Since pastina encompasses any variety of tiny pasta, it goes by several names and comes in many different shapes. In American ...

When called pastina soup – it literally means tiny pasta soup. Traditionally, this soup uses acini di pepe as the tiny pasta ...

While the origins of the name are unknown, it’s likely a nod to the main ingredient: acini de pepe, tiny rounds of pasta that resemble frog eyes (thankfully, the ingredient list doesn’t include any ...