What is pasta e fagioli?
Pasta e fagioli · Italian
Thick Italian soup of pasta and beans in a tomato or garlicky broth. Peasant food at its coziest.
What it tastes like
Hearty, starchy and savory, somewhere between a soup and a stew, with creamy beans and soft pasta.
Where you’ll see it
Italian and Italian American menus as a soup, sometimes called pasta fazool, especially in colder months.
Related words
- minestrone
- ribollita
- fabada