Quick and creamy delicious pasta and beans, the best pasta and beans ever made, and it’s quickly prepared in just one pan, ensuring maximum efficiency and minimal waste, including gas and water. For the recipe, we use canned Borlotti beans, one can is enough for 2 people, but if you want to use dried beans, you can do so easily, just soak them the night before, like all beans, and cook them in the morning, after at least 12 hours of soaking, with a couple of bay leaves, a clove of garlic and a bit of fennel seeds, with plenty of water until cooked, then proceed with the recipe. I cook everything in a pan, I find that it results in a dish richer in flavor; I start with the beans, to let them absorb the flavor of the garlic and olive oil, a bit of chili if you like, and to make the dish more flavorful I often add a mixed mince of celery and carrot, then simply extend with water for the pasta cooking, in the end, it results in a truly delicious dish, as if we had prepared a good vegetable broth. I deliberately did not use cheese, bacon, sausage, or anything else to have a good vegan dish, rich in flavor and complete. Prepare it with me and you’ll see you’ll love it. If you don’t want the vegan version, you can add some crumbled sausage, minced meat, diced bacon, or guanciale, even shrimp work great.

- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Inexpensive
- Preparation time: 25 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Fall, Winter, and Spring
Ingredients for Quick Pasta and Beans
- 5 oz mixed pasta
- 8.5 oz canned Borlotti beans
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 chili pepper
- to taste olive oil
- to taste salt
- to taste tomato paste
- 1/2 carrot
- 1/2 stalk celery
- 1/2 onion
Tools to Prepare Quick and Creamy Delicious Pasta and Beans
- 1 Pan
- 1 Chopper
- 1 Ladle
- 1 Strainer
Steps to Prepare Quick and Creamy Delicious Pasta and Beans
Place a bit of olive oil in a non-stick or aluminum pan, add one coarsely chopped garlic clove, add chili pepper, whole or chopped, if you want a spicier dish. Heat briefly, then add a mince of celery, carrot, and onion, just a bit, if finely minced is better, but knife-chopped works too. Let it sauté on low heat.
Open the canned beans, rinse them thoroughly in a strainer, and add them to the pan, let them soak up the flavor for a few minutes. Add a little salt, crush the beans slightly with a wooden spoon, then add about 24.5 oz of water, also add the tomato paste, and bring to a boil.
Once boiling, add the pasta and cook on low heat, covered. If it gets too dry, add a little more water, bit by bit to keep it boiling.
When the pasta is cooked, turn off the heat, let it rest for a minute in the pan, and then ready to serve, if you like, add a bit of chopped raw parsley. If you have digestion issues, use some fennel seeds and a bay leaf.