Tomato Pastina Soup

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The ultimate comfort meal, this cozy tomato pastina soup is so good even the kids will ask for more! Loaded with fresh veggies, this one-pot recipe is nutritious, delicious and an absolute must try meatless meal for a cold winter meal. So good!

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Total Time1

Course: Soup

Cuisine: Italian-inspired

Servings: servings

Calories: 234.9kcal

Author: Priscilla Lawrence

Equipment

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
4-5 carrots peeled and chopped
1 leek white part only, chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
4-5 cloves garlic minced
28 ounces crushed tomatoes 1 large can
2 quarts broth chicken or vegetable
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
⅔ cup pastina dry
½ cup freshly grated parmesan

Instructions

In a large pot, heat up olive oil over medium high heat. Once hot, add chopped carrots, sauté stirring often for 4-5 minutes.
Turn the heat down to medium, add a tad more oil and the chopped leek. Continue sautéing for about 4 minutes, stirring often.
Add the tomato paste and minced garlic, stir everything, cook everything for another 2 minutes.
Pour the crushed tomatoes and all the spices, salt, pepper, garlic and onion powders. Stir everything well, scrapping all the bits at the bottom of the pot, cook for a couple of minutes.
Add the broth, turn the heat to medium high and bring to a low boil. Turn the heat down to medium low once boiling, add the lid and let the soup simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring from time to time, until the veggies are soft.
Remove the lid, remove the soup from heat. Carefulyl blend the soup with an immersion blender until smooth by making circular, up and down motion.
Put the soup back on the heat to medium, add the pastina to the blended soup and cook per package instruction or until the pasta is fully cooked (7-10 minutes). Add the parmesan cheese, adjust salt and pepper, serve and enjoy!

Notes

Broth: add a little more broth (or water) if the soup feels too thick to your taste. I like to add water to the carton of broth and shake it to get all of it.
Pastina: don't add too much, it might seem like it's not enough when it's dry but it'll expend a lot and absorb a lot of the broth.

*The nutritional values shown in this recipe are approximate for one suggested serving size using the ingredients listed but not including any optional items and may vary per actual preferred portion sizes.

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