Easy Pasta Fagioli Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat until hot.
• Add onion and garlic to oil.
• Sauté for 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
• Stir in tomatoes with liquid, chicken broth, beans, parsley, basil and pepper.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered for 10 minutes.
• Add pasta.
• Continue to simmer, covered for about 10 minutes or until pasta is tender.
• Garnish with freshly grated Parmesan cheese if you desire.

Steps:

• In a large heavy pot, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Stir in onion and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in garlic, celery, and carrots and cook for 3 minutes. Add dried basil, oregano, and red pepper flakes and toss to coat. Stir in tomatoes and stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. If necessary add an additional cup of stock or water and stir in beans and tiny pasta. Simmer for 6-8 minutes or until pasta is tender. Stir in parsley and serve hot with grated Parmesan and ground black pepper.

Steps:

• Wrap the thyme, rosemary, and bay leaf in a piece of cheesecloth and secure closed with kitchen twine. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and butter in a heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, pancetta, and garlic and saute until the onion is tender, about 3 minutes. Add the broth, beans, and sachet of herbs. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat, then decrease the heat to medium and simmer until the vegetables are very tender, about 10 minutes. Discard the sachet. Puree 1 cup of the bean mixture in a blender until smooth*. Before putting the puree back into the soup, add the macaroni and boil with the lid on until it is tender but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Return the puree to the remaining soup in the saucepan and stir well. Season the soup with ground black pepper and red pepper flakes.
• Ladle the soup into bowls. Sprinkle with some Parmesan and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil just before serving.
• *When blending hot liquids: Remove liquid from the heat and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Transfer liquid to a blender or food processor and fill it no more than halfway. If using a blender, release one corner of the lid. This prevents the vacuum effect that creates heat explosions. Place a towel over the top of the machine, pulse a few times then process on high speed until smooth.

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add broth, tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, onions, celery, carrots, beans, oregano, pepper and pepper sauce., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 30 minutes. Add pasta and parsley; simmer, covered, until pasta is tender, 10-14 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Cook the celery, carrots, onion and garlic until they're tender.
• Stir the broth, Italian seasoning and tomatoes in the skillet. Heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 15 minutes or until the vegetables are tender-crisp.
• Add the pasta and beans and cook for 5 minutes.
• Place half of the broth mixture into a blender or food processor. Cover and blend until smooth. Pour the pureed mixture into the skillet. Cook over medium heat until the mixture is hot.

Steps:

• In a saucepan, saute onion and garlic in butter and oil. Add broth; bring to a boil. Add pasta; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until pasta is tender. Add the beans, tomatoes, spinach and salt. Cook 5 minutes longer or until heated through. Serve with Parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat; saute carrot, celery, and onion until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic and saute until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir vegetable juice cocktail, chicken broth, parsley, basil, oregano, and black pepper into vegetable mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup for 20 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook ditalini pasta in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. Drain.
• Stir cannellini beans and ground beef into soup; cook and stir until soup is heated through, about 10 minutes.
• Spoon about 1/3 cup pasta into each serving bowl; ladle soup over pasta.

Steps:

• Heat oil in 4-quart Dutch oven over medium heat until hot. Add onion and garlic and cook for 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
• Add undrained tomatoes, undrained cannellini beans, chicken broth, parsley, basil and pepper to Dutch oven and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Let boil for approximately 1 minute and then let simmer for 10 minutes, covered.
• Add pasta to Dutch oven and simmer approximately 10 to 12 minutes or until pasta is tender. Serve immediately and enjoy.

Steps:

• Drain the beans and bring to the boil in a pan of salted water. Cook for 10 mins, drain, rinse and put in a slow cooker with the onions, carrots and celery.
• Stir in the olive oil, garlic, stock, tomatoes, half a can of water and the miso. Tie the herbs together with kitchen string and add these as well. Season. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hrs, until the beans are cooked through and all of the veg is really tender.
• Remove and discard the herbs and stir in the pasta. Cover and cook on high for another 30 mins. Add the cavolo nero stalks and leaves and cook for a final 30-40 mins, or until the pasta is cooked through and the greens are tender. Serve scattered with the cheese and drizzled with a little more olive oil, if you like.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook celery, onion, garlic, parsley, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, and salt in the hot oil until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in chicken broth, tomatoes and tomato sauce, and simmer on low for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add pasta and cook 10 minutes, until pasta is tender.
• Add undrained beans and mix well. Heat through. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top.

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• 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).

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.

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• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until beef is no longer pink and onion is tender; drain. , Transfer to a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the broth, tomatoes, beans, carrots, cabbage, celery, basil, garlic, salt and pepper. Cover and cook on low until vegetables are tender, 7-8 hours. , Stir in pasta. Cover and cook on high until pasta is tender, about 30 minutes longer. Sprinkle with cheese if desired.

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.

Steps:

• Sauté whole garlic, fresh rosemary shallot and carrot in some olive oil until soft.
• Then add tomato sauce, mix and add half of the cooked beans. Now add vegetable stock and bring to a boil.
• Add your pasta and make sure it's submerged. Add more if it absorbs too much. Cook for 10-12 minutes (check the package). When the pasta is al dente. turn the heat on high so some of the water evaporates (it should not be too much like a soup, but it should be creamy).
• At this point add the blended beans and mix to combine. Remove whole garlic and rosemary. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Serve.

Steps:

• Saute garlic and onion in olive oil in a large frying pan.
• Add sausage and chop into small pieces. When browned transfer to a large pot.
• Add the two cans of tomato sauce, the beans, the water, basil, salt and pepper.
• Stir and bring to a boil. Turn the heat to med low when it begins to boil and continue cooking for about 30 minutes stirring occasionally. If u want it thicker cook for about 2 hours or to your required thickness.
• When done, pour over cooked pasta.
• Sprinkle with parmasean cheese and if you like it a little spicy add crushed red pepper.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat and fry the onion, celery and carrots for 10 mins until lightly golden. Add the garlic, rosemary and bay and fry for a minute more.
• Add the stock and chopped tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Tip in the Napolina cannellini beans, bring back to a simmer and cook for 5 mins. Roughly mash with a potato masher to break up some of the beans (or pulse once with a hand blender) - this will thicken the soup slightly. Season well.
• Add the pasta and cavolo nero, then simmer for 4-6 mins more until the pasta and greens are tender. Taste for seasoning, then remove and discard the rosemary sprigs and bay. Serve the soup in warmed bowls with a drizzle more olive oil and a grating of parmesan.