Pasta e Fagioli

I make this dish a couple of different ways, but since it's summer and you should have tomatoes growing in your yard or your neighbors yard, I'll go with the Fresh Tomato recipe.
This is a one pot wonder dish that will be ready in 40 minutes.
What you will need:

Medium size pot
4 cloves of garlic
4 plum tomatoes
1 can of cannelini beans ( I prefer Goya)
Olive oil
3 fresh basil leaves
Salt & Pepper
1 lb of ditalini, elbows or any small variety of pasta
4-6 quarts of water
Grated cheese

Let's get cooking....

In your pot, add olive oil, enough to line the entire bottom. Turn your heat to medium/high and let it get hot. Throw in your garlic ( slicing it first). Start chopping your tomatoes in quarter inch chunks. Once the garlic is turning a light golden brown, you can add in your tomatoes. Stir once and let sit for ten minutes with your heat on medium. Stir occasionally. Open your can of beans and add to the pot. Stir and cover for 5 minutes. Depending on how much pasta you are making will depend on how much water you will add. To feed 4, one pound should suffice. If you are making this as a side dish, go for 3/4 lb.
For that amount of pasta (1 lb.) add in 4 quarts of water. Cover and let boil. Once it is boiling, add in your pasta, leave the cover off stir it occasionally, pasta should be cooked after 10 minutes. Place the cover back on and let it sit for 3 minutes. It should be a pasty consistency. When you are ready to serve, tear your basil in pieces and add to the pot, add in salt and pepper as you like it, stir and serve.
Add grated cheese for extra flavor.

Pair this with any red wine, we just tried a fabulous Spanish wine called recollettas.