Pastina with Egg and Cheese, Otherwise Known As Comfort Food (2024)

This simple recipe for pastina with egg and cheese, otherwise known as comfort food, will make everything feel a little better! Especially when eaten out of a Peter Rabbit bowl.

Why I love this recipe

I love the general category of comfort food.

As in poached eggs on buttered toast. Cream of Wheat. Scrambled eggs with little dollops of ricotta cheese.

Sometimes a warm bowl of comfort foodis the only thing that will do when you are feeling blue, or tired, or overwhelmed by the busy-ness of it all.

Or maybe you just want to be 5 years old again, for a few minutes. Anyway, I have my little repertoire of meals that fall into this category, and I was delighted to remember this one in this book I just finished reading.

The book is called I Loved, I Lost, I Ate Spaghettiby Guilia Melucci. For all of you who read Eat Pray Loveit is basically the same type of book, only this time the eatand the love parts are combined.

And scattered throughout this book are Guila’s various recipes for this that and the other thing, mainly Italian dishes.

There are a whole bunch I want to try at some point, but this one I knew I wanted to make right away. It had been that kind of week!

What is pastina?

Pastina is the tiniest pasta there is – it is little tiny dots of pasta that cook up quickly, and because of its tiny size it tends to be a little softer than most pasta.

Perfect with butter…and even better with the other ingredients in this recipe!

Ingredients you need

The basic components are pretty simple: pastina, egg, butter, cheese, salt and pepper. It cooks up in about 5 minutes start to finish, and turns into a creamy, slightly cheesy concoction that needs to be eaten with a spoon.

How to make this easy pastina recipe

(Scroll down for the handy complete printable recipe with nutrition info!)

STEP 1: Bring one cup of water to boil in small saucepan.

STEP 2: Add pastina and salt and cook until most of the water is absorbed, 3-4 minutes or whatever the instructions on your box suggest.

STEP 3: Turn off heat and stir in egg, letting it cook in the hot pasta.

STEP 4: Add a little butter, a little grated Parmesan cheese and a little salt and pepper. Eat slowly out of your favorite bowl with your favorite spoon.

Comfort food pastina FAQs

I ladled mine into my Peter Rabbit bowl, settled into my favorite chair, and immediately felt much better.

So if you are looking for a good book to read give I Loved, I Lost, I Ate Spaghettia try…and the next time you need a little pick-me-up, cook up some of this pastina. Preferably served in a Peter Rabbit bowl.

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