Comments on: Lola’s Pasta e Fagioli Recipe

By: Luc

Luc — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:20:59 +0000

I have spent a long time trying to find my gr. grandmother’s Pasta Fagioli recipe. My mom (now in her 80’s no longer remembers it). I tried your recipe just this week and struck GOLD! I sampled it out to numerous friends, the call backs were for more! This is a keeper.
Pasta Fagioli does not have tomatoes in it! LOL

Thanks Luc, I’ll be sure to pass your comments on to Lola - RG

By: gallega

gallega — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:13:42 +0000

I made a batch using dried cannellini and uncured bacon. The beans took 6 hours of cooking to soften. The bacon had 110 mg sodium for the 2 slices. I guess that was the problem. Sources say salt will cause the beans to stay hard. The bean bag was packed February 2010 and I was cooking mid December 2010, so i expected them to be fresh enough. Darling husband declared the soup real good and worth waiting to eat at 7 rather than 6.

Hi Gallega, did you soak the beans overnight before using them in the recipe? I have never heard that about salt causing the beans to stay hard….interesting though. Glad the dish was were the wait and thanks for telling us about your experience. - RG

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:40:43 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this recipe. I’ve been craving the Pasta Fagioli that I had at a great restaurant in Venice. I ate there many times and can’t remember the name of the restaurant. They were so nice that I’m sure they would have shared the recipe with me. But, until then, this recipe looks like it may be very close to that dish.

I’m looking forward to trying it and to checking out more of your reviews and more from Lola’s site as well!

Hi Nancy, thanks for sharing and please let me know how it turns out. - RG

By: RG

RG — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:12:54 +0000

Hi TJ, I’m thrilled you found this Pasta e Fagioli recipe from my friend Lola. Can’t get any more authentic. I may go make some right now for the World Series.

By: TJ McLain

TJ McLain — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:10:50 +0000

Recently we made a trip to Rome for a vacation along with other stops. We fell in love with the fagioli soup and have been trying to find a recipe like it. searching I have found so many that added all kinds of things that were not in it and finally I found yours and it is GREAT. I am from New York where the real Italian food is and now live in the South where my husband is from. He never knew what the Real Italian Food taste like until we went to Italy. He enjoys it so much more now.