| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Grains, Dairy |
Vegetarian |
|
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1/4 |
c |
Olive oil; up to 1/3 |
| 8 |
|
Cloves garlic; peeled and minced |
| 1 |
cn |
(15-oz) Hunt's tomato sauce * |
|
|
Water; (just fill empty sauce can with water) |
| 2 |
cn |
(15-oz) cannellini beans; drained |
| 1/3 |
lb |
Ditalini; (if unavailable, substitute elbow macaroni) |
|
|
Crushed red pepper flakes; (or freshly grated Parmesan cheese) |
INSTRUCTIONS
This is slightly adapted from the recipe in Dom Deluise's first cookbook.
(I added more garlic, adjusted the quantities to readily available can
sizes, et cetera.) It is very quick and easy to prepare, but we love it ...
Not remotely exciting, but wonderful comfort food, regardless of one's
ethnic background.
For vegetarians, the black eyed pea variation provides a nice option for
New Year's Day. (I prefer this with cannellini beans, but it is also
excellent with the chick peas or black eyed peas.)
* I have no idea whether or not this makes a difference, but I always use
Hunt's. Years ago, I tried a recipe for string beans with tomato sauce,
which was excellent. I tried it again with a store brand, and it was
dreadful. Since the only difference was that of the tomato sauce, I made it
again with Hunt's, and it was again excellent. After that, I just stuck
with Hunt's. I'm sure that many store brands -- or other brands -- are
excellent, and some are probably superior. I'm just mentioning what I,
myself, use, just in case it makes a difference.
. In saucepan, saute garlic in oil until golden brown.
. Add tomato sauce and water; cook 10 minutes.
. Stir in beans.
. While sauce continues to cook over low flame, cook pasta.
. Drain pasta and combine with sauce.
. Serve sprinkled with grated cheese or red pepper flakes. (I use the
pepper flakes ... both are delicious, but the pepper flakes are healthier.)
Yield: 4 servings
N. B. This recipe freezes well.
Variation: Can substitute chick peas or black eyed peas for the cannellini
beans.
If you know that you'll have leftovers, you can simply pour sauce over each
portion rather than combining all of the sauce and the pasta. (The pasta
will go much further this way, and you should be able to use 1/2 - 1 pound.
This is because the pasta absorbs the sauce.)
Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by vsauer@juno.com (Virginia Sauer) on Apr 16,
1998
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