Cranberry Bean Pasta Fagioli - Recipe - Stoneledge Farm - Leeds, NY

Ingredients

• 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• 5 cloves garlic, smashed
• 1 small onion, roughly chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
• 1 2-ounce piece pancetta (optional)
• 5 whole plum tomatoes, crushed by hand. You can also use canned tomatoes if fresh are out of season
• Kosher salt
• 3 pounds fresh cranberry beans in pods, shelled (or 1 cup dried cranberrybeans, soaked overnight)
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 piece parmesan cheese rind, plus 1/2 cup grated parmesan, and more for topping
• 2 cups small pasta, such as shells or ditalini
• 1 bunch kale, stems and ribs discarded, leaves chopped
• 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh parsley