Quick pasta and chickpeas (Pasta e ceci) from Smitten Kitchen by Deb Perelman

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  • Hannaha100 on February 21, 2021

    This went down relatively well with my fusspots although littlest wouldn't eat the chickpeas. Next time I might try with cannellini beans instead. Added a rosemary sprig at start instead of infused oil and veg stock for water. Upped the pasta to about a cup as suggested and the stock needed increasing by about 250ml to compensate. Hearty and satisfying. Very easy.

  • StoicLoofah on March 29, 2020

    Tasty. As others have suggested, you can increase the amount of pasta. I also cut back on the salt and then seasoned to taste in the bowl to control for salt with canned beans.

  • hirsheys on November 02, 2019

    Very easy and tasty. Agree with Frenchfoodie, though - wonder if it would just be easier to add the rosemary and hot flakes from the beginning. Worth trying again for sure.

  • Frenchfoodie on July 27, 2019

    Nice, quick and relatively tasty. I’d just put a rosemary sprig and a dash of mild chilli in from the start though - the finishing oil didn’t add much.

  • clcorbi on December 28, 2018

    I really enjoyed this. I skipped the final infused oil step and thought it was very flavorful even without--next time I might grate over a little cheese, too. I think I'd prefer a little higher pasta to chickpeas ratio next time as well.

  • bching on December 20, 2018

    We really liked this. One component I really appreciate is being able to use the bean cooking liquid. The flavored oil is an excellent addition. So easy, too.

  • Kduncan on December 04, 2018

    Added 1 cup of pasta instead of 1/2 a cup of pasta. I actually found it not as flavorful as everyone else has. It is very easy, just didn't wow me.

  • wester on October 21, 2018

    Very very easy and quick to make and still very tasty. My daughter loved it, my son not so much but he still ate it. This is more like chickpeas with pasta than the other way round as written - I might increase the amount of pasta next time, even double it. I liked the flavored oil but the children did not care for it.

  • Lepa on April 26, 2018

    Wow, this is so easy and delicious! I made it because I didn't have any groceries in the house and had low expectations but it was so, so good.

  • Rutabaga on January 01, 2018

    This was probably the best version of pasta e ceci I've made. The tomato paste (I used Bomba) and flavored oil set it apart. It was a great, speedy meal to throw together when I didn't have many fresh foods on hand.

  • mrsmadam on October 13, 2017

    This is so good. I made it as written, with the cannellini and Deb’s finishing oil and it is just perfect. Some red pepper flakes in both the pasta and the oil added some nice heat.

  • Zosia on October 10, 2017

    Super quick and tasty and family loved it. I had a little chicken stock to use up so added it in place of the water.

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  • Kitchn

    ...no matter how hard I try to mess it up, this dish always comes out delicious. I’ve yet to find someone who doesn’t love it.

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