Ditalini with Chickpeas and Garlic-Rosemary Oil

Name: Ditalini with Chickpeas and Garlic-Rosemary Oil
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 850 grams chickpeas, rinsed; 1 medium carrot, peeled, cut into 1 pieces; 1 celery stalk, cut into 1 pieces; 454 grams ditalini or elbow macaroni; 118 milliliters flat-leaf parsley leaves; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh rosemary; 6 servings Kosher salt; 118 milliliters olive oil, divided; 1 medium onion, quartered; 0 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes; 2 Tbsps tomato paste; 6 garlic cloves, 4 whole, 2 chopped

Ditalini with Chickpeas and Garlic-Rosemary Oil is a vegan main course. One portion of this dish contains roughly 18g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 588 calories. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have chickpeas, pepper flakes, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. Chickpeas, Rosemary & Garlic, and Restaurant Style Garlic and Herb Bread Dipping Oil.

Instructions

Pulse onion, carrot, celery, whole garliccloves, parsley, and red pepper flakes ina food processor until finely chopped;transfer to a small bowl and set aside. Wipeout food processor bowl and set aside.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Parsley

Carrot

Celery

Onion

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Food Processor

Bowl

Heat 1/4 cup oil in a large heavy pot overmedium heat; add reserved vegetablemixture, season with salt, and cook, stirringoften, until golden, 8-10 minutes. Stirtomato paste and 1 cup water in a small bowlto combine; add to pot. Cook, scraping upany browned bits from bottom of pot. Bringto a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until liquidhas almost evaporated, 5-8 minutes.

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Water

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Pot

Add chickpeas and 2 cups water to potand simmer for 15 minutes to let flavorsmeld.

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Chickpeas

Water

Transfer 1 cup chickpea mixture tofood processor; purée until smooth, then stirback into sauce to thicken.

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Chickpeas

Sauce

Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot ofboiling salted water, stirring occasionally,until al dente.

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Pasta

Water

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Pot

Drain pasta, reserving1 1/2 cups pasta cooking liquid.

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Pasta

Add pasta and 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquidto sauce and stir to coat. Increase heat tomedium and continue stirring, adding morepasta cooking liquid as needed, until saucecoats pasta.

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Pasta

Sauce

Heat remaining 1/4 cup oil in a small saucepanover medium-low heat; add choppedgarlic and rosemary and cook until sizzlingstops, about 1 minute. Divide pasta amongbowls and drizzle with garlic-rosemary oil.

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Rosemary