Pesto Pasta With White Beans and Halloumi

Worth the work. Subbed a couple items b/c I was out: bread cheese for halloumi, jalapeño for Serrano, chickpeas for white beans. This is a next level dish. The arugula/pine nut pesto is terrific. Finishing the pasta with the beans makes the pasta creamy and luscious and dolloping pesto at the end when serving is perfection.

I made using my own pesto &’was delicious. Would appreciate nutritional analysis as I am diabetic and my husband has chronic renal failure.

Used immersion blender

This was so good I wolfed down the first serving, rushed to get a second, and ate the leftovers the next evening. I would eat this every day tbh. My wife made this with whole grain pasta for a slightly healthier alternative. (For division of labor, she's the better cook (and enjoys it), so she does the cooking; I'm the better kitchen cleaner (but don't enjoy it :-( ), so I do the kitchen cleanup.)

Enjoyed it, found it somewhat bland…not salty at all. It took me 55 minutes from start to finish.

I thought this was absolutely delicious. My only adjustment was 1 1/2 Serrano peppers because we like things spicy. Otherwise I followed directions and my husband and I raved. The pasta takes long enough to cook and sit so you can get the pesto done as directed. Agree that the halloumi takes a while to grate but Wow all worth it!!!

This is a keeper for sure! So much depth of flavor from the serrano cooking with the starchy beans, it almost has a Mexican feel, which for a pasta dish was a welcome surprise. I made it exactly as written and found it absolutely delicious and very manageable for a weeknight. Five stars!!!

I LOVED the flavors of this dish. I used GF pasta, and it did not cook through. Should I have stirred it? That said, I'm adding some more broth and going to bake it for part 2 tonight. Great adaptable meal.

This was average. Looked unappetizing. Don’t think the pasta added anything. I made my own traditional basil pesto following Samin Nosrat’s recipe. I felt Halloumi and Parmesan could be used interchangeably here. It needs some central flavor, because otherwise it tastes mainly of beans. Was definitely filling.

What is Halloumi ? It is not described or explained anywhere.

Use store bought basil pesto or make your own. We have fresh pesto available at our supermarket. Much easier. There…now it’s a 20 minute dish

Definitely not a weeknight recipe for me. Although the actual cooking was quick, the prep took quite a while. I can see why some might think it was a bit salty. Prepared as written - salt and all - but it was fine...especially with a good red wine! All in all, very good. Def make it again.

This was fabulous! I agree with others who said this is an hour-long recipe, not 30 minutes. My 12 yo son and I worked together on it and both of us loved it. Hooray for recipes that teach our kids to cook & cook well! No subs other than not adding any salt until it was plated. We added it based on our personal tastes.

This is in regular rotation in our house. It meets with approval from the under ten set every time. We add a pint or two of halved cherry tomatoes and a bunch of asparagus cut into bite sized pieces, tossed in for the last five minutes of cooking time. Ridiculously good.

I cut the Salt in half and still too salty for me. Otherwise will make again with even less salt .