# Pasta e Fagioli

This Pasta e Fagioli is a warm hug in a bowl \u2014 hearty beans, tender pasta, and all the BEST pasta Fagioli you\u2019ll ever make! EVER! 
Perfect for chilly nights, family dinners, or anytime you want to feel like you\u2019re dining in a little trattoria in Rome.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 can peeled tomatoes
- 6 pieces bacon
- 1 chopped onion
- chopped garlic
- crushed red pepper
- garlic powder
- salt
- cracked black pepper
- olive oil
- flour
- water
- 1 can rinsed cannellini beans
- Pecorino Romano
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cans rinsed cannellini beans
- 1 pound ditalini
- basil
- finishing oil

## Instructions

1. Add 6 pieces of bacon to a pot and render the fat.
2. Add San Marzano whole peeled tomatoes to a bowl.
3. Crush the tomatoes by hand.
4. Add one chopped onion to the pot with bacon.
5. Add chopped garlic to the pot.
6. Add crushed red pepper to the pot.
7. Add garlic powder to the pot.
8. Add salt to the pot.
9. Add cracked black pepper to the pot.
10. Add olive oil to the pot.
11. Stir everything together with a wooden spoon.
12. Add flour to the pot.
13. Whisk everything together in the pot.
14. Add water using the empty tomato can to measure.
15. Whisk again.
16. Add one can of rinsed cannellini beans to the pot.
17. Mash the beans with a potato masher.
18. Add the crushed tomatoes to the pot.
19. Add water to the tomato bowl to get all the tomato out and add it to the pot.
20. Cut a hunk of Pecorino Romano cheese.
21. Pop the Pecorino Romano cheese hunk into the pot.
22. Add two bay leaves to the pot.
23. Let the mixture boil uncovered for about 30 minutes.
24. Add two cans of rinsed cannellini beans to the pot.
25. Add one pound of ditalini pasta to the pot.
26. Cook until the ditalini are al dente.
27. Drop in some fresh basil.
28. Serve the pasta e fagioli in a bowl.
29. Grate Pecorino Romano over the pasta e fagioli.
30. Drizzle with finishing oil.

## Equipment

- pot
- bowl
- whisk
- potato masher
- knife
- grater
- spoon

## Tips

- Let it boil uncovered for about 30 minutes until it reduces by about 1/4.

## Source

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- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3b2982b8-9bf8-49fa-894e-84065195e464
- Extracted: 2025-10-04

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