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Pasta e Fagioli

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Pasta e fagioli is one of the most popular Italian dishes.

Ingredients•Olive oil: 5 tablespoons•Chopped Garlic: 2 cloves •Tomato puree: half cup•Dried basil ½ tea spoon •Dried Oregano ¼ tea spoon •Boiled Cannellini Beans: 1 cup•Elbow Macaroni boiled: 1 ½ cup•Fresh Parsley ½ cup •Salt pepper: as per taste•Grated Parmesan cheesePreparation: Soak the beans for 3 to 4 hours. Boil the beans with simple water and drain out the water. Then boil the elbow macaroni and drain out the water. If you could buy tomato puree then it is good, otherwise boil tomatoes and blend the boiled tomatoes to make the puree. Heat the olive oil. Stir fry the chopped garlic until sauté brown. Add the tomato puree and oregano, basil, salt, pepper. Cook it for 5 minutes. Then add boiled beans and again give time to cook and to soak the tomato and taste in the beans. 5 minutes will be good enough to cook beans. Add the boiled elbow macaroni and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. In serving dish, put the Pasta e Fagioli and toss it with 1 table spoon olive oil. Add the grated Parmesan cheese and sprinkle parsley. Delicious Italian Pasta e Fagioli is ready to eat. Hope you enjoy this quick to cook but delicious taste recipe.