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Roasted White Bean and Tomato Pasta
Sweet cherry tomatoes roasted with garlic, herbs and lemon until they burst into a luscious sauce mixed with white cannellini beans and tossed with gnocchi or your favorite pasta.
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 40 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 30 min👤 Florentina📖 ciaoflorentina
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- oven
- baking dish
- pan
- spatula
- pot
- colander
📝 Preparation Steps
1
preheat oven
2
Preheat oven to 400”F.
3
prep garlic
4
Cut the ends off of the garlic cloves to expose the flesh but keep the paper on.
5
olive oil + salt
olive oil2 Tbsp
6
In a high sided baking dish drizzle about a tablespoon of olive oil. Sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt and the red pepper flakes.
olive oil2 Tbsp
7
add tomatoes, garlic, lemons, rosemary
lemon (quartered)1
8
Add the tomatoes, garlic cloves, quartered lemons and rosemary sprigs or thyme to the baking dish. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and give everything a toss to coat.
lemon (quartered)1
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roast
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Roast the tomatoes in the preheated oven for ⏱️ 20 minutes, until they have burst and released their juices. (Don’t cook them down too much to avoid evaporating the sauce).
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add cannellini beans
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Add the rinsed cannellini beans to the pan and give it a mix to coat. Bake another ⏱️ 5 minutes until the beans are heated through.
13
add spinach
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Add the baby spinach on top and turn off the oven. Allow everything to sit in the hot oven for another ⏱️ 5 minutes for the spinach to wilt. Remove the dish from the oven and using a spatula fold in the wilted spinach.
baby spinach (packed)2 cups
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discard herbs
16
Discard the rosemary or thyme sprigs and transfer the roasted garlic cloves to a plate. (Note: If desired you can squeeze the garlic out of its paper while gently mashing it and mix back in with the tomatoes, it’s creamy and delicious).
17
cook the gnocchi
gnocchi (or your favorite pasta)1 lb
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Meanwhile bring a pot of water to a rolling boil. Season generously with coarse sea salt and cook the gnocchi according to directions on the package. The general consensus is that gnocchi is ready as soon as it floats to the top.
gnocchi (or your favorite pasta)1 lb
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toss gnocchi with the roasted tomato sauce
gnocchi (or your favorite pasta)1 lb
20
Drain in a colander or use a spider ladle and transfer the gnocchi straight from the pot into the baking dish with the roasted beans and tomatoes.
gnocchi (or your favorite pasta)1 lb
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adjust seasonings
22
Adjust seasonings to taste with salt and pepper, finish with a light drizzle of olive oil and serve with extra lemon wedges + red chili flakes on the side.
olive oil2 Tbsplemon (quartered)1
Nutrition Facts
calories
353 kcal
fat Content
8 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
9 g
sugar Content
4 g
sodium Content
631 mg
protein Content
12 g
carbohydrate Content
63 g
saturated Fat Content
1 g
unsaturated Fat Content
6 g
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