How to make pasta with chickpeas and saffron! | Pasta Grannies

saffron

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parmesan cheese

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Heat homemade olive oil in a frying pan and sauté rosemary and 2 whole garlic cloves.

Add the sautéed garlic and rosemary to the boiling chickpeas to flavor the broth.

Add a chunk of Parmesan rind to the chickpeas for extra umami flavor.

Prepare pasta dough using 500 g of Durum wheat flour and 500 g of zero flour, mixing in 3 eggs and a little warm water.

Knead the dough until smooth, about 10 minutes, and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.

Roll out the dough for sorelli pasta and cut into strips, while making long ropes for netti pasta.

Cook the sorelli pasta for about 3 minutes in the chickpea broth.

Mix the cooked pasta with the chickpeas and add some tomato sauce.

Dissolve saffron threads in a little chickpea broth before adding to the pasta and chickpeas.

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