Pasta e Fagioli

Serves 2
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Directions

  1. 1Bring the pot on a medium high heat.
  2. 2Go in with a good drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
  3. 3Go in with the soffritto and cook it for 10 minutes.
  4. 4Add a pinch of salt.
  5. 5Make a little flavor bomb with parsley, rosemary, and sun-dried tomatoes.
  6. 6Chop them all together, really nice and fine.
  7. 7Add the chopped mixture to the pan.
  8. 8Add some tomato paste.
  9. 9Go in with vegetable stock and the beans.
  10. 10Cover with a lid and cook for 10 minutes.
  11. 11Take half of the mixture and blitz it until nice and smooth.
  12. 12Add the blitzed mixture back to the pan and give it a good stir.
  13. 13Go in with the pasta (orecchiette, casarecce and gnocchetti) and cook it until dente.
  14. 14Taste it and season it.
  15. 15Finish with a good drizzle of olive oil.

Ingredients

  • 1 carrot
  • 1 celery
  • 0.5 onion
  • 2 sun-dried tomatoes
  • 300 g tin borlotti beans
  • 1 level tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 500 ml vegetable stock
  • 10 g parsley
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Fine sea salt
  • 150 g pasta mista (mixed short pasta)
  • soffritto

Equipment

potlidpan

Tips

  • To get a creamy texture, take a few spoonfuls of the sauce and blitz them before adding this back to the sauce.
  • Cooking pasta directly in the sauce releases starch and makes it even creamier.