5 to 6 cups chicken stock
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 pound chunk pancetta chopped into small dice
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 pound spaghetti
1 medium onion, chopped
2 carrots, cut into a small dice
1 fresh bay leaf
5 to 6 sprigs fresh thyme
1 (15-ounce) can Roman beans or small white beans (recommended: Goya brand)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 cup dry white wine, eyeball it
1 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
A generous handful flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

Place the stock in a sauce pot and warm it over medium heat then reduce to simmer.
Heat the extra-virgin olive oil and the butter in a large, deep skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add the pancetta to brown slightly. Next add the garlic and spaghetti and toast the noodles lightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Add onions and carrots, bay and thyme and season with salt and pepper. Soften veggies a bit, 5 minutes. Add wine and allow it to be completely absorbed. Add beans then add a few ladles of stock and stir the pasta. Keep adding stock a few ladles at a time allowing liquids to be mostly absorbed before adding more, as if you were preparing a risotto. When liquids are absorbed and spaghetti is cooked to al dente, 12-15 minutes, stir in cheese. Adjust salt and pepper. Turn off heat and stir another minute. Remove the bay and thyme stems. Serve in shallow bowls and garnish with lots of parsley.




This recipe is really good, but I didn't use 2 tablespoons of the butter or the olive oil I just use 1 and if I needed it I added it later, and I didn't use the carrots, only becuase I forgot about it the first I made this recipe.

Here's what it looks like



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I don't know......it doesn't quite seem to tempt my palate. Sorry

interesting post a picture next time you cook it,
i eat with my eyes first lol.

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Nobody has to try it, I just I'd share.


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It looks great to me, I am always trying to find ways to use beans, they are so good for you and they really taste great. Usually you can pick up canned or dry beans really inexpensive, spaghetti too. If I had a family to feed this would be a great recipe to feed many people without spending too much, as it is, I want to try this for my dh and myself. Thanks.