Creamy Harissa Butter Bean Pasta

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    20mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    337

A bright and comforting pasta dish made by blitzing tender butter beans, harissa, garlic and parsley into a smooth, creamy sauce. Rich, smoky, and slightly spicy, it’s a satisfying plant-based meal that comes together in minutes.

recipe updated 2 Dec 2025

Ingredients

  • Canned butter beans icon
    Canned butter beans
    400 g
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    1
  • Fresh parsley icon
    Fresh parsley
    5 g
  • Harissa paste icon
    Harissa paste
    60 g
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    3 tablespoons
  • Fine sea salt icon
    Fine sea salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Black pepper icon
    Black pepper
    ½ teaspoon
  • Water icon
    Water
    as needed
  • Fine sea salt icon
    Fine sea salt
    1 tablespoon
  • Spaghetti icon
    Spaghetti
    400 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Saucepan
  • kCook icon Food processor attachment

Step preview

  1. Making the butter bean and harissa paste:
  2. Fit the Knife Blade to the Food Processor attachment
  3. Add the ingredients into the attachment
  4. Mix until smooth - 1 minute, speed 3
  5. Add water to a saucepan
  6. Heat until boiling - high heat
  7. Then add salt and stir to dissolve
  8. Then add pasta
  9. Cook until al dente - 8 minutes
  10. Drain pasta and reserve 200 ml of the cooking water
  11. Return pasta to the saucepan
  12. Then add the butter bean and harissa paste and the reserved cooking water
  13. Stir vigorously until glossy - 2 minutes
  14. Serve
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