Pasta e Ceci is an easy Italian weeknight dinner made with simple ingredients. Two cans of chickpeas, some pasta, and one pot. Budget-friendly, comforting, and perfect for feeding the whole family. It’s also a great way to get more beans into your diet! 🇮🇹
Have you ever tried it this way? Let me know!👇
Ingredients:
1 lb tubetti rigati or ditalini
2 cans chickpeas, rinsed and drained
2 tbsp tomato paste
4 garlic cloves (whole)
2 sprigs rosemary
Olive oil
Salt
7 cups water (adjust if needed)
Directions:
1. In a pot, sauté garlic and rosemary in olive oil over medium heat until fragrant.
2. Add chickpeas and sauté for a few minutes to coat in the flavors. Remove garlic and rosemary.
3. Stir in tomato paste, then add water. Simmer gently for about 20 minutes.
4. Blend roughly half of the chickpeas, then return to the pot.
5. Add the pasta. Season with salt and adjust water if needed.
6. Cook until the pasta is tender and the broth becomes creamy.
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34 Comments
Such a pleasant, nice man
Just use the chickpea juice. No need for water
How much pasta and tomato paste with the 2 cans of chickpeas? I don’t see any numbers for those
And whole family start blowing up the whole house😂
Why would I throw out the garlix?! 😢
This is somewhat similar to the green pea-pasta dish in that you puree some of the peas to add to the dish.
So easy, so healthy! Thanks!
W O W – That looks really Good – You are a Cooking KING! 💖👑💖
Made it last night forgot to blend some so had to wait till the end. A little pasta got blended too but it was still fab! 😂
My man’s has done it again
Isn't this like really healthy cause of the chickpeas
Awesome as always! Why didn't I think of this combination before?! I will definitely try this out.
I have, however, a question, and it generally applies to cooking past in liquid in a pan like you do: could you please name the ratio of liquid to pasta? So that it's not too much, not too little, just right? And in the end it's all creamy and perfect, neither watery nor dry?
I know it comes from experience, when you just know™. Bit I'm not there just yet and have a hard time guessing.
Your technical advice on measurements would be much appreciated!🙏
This is home my grandma used to cook 🩷
FINALLY, i have a recipe to use for the cans of chickpeas that have been sitting in my cabinet for several months! Thank you! This looks awesome!
Parmesan!! Nice recipe thx!
remove? the? garlic?
why so wasteful?
Best hair in the game. Big love from a dad of 3, who's also the family cook
Oh wow this is a delicious recipe to work with!! I only had onions and some leftover meat while making this and it was really good, that rosemary and garlic flavour could be nice to have too, but the sauce with like half the chickpeas worked awesome.
That's going to be one windy house
Im vegan and Italian so, being vegan i love ur easy and delicious looking recipes. Now I need to get off the couch and make them. Ty
Remove the garlic? wtf is wrong with you
Wow-
This Creamy Chickpea and Pasta dish is
so simple!
Everything ingredient is layered to perfection!
🍝
Thank you!
How much paste, water, and pasta?
This looks amazing and budget friendly too. Just one thing, I'm not a fan of rosemary. What herb can I use to replace it?
I tried this. Easy to make and it's delicious! Thank you.
Had all the ingredients so made this tonight and really enjoyed it. Made half a recipe since I’m cooking for one. I can get three meals out of this! Will definitely make again.
I have tried this dish now and it is s gold but Ibused dry chickpeas instead and thyme I had non rosemary at home but it was good and easy to cook, 🥇.
Yum
When are you coming out with an Italian cookbook ?
Tried this tonight and even if I deviated slightly and also messed it up a little (my own fault for not thinking properly when I translated into metric system), it was such a big bowl of comfort yumminess. I used dried rosemary since I didn’t have any fresh sprigs… and I bet fresh is sensational in this but but it was still REALLY good! I added some frozen spinach (needed to be used up) and nutritional yeast at the end and served with freshly ground chiliflakes. Definitely a repeat dish in my house. Thank you!
That is a post workout pasta dish. Looks delicious too.
Pasta e fagioli
Could I ask? What size pan are you using? Thank you.