Creamy pasta and beans is a classic of Italian cuisine.
This pasta with beans recipe combines the creaminess of legumes with the perfect texture of pasta, creating a nutritious, genuine, and flavorful dish.
If you are looking for a quick bean pasta as creamy as grandma’s, this is for you: few ingredients, little time, and an irresistible result.
In some areas, it is called in dialect pasta e fasul.
Perfect for serving on cold winter nights, creamy pasta and beans warms your heart.
With this quick bean pasta, pre-cooked beans are used, and the pasta is cooked directly in the soup, achieving creaminess in no time.
Eating it means choosing a simple, healthy, and complete recipe, capable of combining flavor and nourishment in a single dish.
It combines carbs and vegetable proteins, is rich in fiber, keeps you full for a long time, and beans are rich in magnesium, iron, and antioxidants.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4People
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients for creamy pasta and beans
- 1.06 oz onion
- 1.41 oz carrot
- 1.41 oz celery
- 3 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- 14.11 oz pre-cooked borlotti beans
- 7.76 oz ditalini pasta
- 1.06 cup tomato sauce
- 3 cups water
- to taste fine salt
- 2 potatoes
Tools
- 1 Pot
- 1 Blender
- 1 Chopper
- 1 Wooden Spoon
Steps for creamy pasta and beans
Recipe for pasta and beans.
If you use dried beans, soak them overnight in plenty of water.
For the canned pasta and beans recipe, you don’t need this step since they are already pre-cooked.
Peel the onion and carrot, remove the strings from the celery, and wash them under running water.
Chop them with a chopper
In a pot, pour the extra virgin olive oil and the chopped vegetables
and sauté for two to three minutes, stirring occasionally
Add the beans and let them flavor for two minutes
the tomato sauce
and the water and potatoes and cook for about twenty minutes. With the potatoes, it’s grandma’s pasta and beans recipe, the best in my opinion.
Remove the potatoes and one-third of the amount of beans and place them in the bowl of a blender and blend them until smooth. Pour it into the sauce
and mix.
Add the pasta and cook to al dente. Turn off the classic pasta and beans recipe and let it rest for 5 minutes. If you like it more liquid, add a little more water.
A quick pasta and beans to serve hot.
Storage
Creamy pasta and beans can be stored for 2-3 days at most. Transfer the pasta and beans to an airtight container only after it has completely cooled.
Tip: if you plan to store it, cook the pasta very al dente, as it will absorb more liquid during resting and may become overcooked.
You can store only the beans with the sauce and add the pasta when reheating, so the texture remains perfect.
You can freeze : let it cool completely and place it in single-serving containers or freezer bags.
Then thaw it in the fridge for 8 hours or reheat on low heat, adding some water or broth.
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FAQ (Questions and Answers)
What herbs can I use to flavor the pasta and beans recipe?
You can add to the sauté
Rosemary (classic with borlotti beans)
Bay leaf (gives a more intense fragrance)
Sage (in small quantities)
Fresh parsley (to add at the end of cooking)What spices can I add to pasta and beans?
You can add
Freshly ground black pepper
Sweet or smoked paprika (for a warm note)
Fresh or dried chili pepper (for a “pasta and beans Neapolitan style”)
