Sorry chicken noodle, there’s a new sick day soup-er star bubbling up in popularity and it’s called pastina.
GMA – Italian-Americans have long dubbed pastina a “cure all” type comfort food dish for winter months during cold and flu season, and thanks to an influx in interest on social media, the simple four-ingredient and easy-to-customize recipe has garnered mass appeal.
When dried pasta giant Ronzoni announced on Jan. 3 it was discontinuing its popular five-point pasta shape, fans took action with online petitions and showed their support for the little shape by sharing pastina recipes on TikTok and Instagram.
Despite the desperate initial search to score the last few boxes, other brands including Barilla and DeCecco make their own boxed versions of the small shape.
The almost-alphabet soup-like recipe can be made with other shapes and some home cooks have even iterated with ingredients like Israeli couscous or orzo.
Chef Danielle Sepsy recreated the now-viral recipe and transformed her version into a riff on the popular cracked black pepper and parmesan pasta — cacio e pepe pastina.
The New York City-based chef and founder of The Hungry Gnome, a wholesale bakery and catering company, joined “Good Morning America” on Wednesday to share her insights and full recipe for the popular pastina dish.
Easy Homemade Pastina Recipe
