Pasta and Fresh Greens Soup

Name: Pasta and Fresh Greens Soup (Pasta che’ Cavuli)
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 3 bunches fresh kohlrabi with their bulbs, or fresh collards; ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil plus more for serving; 1 onion, chopped; ¾ cup ditalini, shells, other small pasta (or for a change use broken spaghetti which we loved as children); Salt and pepper to taste; 1 cup tomato sauce, or 3 tablespoons tomato paste (about half of a 6-ounce can)

Pasta che’ Cavuli

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sicilian Feasts

By Giovanna Bellia La Marca

Published 2023

About

Ingredients

3 bunches fresh kohlrabi with their bulbs, or fresh collards
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil plus more for serving

Europe
Italy
Soup
Mediterranean
Sicily
Vegan

Method

Prepare kohlrabi

Cut the large dark green leaves from the bulbs, wash them, strip from the tough stems, and shred. Peel the bulbs and cut into small cubes. If using collard greens, wash, strip them from their tough stems, and shred.

Prepare soup

Heat the olive oil in a medium pot, add the onion and cook