How to make Pasta Fagioli - Cara Di Falco - Cara's Cucina
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2017
- Recipe here: www.caradifalco.com/blog/2017/...
The epitome of poor man's food. Pasta & beans. Pasta e fagioli. Or, as it has come to be known here in the North East, pasta fazool (I cringe to write that). Whatever you call it, however you make it - it's an easy, quick and delicious dinner. Perfect for a chilly weeknight! Buon Appetito! - Навчання та стиль
People stop moaning how she made it u can make it how u want she can’t please everyone it’s not a joke she made it just like my mum as she was from Naples that’s exactly how u make it it will b very tasty u don’t need meat with everything it’s really good of her to share her recipe brilliant work u will always get negative people keep going
My relatives always talked about how italy was a manly a poor country, cooking was often what you had or could get.
To me the beauty of Italian cooking is a recipe is just a suggestion.
Yes almost every region of Italy has a different recipe. Even in my Italian American family in jersey we have different styles we do things!
My Irish friend made the best Pasta Fazule ever!!! And didn't even know it!!!! He just called it macaroni& bean soup. !!!! Personally,,, he can call it whatever he wanted to, all I cared about was another bowl. !!!! Hahaha. ! 😎✌✝💕🇮🇹
Good food is good food! Good company makes it better 😊
Pasta Fagioli ... another of my favorites! Thank you, Cara!!!
This is the most simple, authentic recipe that I've found Thank you so much.
Thank you so much!
Made this soup and my husband loved it. It reminded him of his nonna making it. I'm Italian and learned how to cook at a early age of 7. Since then I've been cooking away.
YAY! I'm so happy you guys liked it! Yes! Me too! Cooking since I was a kid!
@@CaraDiFalco hi, could you do a good fresh minestrone please. Love that stuff with fresh bread as a winter warmer but could do with an authentic recipe. I find family recipes are always best when it comes to any dish so if possible please post a good minestrone. You know what your doing so waiting with a growling stomach! !.
@@CaraDiFalco please. So. In this recipe are the pepper flakes.chilli peppers?
@@geoffedwards-tb4kp already got one for ya! ua-cam.com/video/0Oafb9OEBjk/v-deo.html
@@geoffedwards-tb4kp yes, they're typically labelled red pepper flakes in the stores.
thanks Carla for sharing. my mom came from abbruzzi and they always added celery and carrots to the onions and garlic. yours looks delicious too,
It looks super good I'm going to have to try this.
Oh Cara mia, moltissimi grazie e ti voglio bene bella ragazza! Ho trovato con te qui sopra, la recipe come maggiamo quando eravamoi studenti in 1973 nella mensa in Universita della Agricultura in Napoli, Portici in Italia! Quest' ora la faccio precisamenent come tu dalla tus recipe! Scusatemi per i miei italiani, ma devi ricordare che hanno passato di molto da 48 anni. Of course I speak much better English (almost like my mother language), but I wanted to talk to you with the language of your ancestors in order to refresh mine and my memories also, and I salute you together with my wife from my hometown, Trikala, Greece where we live. ♥♥♥
Your 'recipe' is the REAL DEAL!
Thank you!
Thanks Cara, I've been making my yearly soup list and this is a must try..
Ty so much, Cara. Finally found, I can tell this is how my Mother made it. She was a great cook, family from Naples, however I was shooed away from taking part of cooking and preparation. "Go practice your piano!" But I remember glimpses, and of course the dish - mmm the flavor. My Mom would sometimes drop in at end a couple of her yummy meatballs. Will be checking out your other videos. Grazie!
@Diane, my mum is from Amalfi!! She's 90 now and not so good on her feet that she can't do one of the things she loved to do. Stay safe and well
Marvellous, quick, delicious, easy-to-follow - Thanks!
My partner is Abruzzese and her family have a similar delicious recipe of this, i fell in love with this dish the first time i had it. It's a very regular dish for us in the winter, delicious hearty and inexpensive...just don't forget the crusty bread!
🙌🙌🙌 yum! Definitely can't forget the bread!
Made it today and it was the best pasta Fabiola I have ever had. Thank you so much!
