Pasta Grannies share Diego's pasta and beans recipe from Piacenza!

We have a Pasta Grandpa, Diego Zancani, starring in this episode. He shares his mother's recipe for 'pisarei e faśö ' a delicious pasta and borlotti beans dish from Piacenza in northern Italy. It's a good way of using breadcrumbs. Diego has written an entertaining book which, if you love Italian food, you'll find interesting. It's called How We Fell in Love With Italian Food. The recipe is included in the book, but here is the list of ingredients:
200g plain/all purpose flour
150g fine, dry breadcrumbs
300g cooked borlotti beans (150g dried, soaked then simmered, keep the water)
25g butter, 1 tablespoon EVOO
1 onion, 1 garlic, 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Optional: tablespoon of 'pistà ad gràss' - lardo*, garlic and rosemary pounded together.
1/2 tin tomatoes plus 1 tablespoon tomato paste stirred into 100ml water
Salt, white pepper
rosemary or basil, depending on the time of year.
Grated Parmigiano to serve
*Lardo is not lard, but cured pork fat, and a bit tricky to find outside Italy. Use a thick rasher of best quality free range streaky bacon instead.

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