Passatelli in Brodo (Passatelli in Broth) is a traditional Italian (from Emillia Romagna) recipe for a classic soup of small home-made bread and cheese pasta pieces cooked in meat stock with carrot, celery, onion and tomatoes. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Italian version of: Passatelli in Broth (Passatelli in Brodo).
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This is another recipe that's prepared in both San Marino and in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Ingredients:
For the Pasta:
2 eggs
200g Parmesan cheese
300g breadcrumbs
freshly-grated zest of 1 lemon
freshly-grated nutmeg, to taste
pinch of salt
For the Stock:
1 beef shin
2 pieces of stewing beef
1 chicken wing
1 chicken leg
1 sprig of rosemary
1 carrot
1 celery stick
2 onions
3 tomatoes
Method:
Begin with the stock. Combine all the ingredients in a large pan, cover with plenty of water, bring to a boil and skim the surface. Reduce to a low simmer and cook for about 150 minutes, or until the stock is well flavoured. Take off the heat then pour through a sieve into a bowl. Allow the stock to cool and skim off any grease from the surface. Set aside until needed.
Now prepare the pasta dough. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix with your hands until the blend comes together as a stiff paste. Form this into a ball then return to the bowl, cover and set aside to rest for 30 minutes.
Pour the stock into a pan (you need about 1.2l in all) and bring to a boil. Using a meat grinder, fitted with a holed disk, pass the dough through and allow it to drop straight into the stock (it's best if you dust the passatelli as it extrudes from the grinder). Return the stock to a simmer and cook for five minutes, or until the passatelli is al dente. Adjust the seasonings to taste, ladle into warmed soup bowls and serve accompanied by grated cheese.
As an alternate, you can make the passatelli as above, but cover with clingfilm (plastic wrap) then chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. When ready to cook, grate the dough straight into the hot stock using the shredding side of a cheese grater (the dough will be done in about 3 minutes using this method).
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