Helen'S Pasta Faggioli

• 6 pieces Pepperoni slices cut up or 3 strips of cut up raw bacon)
• 1 tablespoon Olive oil
• 1 Medium yellow onion
• 1 Garlic clove, diced
• 8 ounces Can of tomato sauce
• 8 ounces Water
• 2 15.5 oz. cans of cannellini beans with liquid
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• 8 ounces Spaghetti broken into 3rds or other small pasta
• Red Pepper Flakes to taste

1. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat
2. Saute pepperoni in the olive oil for 2 minutes or until a little crisp
3. Add the diced onion & garlic to the pepperoni & saute another 2 minutes
4. Add tomato sauce, water, beans, salt & pepper
5. Cook 30 minutes, lowering heat and stirring occasionally
6. Boil a pot of water for the spaghetti or whatever pasta you are using. Add a bit of salt to the pasta water. Break spaghetti into small pieces. Cook as directed on package and drain reserving about a cup of the pasta water.
7. Add to beans & eat!
8. ** Add spaghetti water to beans if soupy consistency is favored.

pepperoni, olive oil, yellow onion, garlic, tomato sauce, water, beans, salt, pasta, red pepper

Taken from food52.com/recipes/80551-helen-s-pasta-faggioli (may not work)