Pasta with Mussels and Cannellini Beans

Cavatelli di grano arso con cozze e fagioli.

A traditional recipe from Puglia, in Italy. Given to us by Sabino, who grew up in Puglia, and now brings us the delicious pastas and oils from the Puglissima range.

  • 500 g Cavatelli di grano arso (burnt grain pasta)
  • 1 kg mussels
  • 400 g cannellini beans, cooked and drained, (or canned)
  • 100 ml delicate olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 chillies
  • Black Pepper

Clean mussels, place in large saucepan,  and heat over a low flame with lid on until mussel shells open. Remove half the mussels from shells. Chop 2 cloves garlic and 1 chilli and mix into mussels. Boil a large pot of salted water. Cook cannellini beans in a small saucepan with 1 garlic clove and delicate olive oil. Cook pasta, strain and add to saucepan of mussels. Add cannellini beans. Toss pasta for 1 minute, finishing with a touch of fresh chilli,  pepper and a raw extra virgin olive oil.

Serve from saucepan and enjoy with a glass of Nero di Troia, from Antica Enotria, Puglia.

To read more about this unusual and delicious pasta from puglissima, click here.

Yield
4
Source

with thanks to Sabino, of the puglissima range.

Prep Time
20 minutes