Name: Chef Oren’s Easy Lemon Bean Pasta
Ingredients: Pasta – whatever kind you have in the pantry; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 garlic clove, (chopped); 1 shallot, (chopped); 1 cup drained, rinsed cannelloni beans; 1 ounce white wine (optional); 1/2 cup cooked/frozen kale or spinach, drained (Squeeze out all the water); 2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts; Juice of one lemon; Zest of one lemon

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Chef Oren’s Easy Lemon Bean Pasta

Course: Dinner

Keyword: beans, lemon, lemon pasta, pasta

Author: Chef Oren

Ingredients

Pasta – whatever kind you have in the pantry
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 shallot, chopped
1 cup drained, rinsed cannelloni beans
1 ounce white wine (optional)
1/2 cup cooked/frozen kale or spinach, drained (Squeeze out all the water)
2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts
Juice of one lemon
Zest of one lemon

Instructions

Blanch kale for 30 seconds for fresh, 10 seconds for frozen and strain to get rid of excess water. (Note: Boiling water should be salted.)
Cook pasta to al dente.
Reserve ½ cup of pasta water. Drain pasta and cool with cold water. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and set aside.
Add butter and olive oil to the pan. Follow with garlic, as soon as you can smell the garlic add the beans, ½ cup of pasta water, lemon zest and juice of half a lemon. Reduce the liquid by 2/3.
Add the kale and fold in the pasta.

Notes

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