White Bean Chilli Pasta
- Super simple
- 0:25 m
- 15 ingredients
Pasta lovers, this one’s for you! Creamy white beans, spicy chilli, and ALL the tomato goodness. Tossed with rigatoni, lemon, and fresh basil. Easy, cozy, and delish.
Serves: 4
Ingredients
For the Sauce
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 100g plant-based butter
- 2 banana shallots
- 1 red chilli
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 tbsp capers
- 500g cherry tomatoes
- 1 400g tin of cannellini beans
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
To Serve
- 350g rigatoni pasta
- 1 lemon
- 10g basil
- nutritional yeast
- extra virgin olive oil
Before you start
Large frying pan | Large saucepan
Step 1
Prep the veg
- Peel, trim and dice the shallots
- Deseed and finely slice the chilli
- Peel and mince the garlic
- Drain the capers and roughly chop
- Slice the tomatoes in half
- Drain the cannelini beans
- Pick the basil leaves and finely chop
Ingredients
- 2 banana shallots
- 1 red chilli
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 tbsp capers
- 500g cherry tomatoes
- 1 400g tin of cannellini beans
- 10g basil
Step 2
Cook the pasta
- Bring a salted pot of water to the boil and cook the pasta according to packet instructions
- Drain the pasta, reserving around 150ml of pasta water
Ingredients
- 350g rigatoni pasta
Step 3
Cook the sauce
- Melt the butter with the olive oil in a pan until the butter is foaming
- Add the shallot, cooking for 3-4 minutes until softened and starting to caramelise
- Add the garlic, red chilli, red pepper flakes, capers and tomato puree, cooking for 2 minutes until the garlic starts to turn golden
- Add the tomatoes and cannellini beans with their water, stirring to combine
- Bring to a simmer and cover the pan with a lid until the tomatoes begin to soften, releasing their juices
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 100g plant-based butter
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
Step 4
Finish and serve
- Stir the pasta into the pan, mixing well to form a creamy sauce
- Add a splash of pasta water if it seems too thick, but you may not need it all
- Stir through the basil, nutritional yeast and juice over the lemon
- Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and finish with extra basil leaves to serve
Ingredients
- 1 lemon
- nutritional yeast
- extra virgin olive oil