It got its name because fagioli means beans in Italian and it uses small pasta shapes in the soup – generally ditalini. The recipe below is exactly how I’ve been making this pasta soup for years.

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This cheap, quick and easy soup is based on an Italian classic: Pasta e ceci. If you’ve got any fresh herbs to hand, sprinkle a small handful over each bowl of soup before serving. Flatleaf ...

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Pasta e fagioli (pronounced “pasta fah-joh-lee”) is Italian comfort food at its finest. Translating to “pasta and beans,” it’s a hearty, rustic soup made with ditalini (a small, tube-shaped pasta ), ...