane, fold the pastry on itself to cover the filling and create the ravioli using the appropriate mould.
Boil the ravioli for 5-6 minutes in lightly salted boiling water, drain them and season them to taste: I used a tasty mix of butter flavored with salt, pink pepper and wild fennel, in order to make the appearance of my candy cane even more more Christmassy.
The candy cane ravioli are ready, all you have to do is bring them to the table and amaze all your guests.
