Pasta with Chicken Broth, Butter and Parmesan

This Pasta with Chicken Broth, Butter and Parmesan is pure comfort food! It is a bowl of wonderful, warming, healing amazingness. One spoonful and you know the world is going to start looking brighter. A whole bowl and you feel restored.

Ingredients

• 4 cups chicken broth/stock
• 2 cups small pasta shapes – pastina/stelline/orzo
• 1/2 stick butter
• 1/4 cup grated Parmigiano cheese
• black pepper
• Salt to taste (you probably won’t need any)
• fresh basil (parsley works well too)

Instructions

• Bring the chicken stock to a boil.
• Add the pasta and stir well
• Turn the heat down to a very gently simmer and cook the pasta as per the packet instructions. Ensure you stir it during the cooking as you are only using a small amount of stock. (see notes)
• Once the pasta is cooked, remove it from the heat and stir in the butter.
• Use a slotted spoon to divide the pasta between the serving bowls.
• Pour over the chicken stock. (See notes)
• Add the parmesan, plenty of black pepper and garnish with your fresh herbs.

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