# New Years Day Pasta Fagioli

A hearty one-pot pasta fazool for New Year's Day, featuring bacon, San Marzano tomatoes, cannellini beans, and ditalini pasta.

- Total time: 41 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

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

## Instructions

1. Render the fat from six pieces of bacon on medium heat.
2. Crush whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes.
3. Add one chopped onion, chopped garlic, crushed red pepper, garlic powder, salt, a lot of cracked black pepper, and olive oil to the pot.
4. Once the bacon is rendered to your liking (not too crisp), sprinkle flour over it and whisk like crazy.
5. Pour the whole can of water into the pot and whisk again.
6. Add one can of rinsed cannellini beans and mash them with a potato masher.
7. Add crushed tomatoes and water to get all the tomato out of the can.
8. Cut a hunk of Pecorino Romano and add it to the pot.
9. Add two bay leaves.
10. Let it boil uncovered for about 30 minutes.
11. Once it's reduced about 1/4 of the way down, add two more cans of rinsed cannellini beans.
12. Add one pound of ditalini.
13. Cook until the ditalini are al dente, about 11 minutes.
14. Add a little bit more salt to layer the flavors.
15. While it's still boiling, drop in some fresh basil.
16. Serve with more Pecorino Romano and a drizzle of finishing oil.

## Equipment

- pot
- whisk
- potato masher

## Tips

- Don't want bacon too crisp, fatty and fabulous is desired.
- Mash some of the cannellini beans with a potato masher for thickening, no need for a blender.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-02-27

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