# Chickpea Cream Sauce Pasta

This is a simple and flavorful pasta dish featuring a creamy chickpea sauce, popular with both kids and adults.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

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

## Instructions

1. Roughly chop half of an onion as it will be blended.
2. Smash and peel two whole cloves of garlic.
3. Add the chopped onion, olive oil, and garlic into a pot.
4. Add a sprig of rosemary to the pot.
5. Add a pinch of salt to the pot.
6. Add chickpeas with their liquid to the pot. If using canned chickpeas, use the liquid from the can. If using homemade chickpeas, use the bean broth or chicken/vegetable stock.
7. Add some dried chili flakes to the pot.
8. Simmer the mixture for about 20 minutes until the onions and garlic are soft and not browned.
9. After 20 minutes, fish out the rosemary from the pot.
10. Pour the mixture from the pot into a blender and blend on high until smooth.
11. Pour the blended sauce back into a pan.
12. Cook the pasta in boiling salted water.
13. Add Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese to the sauce and mix well.
14. Add a squeeze of lemon juice or red wine vinegar to the sauce.
15. Transfer the cooked pasta directly into the sauce in the pan.
16. Mix the pasta with the sauce and finish cooking it directly in the sauce.
17. Plate the pasta and finish with some of the sauce.
18. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.

## Equipment

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

## Tips

- If you don't have chickpea broth, use chicken stock or vegetable stock.
- The lemon juice or red wine vinegar will lift the dish.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1NkY47sx5D/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/63693124-1ceb-4818-acb9-08f286b9b313
- Extracted: 2025-08-25

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