# Chickpea Cream Sauce Pasta

This is a simple, healthy, and flavorful pasta dish with a chickpea cream sauce that is a take on Pasta e Ceci.

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

## Ingredients

- 0.5 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- olive oil
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 1 pinch salt
- chickpeas
- dried chili flakes
- Parmigiano Reggiano
- 1 squeeze lemon juice
- tagliatelle pasta
- 1 little sprinkle parsley

## Instructions

1. Roughly chop half of an onion.
2. Smash and peel two whole cloves of garlic.
3. Add the chopped onion, garlic, and olive oil to a pot.
4. Add a sprig of rosemary.
5. Add a pinch of salt.
6. Add dried chili flakes.
7. Cook the onions and garlic for about 10 minutes until soft and not browned.
8. Add the chickpeas with their broth into the pot.
9. Bring the mixture to a boil and then simmer for about 20 minutes.
10. After 20 minutes, remove the rosemary sprig from the pot.
11. Transfer the mixture to a blender and blend on high.
12. Pour the blended sauce back into a pan.
13. Add tagliatelle pasta into boiling salted water.
14. Add Parmigiano Reggiano cheese to the sauce.
15. Mix the cheese into the sauce.
16. Add a squeeze of lemon juice to the sauce.
17. Add the finished pasta directly into the sauce.
18. Mix the pasta into the sauce and finish cooking it directly in the sauce.
19. Plate up the pasta.
20. Finish with some of the sauce.
21. Garnish with a little sprinkle of parsley.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- pot
- blender
- pan
- tongs

## Tips

- If you don't have chickpea broth, use chicken stock or vegetable stock.
- The lemon juice lifts the dish.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNLo4iixvAE
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4b6ff24f-5d1b-4459-b09a-2516e61d7f95
- Extracted: 2025-11-17

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