Mommom Anna's Penicillin Soup
Also known as Italian Pastina Soup. My grandmother would make this for us anytime we were under the weather and I swear it can cure just about anything!
Ingredients
- 5 1/4 cups chicken broth unsalted
- 5 1/4 cups water
- 1 yellow onion peeled and halved
- 2 celery ribs cut in half
- 3 carrots peeled
- 4 garlic cloves peeled
- 1/2 tbsp sea salt
- 1 cup orzo
- parmigiano for garnish
- fresh Italian parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Fill a large stock pot with 5¼ cups water and 5¼ chicken broth and heat over high heat.
- Add onion, celery, carrots, garlic and season with ½tbsp of salt to the pot and bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium-low heat and semi cover the pot with a lid.
- Allow the broth to continue to cook for 45 minutes or until vegetables are super soft.
- Taste broth and if needed add more salt to taste.
- Transfer vegetables with a slotted spoon into a blender along with two ladles of broth. Blend until smooth (about 1-2 minutes).
- Return blended vegetable mixture back to pot and stir.
- Meanwhile, bring a separate pot of salted water to boil and cook orzo. Once orzo is al dente drain pasta into a colander.
- Add a ladle of the cooked orzo to a serving bowl and then pour broth on top.
- If using garnish with fresh Italian parsley and dust with parmigiano. Enjoy!
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