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Ingredients
Beans:
- 1 1/2 cups dried cannellini beans or other large white beans
- 1/2 onion, peeled and quartered
- 1 celery rib, quartered
- 1 carrot, quartered
- 1 bay leaf
- Sea salt, preferably gray salt
Orecchiette:
- 1 1/4 cups extra-virgin olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon for finishing
- 12 cloves garlic, peeled and lightly crushed
- 3/4 cup tomato puree
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- Sea salt, preferably gray salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 8 cups hot, cooked orecchiette pasta
Description
Food Network Invites You To Try This Confit Of White Beans With Roasted Tomato And Orecchiette Fagioli All'Uccelletto Recipe From Michael Chiarello.
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