Thank YOU! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Made it for my family.. 12/28/22. It was awesome. Very simple recipe, added homemade sun-dried tomato bread. Thanks Cara!
Yum! Sounds delish! I'm so happy you enjoyed it!
WILL BE MAKING THAT SOUP LOOKS DELICIOUS THANK YOU FOR SHARING
Patricia Crosson my pleasure! I hope you enjoy it!
My mom always added some chicken or beef broth. And sometimes she made it with bacon instead of pancetta. Which I loved. She also put some parsley in it. And this soup was so good that I can live off of it. She passed away 2018 and my sister and I are dying for it so I think it's time to make it.
Aw I love that!
Thank you for sharing your recipe. I was happy to see the genuine simplicity of it. Very similar to the way I was taught in a restaurant owned by a family from Abruzzo. It was made to order with cannellini, ditallini, a bit of red sauce and chicken stock. Very much like yours. Far too often this peasant dish is overdone in regard to ingredients and technique. Authentically, it’s nothing to fuss over which is what makes it so good! Saluté!
Thank you so much!! Grammy would be happy to hear it!!
Salud!
All peasant food is tasty. My Mam and Nana can cook something good from next to nothing. Even the inexpensive cuts of meat they have recipes for that.
Exactly! I specifically was looking for this type of pasta fagioli! Without meat! Simple like many Italian pasta Fagiolis I’ve had! I’m from jersey and whenever I got to an Italian restaurant I’m so happy when it’s this type of pasta Fagioli and not the other darker kind full of meat and stuff! I love the simplicity!
I really enjoy watching you cook I appreciate your level of skills and love you on QVC too
Thank you so much!
I believe that how my mom made it but she used red beans and the rind of the cheese, pinch of red pepper flake too! Ty.
That's how we pronounced it in Bklyn! One of my fav dishes
Thank you I really enjoyed your common sense video, because it showed all the possible ways you can adjust it to your own taste!
Joseph Valenti thank you for watching!! My goal is to encourage people to cook at home, and that means making food YOU love!
You cook just like my gram and our family. Love it!! Grandma used to use Great Northern beans but I think I’d like the cannellini beans better. Yum. Gotta make this.
This was MY Gram's recipe! ☺️😍
Looks great and fast to make
It's both for sure!
I love this it was very delicious. Thank you
Thank YOU!
This looks like the easiest thing ever to make! I think I'm making this this weekend with some crusty bread😊
It is! And that's exactly what I would serve it with! Winter perfection!
Hi Cara, Your recipe is EXACT to my Mamma's from Sicily! Other's add so many unnecessary ingredients - your resume is the REAL DEAL!! (and OREGANO!) Thank you.
Aw thank you SO much!! I love when recipes resonate! And I love hearing how others do things!
This light colored pasta fagioli is hard to find! I specifically was looking for this recipe! I’ve been to a few restaurants in my life that make it this way. I like it better then the darker color pasta fagioli with beef and veggies. This one is simple and delicious!
This is a very good video! Very informative and entertaining! I am gonna try this recipe for sure!
I’ve been down the UA-cam rabbit hole looking for the perfect recipe for pasta fagioli, and I ended up using a mix of multiple channels. There is sooo many different ways to make this, I can’t complain. I ended up making my own veggie stock a few days prior. Made a sofrito (rough chopped carrots, celery, onions), garlic, olive oil, tomato paste, canned cannolini beans, and an Italian seasoning blend. Next time I’ll add a ham hock or some prosciutto to to the sofrito. Or maybe crisp up a good quality prosciutto separately and add it at the end for texture, like adding bacon bits to baked potato soup. I puréed one of the cans of beans with a little stock in a blender and added it to thicken and cream the soup. Pro tip .... I cooked the pasta separately in a half water half stock blend. Then once the soup was cooked to my liking I poured the hot soup into a bowl of the cooked pasta then added freshly grated pecorino Romano cheese and it was bliss. Cooking the pasta separately in the stock/water blend adds the flavor to the pasta while also allowing the soup itself to be frozen and able to sit for a few days or so in the fridge without making the noodles soggy. Just cook the pasta as needed if you’re not going to eat all of the soup at once.
