- 500 grams pasta
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves,
- 3 pieces of stale bread chopped coarsely into crumbs
- salt and pepper
- Cook pasta.
- Meanwhile, in a large pan, heat the oil over medium heat.
- Add the garlic and saute just until turning color.
- Add the breadcrumbs, salt and pepper to taste, and toast to light golden.
- Drain the pasta and place in a hot bowl.
- Pour all but 1 cup of the crumbs on the pasta along with the water and toss.
- Divide between 4 hot plates and sprinkle reserved crumbs over each serving.
Mr T said that he read somewhere that breadcrumbs were originally used as a poor man's cheese in Italy. I can kind of see why.
I love white beans and pasta, I don't know what it is but the combination gets me every time. That pasta looks really great.
ReplyDeleteMmmmmm... pasta, white beans, zucchini and a sprinkling of nooch? Fantastic!
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