Neapolitan Maccheroni Soup

Brodo colorito means “colored broth” and refers to the reddish hue the tomato paste gives this soup. The flavor is simple, direct, and satisfying. The broth is neither a homemade meat broth nor made from bouillon cubes; it is created from the combination of flavors in the soup. The shape I like best here is a short tubular soup pasta, smaller than what one usually thinks of as maccheroni, though at one time in Naples, maccheroni was simply a generic term for pasta.