Love all of this! And yes! There are as many versions of this dish as there are Italian grandmothers in the world! 😂
@@CaraDiFalco Indeed. I’m planning a trip to Italy next year. Being single it helps to make big batches of soups, stews, chili, etc., and freeze them in small portioned bags and take out what you want when you want.
The red pepper is a must ! Nice job ! Making this weekend ! Cant wait ! Have to have some garlic bread too !!! 😁🖒🇮🇹💕
Michael Mendillo haha my husband always adds extra red pepper!!! Hope you enjoyed it!!
@@CaraDiFalco Oh TY !!!! I certainly will !!! Love your channel ! I come from a long line of Italian cooks ! So tbat is a Big High Five for you !!!! 😁✌🕇💕🇮🇹
@@michaelmendillo4614 Thank you so much! I love our little cooking community we've got going on here!
@@CaraDiFalco Absolutely !!! God Bless for sharing with us all !!!! It is truly an act of love on your part to share these wonderful recipes, and helps make the world a better place !!!! There are still many good people in this world ! 😁✌🖒🕇💕💕💕🇮🇹
You are wonderful. ❤So enjoy your cooking and really miss seeing you on QVC.
Hello - that looks healthy and delicious! In my region of Puglia the only other ingredient we always add to this dish is celery. Since I moved back to the US, I have gotten in the habit of sautéing a little bit of bacon with the onion, garlic and celery. Just another way of making it!
Eliza Dolittle love that! It sounds delicious! I love all the little ways people can personalize their food!
that sounds like minestrone!
Amazing! Love your channel ❤️
Thank you
Put in Garlic sauté for a little bit. Add the Cannellini beans and cook for 5 - 10 min. Add 4 Oz of tomato sauce cook for 5 min. Add water. About half a cup or more. Add the Ditalini for the pasta and stir. Similar to cooking risotto. Add more water if needed. Salt pepper and fresh basil leaves. From Naples and this is the way we make it. Your version is very close and I am sure very delicious.
Sounds delicious!
Nice and simple I will give it a try, thanks
David Harvey yes!! This is one of those classic dishes that doesn't take a lot of work!
Great verbal explanations and instructions. Just subscribed to your channel.
Thank you SO much!! 😁
Excellent Recipe Thank You!
Thank you!
The perfect comfort food! My favorite way that my mother would do was when she used pork and beans 😋 also she would add some dandelion and that was great also.
I love you. Good luck. I love your way of cooking. My mom did it the same way. When she wasn’t in the mood to use raw beans. I’ll share you. Thanks 😊
Thank you Connie! Yea this dish is individual down to the household! Thank you for watching!
Yes my Grandma made it with the leftover pasta sauce. She used red kidney beans. Our Italian family called it Pasta fagiola! Your version here is very simple just like what I'm used to. Only thing I do is add a little bit of basil and parsley as well as the oregano. I enjoyed your video. Others I've seen put too much in it. Why all the vegetables? We're not making minestrone. I never considered this dish to be a soup in the first place. Pasta fagiola is pasta and beans in a light creamy broth.
Great recipe
YO, DI FALCO!!!! Awesome job.
Looks delicious luv, grazie mille ♥
E R grazie!! I hope you enjoy it!
yummy! best recipe i found 😍😍
Thank you so much! ❤️
Mmmmm.. looks delish!❤
Thank you!!
@@CaraDiFalco You're welcome!❤
Actually ditalini means literally little thimbles and cannellini beans are kidney beans - there are red, pink and white kidney beans and all of these are cannellini beans. Your dish looks delicious. The method you use to prepare it is different from mine, but it looks hearty and inviting. I normally add celery to my pasta e fagioli. In my region of Italy celery was always added to pasta e fagioli.
Nice and old school soup 🍜
Hi Cara. I just subscribed to your channel because of the way you made this dish. It's exactly the same as I do it which is also the way my mother and grandmother made it. One exception is that we use butter beans instead And yes we use leftover pasta sauce. Keep up the good work as I look forward to seeing many more of your videos
Thank you so much! I'm so happy you liked the dish! I always love to hear about how other people do things! Variety is the spice of life after all! ❤️
Substitute for haricots if you can't stand them is diced potato added closest to serving time. A little pancetta con Parmigiani formaggio....stupenda 😘👌
I love it. Sooo..easy.
