Pastina in brodo
Little pasta in vegetable broth, a Northern Italian comfort food
The pastina in brodo, is a typical Italian comfort food. Well, of North Italia... because in South Italia people eat pastina only on the verge of death...
Anyway, for a good pastina dish, you need a good broth (vegetable, chicken, meat, whatever).
I'll cook my favorite: vegetable broth. Let's start!
Ingredients: 1 or 2 onions (white, red, gold... the type of onions doesn't matter), some potatos, 2 or 3 zucchini, 2 or 3 carrots, a bit of celery.
Ingredients for vegetable broth
Wash the vegetables, peel potatos and carrots, cut the ends of zucchini, clean the onions, as in the picture above.
Vegetable stock
If you want, you can add the vegetable stock (better organic!) but it's not essential.
The witch's cauldron :-)
Put in a big "cauldron" the ingredients, a lot of water, and a bit of extra virgin olive oil. Remember: extra virgin, quality is important.
When the water starts to boil, lower the heat and add a salt lick.
Pastina
The broth is ready when the potatoes are cooked. One hour, an hour and a half...there is no rule.
Remove the vegetables from the pot and set aside. The next day you can cut zucchini, potatos and carrots in medium-sized pieces and stir-fry them with garlic, oil and pepper.
Well... it's the pastina's moment!
Put some ladle of broth in a pot (smaller than the previous), and weigh the pasta (approximately 70gr. for person). When the broth starts to boil, put the pasta and wait for the cooking time.
Remember: for more flavour you can put in your pastina dish a bit of potatos and grated Parmigiano Reggiano.
That's all! Enjoy your comfort food ^_^
p.s. You can frozen the advanced broth for another day!
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Comments (5)
just directed me to this post - we are definitely going to have this for supper some night soon! Thank you! 😋
Awww 🥰 you are welcome!
This is my go-to when I’m sick. Peeling the veggies is a bit labour intensive when you’re sick, but once you’ve done it then all you have to do is wait to get a delicious hot meal that will give you easy to digest sustenance and keep you hydrated. Love it.
"Only on the verge of death" brilliant! 😂 😂
Also, I prefer egg pasta, and for an extra tasty flavor I usually add, while cooking, Parmesan crusts 😁
Buona! Reminds me of my childhood!