Pasta Con Fagioli - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. dried navy beans
2 celery stalks, diced
1 large onion, chopped
5 Tbsp. olive oil
salt and pepper
1/2 lb. ditali, tubetini or spaghetti, broken into 1 inch pieces

Preparation

Soak beans overnight in cold water.
Drain and place in saucepan; cover beans with\tfresh
cold
water
and bring to a boil.
Add all ingredients except Pasta, cover and simmer over low heat until beans crush easily between fingers, about 2 1/2 hours. Add pasta and
simmer
until
it
is
tender, about 10 minutes more, stirring occasionally.
Serve hot.
Serves 6.