Pastina Soup Recipe – Italian Comfort Food Classic

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large sweet onion, peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 teaspoons fine salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 small head garlic, cloves peeled (11 cloves)
• 2 large carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
• 3 large sticks celery, roughly chopped
• 8 cups filtered water
• optional: 1/4 inch fresh ginger root, peeled
• optional: 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
• optional: 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 cup dry pastina, mini star pasta (gluten-free if desired – I use Jovial Stelline brown rice star pasta)
• garnish with finely diced parsley leaves