One pan, one colander, one spoon, unless you count the one you eat with. This pasta dish takes about 15 minutes to make from start to finish, and it’s a snap to clean up.
Ingredients
1/2 pound dried pasta shapes
1 15 ounce can small white beans
2 Tbs unsalted butter
¼ cup pasta cooking liquid
2 Tbs fresh chopped sage
2 gloves chopped garlic
¼ cup finely chopped sweet onion or shallot
½ ounce grated fresh parmesan cheese.
Salt and Pepper
- Bring 4 quarts of water and 1 Tbs salt to a boil. Add the pasta, and boil according to package directions for “al dente”
- While the pasta is cooking, rinse the white beans into a colander.
- When the pasta is finished cooking, ladle approximately ¼ cup of the cooking liquid into a container and reserve. Drain the pasta in the colander with the beans. Do not rinse.
- Return the pan to the heat, and melt the butter.
- Add the chopped onion or shallot, the garlic and the sage to the butter, and sauté until the butter starts to brown.
- Add the cooking liquid to the pan, then immediately add the pasta and the beans. Toss in the pan for a minute or two, to allow the pasta to absorb the sauce and finish cooking.
- Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper, and serve immediately with the fresh grated parmesan cheese.