Quick Pasta E Fagioli Food

PASTA AND BEANS: PASTA E FAGIOLI

Steps:

• Heat a deep pot over medium high heat and add oil and pancetta. Brown the pancetta bits lightly, and add herb stems, bay leaf, chopped vegetables, and garlic. Season vegetables with salt and pepper. Add beans, tomato sauce, water, and stock to pot and raise heat to high. Bring soup to a rapid boil and add pasta. Reduce heat to medium and cook soup, stirring occasionally, 6 to 8 minutes or until pasta is cooked al dente. Rosemary and thyme leaves will separate from stems as soup cooks. Remove herb stems and bay leaf from soup and place pot on table on a trivet. Let soup rest and begin to cool for a few minutes. Ladle soup into bowls and top with lots of grated cheese. Pass crusty bread for bowl mopping.

QUICK PASTA E FAGIOLI - OLIVE GARDEN

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in large pot.
• Drain any grease.
• Add remaining ingredients except pasta and bring to a boil.
• Turn heat down to low and simmer for 20 minutes (or more as desired).
• Adjust amount of liquid by adding additional beef broth if needed.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Add cooked pasta and heat through.
• Serve with parmesan cheese.

EASY PASTA FAGIOLI

Steps:

• Saute garlic, onions, celery and carrot in olive oil until tender. Add tomatoes, beans and spices. Add 2 cups water and tomato paste. Bring to a boil, taste a small amount and adjust seasoning to taste. Add pasta (I use shells) and cook for about 15 minutes more until pasta is cooked through. Top with fresh basil and parmesan cheese.
• This is so yummo served with fresh homemade bread.
• When you reheat this for left overs or lunches, you may have to add a little water, because the pasta absorbs the liquid.it is still yummy though.
• A Note, When I am in a hurry, I use a mixture of onions carrots and celery "mirepoix" available in the freezer section of most grocery stores).

EASY PASTA FAGIOLI

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Saute carrot, celery and onion until soft. Add garlic and saute briefly. Stir in tomato sauce, chicken broth, pepper, parsley and basil; simmer for 20 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ditalini pasta and cook for 8 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Add beans to the sauce mixture and simmer for a few minutes. When pasta is done, stir into sauce and bean mixture.

QUICK PASTA FAGIOLI

Steps:

• Saute garlic in oil in 10" Skillet or Dutch oven with at least 2 Qt capacity, until garlic is lightly browned.
• Remove garlic and discard.
• (I prefer to use chopped garlic and leave it in after browning).
• Add chopped carrot, onion and celery; saute until they begin to color, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add rosemary and tomato paste.
• Add beans with their liquid, chicken broth and water.
• Simmer uncovered, 2 minutes.
• Add pasta, stirring to distribute ingredients evenly.
• Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 8 minutes or until pasta is al dente firm, but tender.
• (*With the 8 to 10 oz. of pasta, I cook for about 16 minutes).
• Remove pan from heat.
• Let stand, covered 10 minutes.
• Add salt, if necessary.
• Combine cheese and parsley in small serving bowl.
• Stir vinegar into soup, and ladle into warmed soup bowls.
• Serve with cheese-parsley mixture.
• *Note-I chop the vegetables in my blender, I prefer them more finely chopped and not too coarse.
• Plus it's a real time-saver!
• MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS: Reduce rosemary to 1/2 Tsp Combine garlic and oil in 4 Qt casserole.
• Microwave, uncovered, at full power for 2 minutes.
• Remove garlic, add carrot, onion and celery.
• Microwave, uncovered, for 3 minutes.
• Add rosemary, tomato paste, undrained beans, chicken broth and water.
• Cover.
• Microwave at full power for 14 to 16 minutes or until boiling.
• Stir in pasta.
• Cover.
• Microwave at half power for 12 minutes.
• Stir in vinegar.
• Add salt, if necessary.
• Let stand, covered, 10 minutes.
• Serve with the cheese and parsley mixture.