# Italian Penicillin

A soothing, creamy vegetable-based soup served over star-shaped pastina, traditionally prepared as a comfort food to help with illness.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 stalks celery, roughly chopped
- 1 whole carrot, roughly chopped
- 1 whole yellow onion, peeled and halved
- 1 bulb garlic, peeled
- 1 liter chicken stock
- 1 bunch fresh thyme
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 1 whole bay leaf (optional)
- 1 cup pastina
- 1 tbsp butter
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated

## Instructions

1. Roughly chop the celery, carrot, garlic, and yellow onion.
2. Place vegetables in a pot and cover with chicken stock.
3. Add fresh thyme, rosemary, and bay leaf to the pot and simmer until tender.
4. Remove the herbs, then blend the boiled vegetables and stock until smooth.
5. Boil the pastina in a separate pot of water.
6. Drain the cooked pastina and stir in butter, salt, pepper, and some parmesan cheese.
7. Serve the pastina in a bowl and pour the warm vegetable soup broth over it.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDuFo7rh/
- Creator: chefaimes
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c98fc31a-926e-498e-a4c9-df0d01ce09b2
- Extracted: 2026-08-22

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