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‘Marry me’ butter bean pasta

‘Marry me’ butter bean pasta

Prepare: less than 30 mins
Cook: 10 to 30 mins
Serve: Serves 4
Dietary: Egg-free Healthy Nut-free Pregnancy-friendly

Creamy midweek pasta perfection! Whip this up in minutes for a protein-packed tea.

By Briony May Williams

From Morning Live

Ingredients

400g/14oz dried pasta, such as rigatoni
400g tin butter beans, drained
2 tsp smoked paprika
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp mixed herbs
1 tsp onion granules
2 tbsp finely grated Parmesan
1 tbsp rapeseed oil
4 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

To serve

handful fresh basil, left whole
grated Parmesan, to taste

Method

Cook the pasta according to packet instructions. Once cooked, drain the pasta, reserving a mug of the pasta water. Set aside.
To make the marry me butter bean sauce, place the butter beans, smoked paprika, lemon juice, mixed herbs, onion granules, grated Parmesan, rapeseed oil, a pinch of salt and pepper and half the reserved pasta water in a blender (or in a bowl and use a stick blender) and blitz until smooth.
Stir the sauce and sun-dried tomatoes through the cooked pasta and heat over a medium heat until warmed through for a minute or so, add the rest of the pasta water to loosen the sauce if needed.
Serve topped with fresh basil and grated Parmesan.