Italian Penicillin Soup

Italian Penicillin Soup

from plantyou.com
30 min

Deliciously comforting hidden vegetable broth, served with adorable star pasta.

Ingredients

  • 8 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 onion (peeled and quartered)
  • ¼ inch ginger
  • 2 carrots (peeled)
  • 4 sticks celery (sliced in half)
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp salt (omit if vegetable broth is already salty)
  • 1½ cup dry pastina
  • freshly cracked black pepper
  • fresh parsley (chopped)

Directions

  1. 1

    Add water or vegetable broth to a pot and bring to a boil. Add all of your vegetables, and simmer for 25 minutes, until slightly softened.

  2. 2

    Cook pastina separately while the vegetables are simmering.

  3. 3

    Using a slotted spoon, carefully spoon out the whole vegetables and transfer them to your blender, with around 2 cups of the broth. Allow to cool until safe to handle, then blend until a thick puree is formed. 

  4. 4

    Pour that back into your broth and stir. To a bowl, add your cooked pastina or pasta of choice, and pour the broth over the top. Top with fresh parsley and black pepper, and enjoy.