Italian Pasta and Beans (Pasta Faggioli)
photo by Dawn F.
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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8 cups
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 1 cup ditalini or 1 cup elbow macaroni, uncooked
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
- 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed (white kidney beans)
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 cups water
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese or 1/4 cup locatelli cheese
- 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh parsley
directions
- Cook pasta as box instructs, in boiling salted water.
- While pasta is cooking, heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat until hot.
- Add onion, carrot and celery and cook for 15 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.
- Add garlic and cook one minute more.
- Add beans, tomatoes, salt, pepper, and water and heat to boiling over high heat.
- Reduce heat to low-med heat and simmer, uncovered for 20 minutes.
- Stir in drained pasta, cheese and parsley and cook until heated through.
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Reviews
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Hey Karen--this is great! Easy and fast to throw together. I used tubettini noodles, love those! and realized I didn't have any celery, so I tossed in some celery seed. Also tossed in a bit of italian seasoning. We loved it. Served with garlic bread on the side. Thanks for another easy, delicious recipe!
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This was delicious and just perfect for what I had in mind. I substituted Great Northern beans for the cannellini beans because thats what I had in my cupboard. I also boiled the elbow macaroni in vegetable boullion. Also, with the addition of salt and pepper I added a tablespoon of Italian seasonings. And after the first 15 minutes of simmering I added a mixture of 2 tablespoons of corn starch and a tablespoon of water to thicken the sauce a little. I know it sounds like I completely changed the recipe, but it really was delicious. Thanks so much for sharing Karen!
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Very easy and healthy. Dianne, perhaps it was too salty b/c you subbed the chicken stock for the water. I was tempted to do the same thing, but used water and it came out fine. In fact, I added a bit of garlic salt, as well as some Italian seasoning b/c it did need a little bit of flavor. Also, b/c I had some time to let it simmer a little longer, I skipped the first step and went straight to the browning. Then once I got everything simmering, I threw in the pasta and let it all cook together. One less pot and step and no having to wash the strainer--I hate that! Also, didn't have elbow macaroni, but I did have leftover lasagna noodles, so I just crumbled those up into bite size pieces and it turned out great!
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Delicious and sooo easy -- perfect for a busy week night supper when you want something hot and fast! I didn't have any celery so I used 2 carrots instead, a large can of tomatoes instead of the small can indicated and the whole box of macaroni (12 oz) without any problems. We served these with Herb Biscuits recipe#68959 for a scrumptious easy-to-put-together weeknight meal. Thanks Karen for sharing this wonderful pasta dish. This will be a regular at our house!
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