How to Make Nanny's Pasta e Fagioli (Italian Pasta and bean soup)

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Hi , this is he from Nanny's Italian kitchen again .

It's a lazy Sunday afternoon .

And I didn't feel like making a whole big production and gravy and sauce or whatever you call it .

So I made a quick , I'm making a quick dinner , which is pasta .

Now years ago they used to salt the beans , cook the beans , whatever and it took hours and hours .

This is the 2016 version or the 21st century version of a quick pasta hustle .

When I think of pasta buzzle .

It somehow reminds me of my girlfriend , Lorraine .

Lorraine was a real jokester .

She took after her father .

All they did was play jokes on people and it was , that was made their , their day .

And so Lorraine , when we were younger , we were like 18 years old .

She was going out with her future husband and her mother-in-law Mary Honey Ball and her friend Josie .

We were sitting down one day and they used to have this little device that we used to make with rubber bands washers and a paper clip .

And what you would do is turn the rubber band and a washer and put it on a seat actually on a , a fabric seat or uh , a vinyl seat or leather seat .

And when you lifted up your leg , it made the exact sound of a fart .

Well , we did this one night with Josie and Mary Honey Ball and Josie was , she had us hysterical .

All she would do was say when your mother makes the beans , tell her to throw out the first water because in those days they didn't have progresso , they used to have to cook the beans , throw out the first water or use it and cook it and use it all together .

But Josie used to say , tell your mother to , to throw out the first water .

So you won't have so much gas .

So every time I eat pasta Mazzo , it reminds me of my late and best friend Graco at the time .

She was Lorraine Buxton , her father Willie Buxton .

Oh , that's another story for another time .

But every time I eat pasta , that's what it reminds me of .

So .

Oh , ok .

When making the pasta buzz , you can substitute pan cheddar in for the oil .

Uh I usually put about 34 tablespoons of oil , but you put like a quarter of a pound of pan in there and use only like a tablespoon of oil to uh make up for the and it gives it a little bit more flavor .

OK ?

So I have the water boiling for the pasta .

This is really quick .

I've got like three or four tablespoons of oil heating up in the pot and I have 4 to 5 large uh cloves of garlic and it's gonna simmer in there with some basil .

Then what we're gonna do is saute that until the garlic is slightly browned around the edge .

Ok ?

When it's just about browned around the edges , you add some tomato sauce .

Now you can add whatever you like .

I like to use the , either the puree or the tomato sauce .

Some people use crushed tomatoes .

You could use whole tomatoes , whatever you like .

But my family doesn't like when the uh tomatoes are chunky and you see lines in there , they like a smoother version .

I'm gonna add about a teaspoon or so of salt and let that start to uh heat up once it's heated up , you add the beans .

Now , some people like to rinse the beans out .

I don't rinse the beans because there's all that good stuff in there .

So what we're gonna do is we're gonna add the beans .

I got two cans of cannellini beans .

These are £1.03 ounces , 19 ounces .

I'm gonna add two cans of that .

Get all the beans out .

I drained all the extra liquid out of here and then I'm gonna mix that in .

Now , when that's mixed in , what happens is when the past the water is boiling and when the pasta is done , you're gonna mix some of the pasta water with this here and you let this simmer for 10 , 15 minutes .

This doesn't take long .

Excuse me , I need a sip .

It doesn't take long and don't forget you have to salt your water for the pasta tearing this .

This recipe always lacks each and every time I make it .

And we are going to be preparing some sauce that we are going to dip our pasta in .

Then we can enjoy that for lunch .

And with me , I have my list of ingredients .

And from this point , I have my pasta , I have my spices and you can also add whichever spice you like and leave out which you do not like .

I have some to this curry powder because you're definitely making a curry some black pepper paprika chicken masala .

But you can also use any other masala that you like .

I have my powder .

I have my tomato paste but you can also use tomatoes , uh some salt , my white onions , some garlic , ginger coriander leaves and coriander stems .

And you also need some cooking oil .

But since I do not have the cooking oil , I am going to be using some margarine .

You can also use butter .

Anyway , if you are making some pasta , it's allowed without further ado .

Let's get started .

In that case , you regular tomatoes or uh crushed tomatoes or tomatoes with the uh the plump tomatoes .

I like a lighter sauce , a soupier sauce .

So then you , when you add this here , it makes it like AAA soup instead of a heavy pasta dish , it all depends on your taste to come .

This is how I like it soupier and more than uh heavier .

Excuse me , this is how uh my kids like it .

This is how you'll find it in the , the restaurants .

It's always on the appetizer list or the soup list .

Then you add your , uh , Parmesan cheese and it's , uh , it's a quick easy meal .

You can have any day of the week when we were kids .

There were certain days that were pasta days .

Sunday was gravy or sauce , whatever you wanna call it , then we would have soup on Monday .

Tuesday was a pasta dish with something .

Wednesday was something else .

Thursday was again , pasta day , Friday was pasta with fish .

Saturday was meat and potatoes .

That's how we were brought up and we don't follow it right now .

But this is your end result .

You have a delicious bowl of pasta .

Yeah .

Now that my water is hot and boiling , I'm going to break this into two , but you don't have to break them and I'm going to add them in here and always remember to cook your pasta according to the instructions on the packaging .

So mine says you boil it for about nine minutes and I'm going to do exactly that .

Then I'm also going to add some salt .

Then I'll see you once my pasta is almost ready .

We are about seven minutes into the cooking process and I'm going to test this , they are almost ready .

So I'm going to switch the vial .

Then you can also notice that my water is white in color .

This means that starch is present and starch is such a good vegan agent for your recipes .

So you should not discuss this water .