Recipe first for 4 people based on Beans with tomato - cooking method to boil fried.
Preparation: Soak the beans for a whole night. Chop the onion, celery and parsley, fry the chopped onion in a large saucepan with the butter and a few spoonfuls of oil, add the chilli pepper and bay leaf. Brown the pork shank in the minced meat after you have carefully degreased it. Pour the rinsed and drained beans and cover with 150 cl of hot water, salt and add the tomato sauce. Let it simmer on a very low flame for at least 3/4 hours. Remove half of the beans and the shank and pass all the rest through a sieve, reducing it to a liquid puree. Put the beans back into the soup and add the stock cube, thickening the liquid if necessary. Cut the meat of the shin into coarse cubes and put it back in the pan, add the maltagliati. The soup will be best if left to rest for half an hour before serving with grated Parmesan and a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.
Ingredients: 200 g of Maltagliati type pasta - 50 g of butter - 1 pork knuckle - 400 g of dried beans - 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce - 1/2 chopped onion - 1 stock cube - 1 stalk of celery - 1 handful of parsley - 1 bay leaf - cheese Grated Parmesan - Extra-virgin olive oil - Chili pepper - Salt