Pasta Fagioli

Name: Pasta Fagioli
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cans borlotti or cannellini beans; 200g ditalini; 4 slices pancetta, diced; 1 can crushed tomatoes; 4 cups chicken broth; 3 cloves garlic; 1 sprig rosemary; parmesan rind for depth; olive oil to finish

Thick Italian pasta and bean soup built on rosemary and smoked pancetta. Mashing one can of beans into the broth before the rest go in is what thickens the soup from within, giving it that classic hearty body without any added cream.

Total time

50 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfortsoup

Ingredients

2 cansborlotti or cannellini beans

200gditalini

4 slicespancetta, diced

1 cancrushed tomatoes

4 cupschicken broth

3 clovesgarlic

1 sprigrosemary

parmesan rindfor depth

olive oilto finish

Instructions

Cook pancetta; sauté garlic.

Mash one can of beans. Add both beans, tomatoes, broth, rosemary, parmesan rind.

Simmer 20 min. Add pasta; cook until al dente.

Remove rind; drizzle olive oil; serve with grated parmesan.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

116

Protein

5.4g

Fat

Carbs

4.2g

Fiber

1.1g

Sodium

1136mg

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