Thank you!
Awesome! Great video and recipe.
Thank you so much!
Yum, it's like a hug in a bowl.
Pretty much! lol
That looks absolutely delicious
Thank you! We always enjoyed it!
It SERIOUSLY is but every Italian's mother had their own recipe: mine was no different!! Started with in a LARGE saucepan gently frying chopped garlic, making sure not to burn it, then add chopped fresh tomatoes and chopped bacon, stirring and frying further. Add 1litres of freshly boiled water, add in a knuckle of pork, add more water if needed to cover, bring to the boil, then cook on low heat for an hour: remove as much of the meat, cutting into small pieces, add the bone and meat back into the pan. Add two cans BORLOTTI beans and cook for another 30 mins, removed rest of meat from the knuckle, adding to the pan again. We liked small shell shaped pasta, cook as preferred [we always liked beyond al dente, sacrilege to some I know, but that's how it is!], add chopped parsley at the end for a beautiful earthy flavour. When I cook it, I like to add mushrooms for about 5 mins before serving. REMEMBER that others in the house may need feeding: mum told me off one time for getting through 5 LARGE bowls - I weighed about 115 lbs back then hahahahah - forgetting that dad was due his dinner 👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣😂😂
@@forearthbelow I love that you remember how your mom made it! That sounds delicious!
@@CaraDiFalco It definitely IS delicious!! Thank you, Cara, for being so kind as to comment! Another thing also is now I live alone I STILL make this, I get at least 6 meals out of it, it freezes really well! Mum is 90 now and would still be cooking things like this but she had a mini stroke about 10 years back and has got progressively worse on her feet 😪😥 She made the BEST PIZZA EVER as well.
Awesome video, Cara. Subscribed!
GOOD GIRL! 🤦🏻♀️ You DO know how we say : Pasta Fagioli or on the East Coast Pasra Faziool. 😂. Every darn Friday we had NO MEAT FRIDAY with this wonderful & tasty dish.
Keep going. I love your videos. Made the BEST Christmas Cookies this year ever!! Better than Rachel Ray!!!
Diane Thompson thank you so much!!! 😁
What do I thing love pasta and fasule 👌
Thank you thank you thank you for a simple, direct pasta fagioli recipe that is almost identical to my grandmother's. I have been searching for a matching recipe that reminded me of her's (I don't think she _ever_ wrote it down) and I keep finding "Olive Garden Copycat recipes" with (ugh) sausage?! No, no, no, what are those people thinking?!
This is the perfect "pasta fazool" (I also cringe to write that).
I'm SO glad you like it! Like I said, this is Grammy's version, but I know everyone has their own! Enjoy!
I love adding graded parmigiana into mine it’s so good
Me too!!!!
Excellent, that's Italian and your Italian pronunciation is also pretty much the way my parents pronounced it.
Looks good carla
Thank you!
Exquisito!!!
Grazie!!
It’s such a great idea! I make recipe videos too! Your channel is very inspirational!
excellent
This sounds so good! Do you have the recipe written somewhere? There is no mention or link in the description box to get it.
Yes! www.caradifalco.com/blog/2017/10/4/pasta-fagioli?rq=Pasta%20fagioli
click below video where it's name is scroll down and you eill se "Transcript " click on ot and the whole video written down. you can print it out
nicely done ! I love that dish 😋 that’s the way my mother used to make it.. I like a little oregano in my pasta fagioli but I do not like oregano in my pasta sauce !
🙌🙌🙌 my oregano depends on my mood lol 😂
I add a bit of dried sage coz I also don't like oregano.
Cara loved the video!
Husband needs to buy to beautiful good quality salt and pepper grinders! lol
Thank you
hahaha Just buy good quality salt & pepper!
Made this last week. Came out great! Do you still report the traffic?
That's awesome!! I do work part-time at 1010 WINS
how do you remove the fas from Fagioli ?
