10-Minute Pastina

A quick and comforting soup recipe perfect for when you're hearing sniffles around the house.

By @justataste

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10-Minute Pastina

Cook time: 10 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 1 cup dry pastina or acini de pepe
  • 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, cold
  • 0.5 cup whole milk, warm
  • 0.33 cup grated Parmesan
  • 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon zest
  • 0 salt
  • 0 pepper

Instructions

  1. Add the chicken broth to a medium sauce pot set over medium heat.
  2. Once the broth comes to a boil, stir in the dry pastina and cook until almost all of the broth has been absorbed, about 7 minutes.
  3. Turn off the heat then stir in the cold unsalted butter.
  4. Stir in the warm whole milk.
  5. Stir in the grated Parmesan.
  6. Stir in the grated fresh lemon zest.
  7. Taste and season the pastina with salt (amount not specified) and pepper (amount not specified) then serve.
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