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    PENNE CON FAGIOLINI


    List of Ingredients


    • 1 1/2 POUNDS FRESH STRING BEANS
    • 1/2 CUP OLIVE OIL
    • 3 GARLIC CLOVES
    • SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE
    • 1 POUND OF PENNE PASTA


    Instructions


    1. CLEAN STRING BEANS BY BREAKING OFF ENDS AND REMOVING THE STRING IN CENTER.
    2. BRING A POT OF WATER TO A BOIL AND ADD STRING BEANS AND 1 TABLESPOON OF SALT IN WATER AND COOK UNTIL TENDER.
    3. BRING ANOTHER POT OF WATER TO A BOIL WITH 2 TABLESPOONS SALT AND ADD THE PENNE PASTA AND COOK JUST UNTIL AL DENTE.
    4. WHILE STRING BEANS AND PASTA ARE COOKING, PEAL GARLIC CLOVES AND CRACK THEM BY PRESSING DOWN ON THEM WITH THE SIDE OF A CHEF'S KNIFE.
    5. HEAT OIL IN A LARGE FRYING PAN OVER MEDIUM HEAT, ADD GARLIC AND COOK UNTIL LIGHTLY BROWNED.
    6. DRAIN THE STRING BEANS, RESERVING 1/4 CUP OF THE WATER THAT THEY WERE COOKED IN.
    7. ADD STRING BEANS, PASTA, SALT AND PEPPER AND THE WATER TO OIL AND GARLIC IN PAN. STIR TOGETHER FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE TILL HEATED THROUGH.
    8. SERVES 4
      SOURCE: THE ITALIAN CHEF


 

 

 


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