La mia famiglia è tutta originaria del Trentino Alto Adig e della Val di Non. Mi piace vedere come si cucina da famiglia a famiglia e da regione a regione. Buon appetito.
you don't need to cook the pasta separately... in italy it is done in the same pot.. cook the paste/tomatoes and aromatics with hot pepper first. bloom if you use paste. add beans.. then the water and let the tomato flavor develop. then add the pasta and let it cook in there.
I love your version! I wanted the starchy pasta water for the "broth" which is why I cooked it separately.
I got to try this
Yeah you do! 😁
Nice and simple. We are from Catania. The standard bean in Sicily is the cranberry or Roman bean. Like you I love cannellini.
Thanks again...Sal
Thank you! Glad you like it! 😊
By chance Is there a link for the full recipe?
MsSagittarius61 yes! Thank you for letting me know it wasn’t in the description! It’s right here: www.caradifalco.com/blog/2017/10/4/pasta-fagioli?rq=Pasta%20Fagioli
Cara Di Falco Thank you! I’m half Italian and I remember my mom and grandfather making it when I was growing up. I will now attempt making it instead of paying for it as a take out item at a restaurant. Do you rinse the beans once they come out of the can (I realize I reserve some of the liquid from the can)? 😊
@@mssagittarius615 if you find beans give you tummy trouble, rinsing them will help, otherwise it's not entirely necessary. It's more a personal preference.
I’ll try it this way. Mangia graci
I think you'll like it. It's just what my Grammy did, but as always you're welcome to make changes to suit your tastes and family! Enjoy!
che gusto di mia nonna.buonissima
😍
Looks awesome I’m gonna try and make this
Fantastico!
I guess theh ones who don't like oreganum are the ones that have tried this dried herb that supermarkets call it oregano...
With grass flavour...
Try some good quality Greek oreganon and you'll change your mind.
Thank you!
Greek oregano is the BEST! I grow it in my backyard!
Thank you my ITALIAN sister.
Cara....I love you !!!!
Ciao guida...
Aw thank you!! 🤗
I LOVE YOU !
Thank you!!
Where is the pacetta? To start with?
Just like my Italian grandmother never made it. And she wasn't Italian. She was Portuguese. But if she was, she would've made it just like yours. 👍
hahaha I'm glad you like it!
Exactly how my nonna made it :) We are Barese! But we added limone to it at the end.
Bel Fiori I'm so glad!! Oh that sounds lovely!
Red Kidney Beans!! Ughhhhh. Sounds more like chili.
My friend's Nonna (fresh off the boat) made a KILLER pasta fagioli with red kidney beans! But the overarching message is that people can make their food their own and use what they like!
@@CaraDiFalco white navy beans not kidney beans
Excellent pastafzool
I like to blend up a half cup of beans into a paste and add it in,,, of course, you will need to add more liquid and adjust to your desired thickness,, I prefer a lighter color and creamy texture to mine,,, but this is only my way,,,, you can certainly make it anyway you wish,,,, TY !!!! 😁👍💕💕💕
Yum! That sounds delicious too!
@@CaraDiFalco Try it next time,, I learned this little trick from Mom ! I think you will appreciate it ! TY Cara ! It's all about sharing the love !!! God Bless,,, 😀🖒🕇💕💕💕
Navy or great northern beans work as well..
hmm never met a bean I didn't like honestly lol
good recipe but i prefer dry beans and crush 1/4 of them to give it a creamy flavour
I'm all for dry beans if you've got the time to prep them!! It's all about whatever works for you as an individual!
And it will tast like water
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are those canned beans???
Yup! Inexpensive and easier to find for most people in the U.S.!
Pasta water called cottura has creamy texture
I enjoyed your presentation of an Italian favorite! Just a linguistic note: "ditale" = thimble, "ditalini" = little thimbles, not "little fingers." Buon Anno!!!
Thank you!! ☺️
You could add broth instead of water,soak and cook the beans
Maria Casella yes you can!
Ciao, si potrebbe mettere anche delle foglie di sedano,per dare colore e sapore.
Bel video e bella zuppa. Grazie 👍
Grazie!!
I just found a recipe and it added chopped up romaine lettuce at the end of the cooking. It's great.
the guns of navarone
dupadedi !!
Make sure you drain the pasta really well, then get some pasta water and add it....