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Pasta e fagioli, the quick and creamy Italian recipe that combines pasta with beans

Traditional peasant recipe: pasta and beans is an inexpensive, convenient and delicate meal that should be prepared in autumn ...
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You Should Cook Your Pasta in Leftover Bean Broth

Bean broth contains a ton of starch, and starch is the key to creamy pasta water that emulsifies into a silky sauce. For a country that could fit inside the state of Nevada, Italy seems ...
The New York Times

This Easy Pantry Meal Puts Dreamy Pasta and Beans Front and Center

These two hardworking ingredients are at their best in this weeknight meal, laden with chile, lemon and garlic. By Melissa Clark Whenever I decide to cook straight from the pantry, one of two things ...
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Pasta with ricotta cream and fava beans

To prepare the pasta with ricotta cream and fava beans, first, put a pot with plenty of salted water on the stove to cook the pasta. Shell the fava beans (1) and transfer them to a saucepan with water ...
TwinCities.com

Easy pantry meal puts creamy beans and pasta front and center

Whenever I decide to cook straight from the pantry, one of two things usually results: pasta or beans. No matter how fetchingly the other long-term tenants of the larder beckon (I see you, tinned fish ...