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Pasta and Bean Soup (Pasta e Fagioli)

Pasta and Bean Soup (Pasta e Fagioli) — a pasta recipe, 8 ingredients, about 180 min.

Serves 6 · 180 min · Pasta

contains gluten

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Ingredients

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  • 1 pound dried white beans
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1 whole clove of garlic, unshelled
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon or more crushed or ground hot red pepper
  • Fresh parsley
  • ½ pound small diameter macaroni (whole wheat is best)
  • Salt to taste

Steps

  1. Put washed beans in salted water (3 parts to 1 part beans).
  2. Soak overnight OR bring to boil, boil 2 minutes and let stand, covered, for 1 hour.
  3. Do not drain beans, but bring to a boil.
  4. Skim off foam and add oil, garlic and bay leaf.
  5. Simmer for about 2 hours, or until tender.
  6. Cook pasta for 6–7 minutes, but don't let it get too soft.
  7. Drain pasta and save some of the water.
  8. Stir pasta and red pepper into beans and simmer until pasta is al dente, adding some of the saved water if necessary.
  9. Garnish with red pepper to taste and parsley.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0