pastina in brodo

If you have just three ingredients and five minutes, you can eat this delicious pastina in Brodo for lunch! You can make easily make this recipe between meetings, on a commercial break, or even at the campsite. It’s meant to be ridiculously easy and fast, yet still nutrient-dense and nourishing.

You can add a multitude of extra ingredients to make this pastina in Brodo fancy. Try a pat of grassfed butter, a beaten egg, a small handful of kale, a heavy dusting of Parmigiano-Reggiano, or whatever you have in the fridge. Just do not give into temptation to take more than 5 minutes to make this dish. That’s part of the fun!

Any flavor of Brodo would work beautifully, but we prefer Spicy Nonna or Hearth. If you don’t have pastina in your pantry. you can just as easily use couscous or orzo pasta.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup pastina pasta (you can use couscous or orzo in a pinch)
  • 1 cup Brodo (we prefer either  Spicy Nonna or Signature Hearth)
  • Pinch of salt and pepper
  • Optional add-ins of your choice: a beaten egg, a handful of spinach, black pepper, Parmigiano-Reggiano, grassfed butter, etc.

Instructions

  1. Bring 1 cup of Brodo to a boil in a small saucepan.
  2. Add pastina and salt, cook until most of the water is absorbed, 3 to 4 minutes.
  3. Turn off heat and add any optional ingredients that may need to cook for a minute, letting them cook on the hot pasta.
  4. Add the butter, cheese, a little pepper, or whatever topping(s) sound nice.

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