Healthy and Delicious: Pasta e Ceci

Name: Healthy and Delicious: Pasta e Ceci
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 822 grams garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed; 411 grams diced tomatoes, with juice; 177 milliliters ditalini or other small, tubular pasta; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 liters low-sodium chicken broth; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling; 237 milliliters chopped onion (1 medium onion); 85 grams pancetta, chopped; 79 milliliters freshly grated Parmesan, for garnish; 1 large fresh rosemary spring; 1 teaspoons salt; 4 fresh thyme sprigs; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter

Healthy and Delicious: Pastan e Ceci might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 29% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 29g of protein, 34g of fat, and a total of 677 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up canned tomatoes, olive oil, garbanzo beans, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Wrap the thyme, rosemary and bay leaf in a piece of cheesecloth and secure with kitchen twine to make a sachet.

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Bay Leaves

Rosemary

Thyme

Wrap

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Kitchen Twine

Cheesecloth

Heat the olive oil and butter in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat.

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Olive Oil

Butter

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Sauce Pan

Add the onion, pancetta and garlic and sauté until the onion is tender, about 3 minutes.

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Pancetta

Garlic

Onion

Add the broth, beans, tomatoes and herb sachet. Cover and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then decrease the heat to medium and simmer until the vegetables are very tender, about 10 minutes. Discard the sachet.

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Vegetable

Tomato

Beans

Broth

Transfer 1 cup of the bean mixture to a blender and reserve.

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Blender

Add the ditalini to the soup pot, cover, and bring the liquid back to a boil. Boil gently until the pasta is tender but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Puree the reserved bean mixture until smooth, then stir the puree into the boiling soup. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

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Ground Black Pepper