Pasta e Fagioli / Pasta and Beans

Ingredients (16)

• 1 ¼ cups dried Borlotti beans* (soaked 8-12 hours in a bowl of water drained and rinsed)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 clove garlic (minced)
• ½-1 onion chopped
• 1 celery stalk chopped
• 2 carrots chopped
• 4 cups vegetable broth**
• ¾ teaspoon oregano
• ¾ teaspoon basil
• ½ teaspoon salt
• pinch or 2 of hot pepper flakes if desired
• ¾ cup tomato puree (passata)
• 2 cups water
• 1 ¼ cup dried pasta (small ditaloni, quadrucci etc)
• *The cooked beans should equal about 2 ½ cups, if you use canned beans then be sure to drain them.:
• **Vegetable broth can be homemade or store bought.: