# creamy butter bean and roasted garlic pasta

A creamy pasta sauce made by blending roasted garlic, cherry tomatoes, and protein-rich butter beans.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Difficulty: easy
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 pints cherry tomatoes
- 25 whole garlic clove, peeled
- to taste olive oil
- to taste salt
- 1 to 2 small can butter beans
- to taste pepper
- 1 lb pasta
- 2 tbsp pesto

## Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a small sheet pan with foil and add cherry tomatoes, then make a foil packet with the peeled garlic cloves. Coat everything with olive oil and salt, close the foil garlic packet and roast.
2. Roast in the oven.
3. Blend the roasted garlic and tomatoes with one to two small cans of butter beans with the juices and season generously with salt and pepper until smooth.
4. Cook pasta in boiling water, saving at least 3/4 cup of water before draining.
5. Add most of the sauce to a large skillet along with the pasta and enough pasta water to make a creamy sauce.
6. Stir in pesto.

## Equipment

- sheet pan
- foil
- blender
- skillet

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXcrbRyPurE/
- Creator: Shay Spence
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6288243e-1ddf-47f7-bf31-f028876a214b
- Extracted: 2026-07-26

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