A great earthy dish from the South of Italy: pasta with chickpeas, also known as “pasta e ceci”! This is a must try, otherwise you wouldn’t believe that we such few, basic ingredients, you can create a stellar dish.
I like to use dry chickpeas and then re-hydrate them by myself (I have more control on the overall process), but also canned chickpeas would work just as well. I just follow my nonna method here: this is really a recipe that is 100 years old!
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Pasta with Chickpeas recipe
Equipment
- Electric blender (masher)
- Pot
Ingredients
- 350 gr dry chickpeas
- 150 gr pasta
- 4 anchovies fillets
- 400 gr peeled tomatoes
- rosemary
- garlic
- 10 gr Parmesan cheese grated
Procedure
- There is a bit of preparation to be done with your dry chickpeas. Leave them to soak overnight in a pot full of water, at least 12-14 hours.
- After 12-14 hours, get rid of the water, wash the chickpeas and put them in a pot, covering with fresh water. Bring them to boil and let them simmer for about 45-60 minutes.
- Add salt to the chickpeas towards the end of the cooking time. Now, you have your chickpeas re-hydrated and ready to be cooked.
- In a large pan, pour some oil, add the garlic and rosemary. Let all gently cook at low heat.
- In the meanwhile, take some chickpeas from the pot and mash them to create a cream.
- When the garlic is golden, add the whole chickpeas in the pan. Add the anchovies too.
- Crush some peeled tomatoes in the pan, add some of the chickpeas cooking water and let all simmer for a few minutes.
- Now it's time to add the pasta. let everything cook for 4-5 minutes.
- Add some of the chickpeas cream that we created. You choose how thick you want your dish, so add more cream if you like the consistency to be thicker.
- When the pasta is ready, you are happy with the consistency of the dish and you have adjusted the salt, you are ready to plate your Pasta with Chickpeas.
- You can add some finely chopped rosemary and chili on top, plus a generous sprinkle of grated Parmesan cheese if you like.
- ENJOY!
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