# Garlic Lemon Chilli & White Bean Pasta

A quick and delicious high-protein, meat-free pasta dish with a thick, silky sauce made from blended white beans.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 200 g pasta of choice (dry)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 mild red chilli, finely chopped
- 1 jar (570g) cannellini beans, undrained
- 200 g low-fat quark, or similar plant-based alternative
- 150 g baby spinach
- 25 g nutritional yeast, or a little grated cheese
- 1 Zest + juice of lemon

## Instructions

1. Cook the dried pasta according to packet instructions in a pot of well salted water until al dente.
2. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat until hot.
3. Add the garlic and chilli and cook for a couple of minutes until very fragrant but not taking on any colour.
4. Add the cannellini beans with their liquid as well as the quark and bring to a simmer.
5. Once simmering blitz roughly half of the mixture with a hand blender or alternatively mash.
6. Stir through the spinach and allow to wilt, adding a lid if needed to help.
7. Stir in the nutritional yeast and lemon juice until combined.
8. Drain the pasta, reserving a good mug of pasta water and add the pasta to the sauce.
9. Toss the sauce until very well combined, adding the salted pasta water as needed until silky.
10. Taste and season with lemon juice and salt to taste.
11. Top with plenty black pepper and chilli flakes.

## Equipment

- pot
- large frying pan
- hand blender

## Tips

- A cylindrical pasta shape works nicely as the sauce finds its way into each tube.
- If you're half decent with a knife, you can get everything done while the pasta cooks.
- Add the salted pasta water as needed until the sauce is silky.
- Taste and season with lemon juice and salt to taste.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DU579rAjNfo/?igsh=MXV1aGU4MHUwaHYyNA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f0c65563-1be9-4322-8940-32f5e948801a
- Extracted: 2026-02-21

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