We Tried The Viral TikTok PASTA CAVIAR (aka Pastina) And Here's What Happened!

What do we have here? If you've been on TikTok, you clearly know that these are some viral TikTok recipe ingredients. We got the Acini di Pepe. We're gonna make a recipe. We've got ingredients! We have Best Kitchen Helper Ever! We also have second Best Kitchen Helper Ever, who is here as well. Fourth Best Kitchen Helper Ever is here as well. Jamie, I'm ready to try! I know! You're excited, aren't you? We gotta go check in on third Best Kitchen Helper Ever! There she is! In her place, on the bean bag chair. Yeah! You'll get to try this too! Welcome back to Snow Dogs Cooking! Where if I can cook it, or I guess I should say for this one, if TikTok can make it, so can you! This is a viral recipe that's been going around on TikTok. Some people call it, Pastatini. Some people call it, Pasta Caviar. I don't know what we're gonna call it, but it will be in the title of this video. I think, we're gonna call it dinner. That's what we're gonna call it. We wanted something simple and easy for dinner and I saw this on TikTok and absolutely had to try it. We're gonna add this to one of our viral TikTok recipe trends that we're trying today. For this, you're gonna need a cup of uncooked Acini de Pepe. You're gonna need three and a half cups of chicken broth. I'm using the reduced sodium because I don't like really salty chicken broth. You can make your own. Use whatever you want. You're gonna need two tablespoons of butter. You're gonna need a half a cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Then, a little bit more for afterwards. You're gonna need a dash of lemon. I don't have fresh lemon, so we're gonna use lemon juice. Then of course, some salt and pepper. That's all you need for this. Super simple and super easy. Now, if you want to make this into more of a meal, you could add chicken. You could add vegetables. You could do so much with this and turn it into a nice creamy full blown pasta dish. But, Jamie and I ate a little bit earlier and we were only a little bit hungry. So, this is gonna be perfect for a simple, light, comfort food. You know us Midwesterners. We gotta have our comfort food. First thing we're gonna do, measure out about three and a half cups of your chicken broth. You could also use bone broth. You could use beef broth. You could really... You could use a vegetable broth if you wanted this to be vegetarian. Really, whatever you would like. But, I measured out three and a half cups and we're gonna put that in a pan and bring it to a boil. Into a pan. Bring it to a boil. Now, because I'm not boiling water, I'm not adding anything else to it. Just the chicken stock. I'm not gonna add any salt or anything else like that to it. Just like this. Bring it to a boil. Alright. Don't drip it all over the place. I'm gonna make a mess. Do you want a bigger bowl? Maybe. I can get you a bigger glass bowl. How much do you want? At least a half a cup. Oh, geez. Yeah. Let me get you a bigger bowl. There we go. Use those muscles. Also, you know what this means? We're gonna have to pay the cheese tax. The cheese tax. I always want more parmesan. But I'm embarrassed. Any other AGT fans out there? AGT anybody? Yeah? No? Oh, well. I'll put a link to that video down below. If you guys want to know where that joke comes from. Look at her waiting. She's like, Dad? Are we paying the cheese tax? Yes! Cheese tax! Eleanor. You still made a mess. Memphis is like, whoa. But I always want more parmesan. But I'm embarrassed. And don't worry, we're getting Kira some too. Alright. She's like, whoa, Dad. Cheese delivery right to me? Thanks, Dad. Thanks. That's really good, huh? She's like, that's the best cheese ever. That is good. Alright, you can see everything is starting to get that low roll boil. You can see the bubbles coming up to the top. So now, we're gonna take our one cup of Acini di Pepe. And we're gonna... We're gonna pour it in. And then, we're gonna cover this. And we're gonna cook this for like four to five minutes, stirring occasionally. Okay, so I said to cook this for like four to five minutes. You're best off to actually cook it for whatever length your box says. Because I just tried this and it's not... The noodles are still crunchy in the middle. So the box that I'm using says nine minutes. So we're gonna continue to check it every minute and see if it's done. So we went for the nine minutes like the box says. I'm not pulling this off of the heat. I'm now taking the two tablespoons of butter and dropping that right in. And I'm gonna stir that all together. Or just let it sit there and melt and do its thing. Alright, we got our butter stirred in. Now we're gonna add some lemon juice. How much? I don't know. That much? Say then! Jamie- Mmmmm. There you go. Alright, about that much. Basically you want like the juice of half a lemon. Or if you want it lemonier, more lemon. Alright. And we're gonna add cheese. Okay, so now I'm gonna stir. Jamie's gonna start sprinkling in our half a cup... Jamie- Parmesan. Parmesan cheese. Jamie- Say then. I already measured it out, so... All of that's going in here. Alright, stir all this in. This smells amazing. It's not quite done yet. But it's beautiful! We're gonna take... We're gonna sprinkle some parmesan on the top. And then we're gonna take some cracked black pepper. Put that right on top. And now... This smells amazing. We're gonna go give this a try. Look at that spoonful. Look at your cheese is dangling. Jamie- It's so hot. Kira's like, I'll help you with that dangly cheese. Jamie- I gotta wait. Yep. You can do it. Jamie- Are you sure? You can do it. Jamie- Are you sure? No, you might burn yourself. Jamie- It's a big spoonful. It is a big spoonful. Jamie- I need cheese. It smells so good. Jamie- I need to get on my chin. Yeah. There you go. Jamie- Okay. Alright, first reaction. I think you're gonna love it. Jamie- Mmm. Right? Jamie- Hmm. Right. Jamie- Yeah, I can see why people... Jamie- Mmm. Okay. Right? Different. But also... Jamie- The taste is amazing. Very comfort food. Jamie- Very comfort food. I can see why people would say like a chicken... Chicken and broccoli. Jamie- Oh, you could eat... Jamie- I could see like a shrimp in it or something. Ooh, that'd be good too. Jamie- I mean... Jamie- The little balls are weird. I know! If you like risotto and things like that, it's very similar to that. Or like quinoa. It's like that texture. I love it. But I like orzo noodles too. And these are even smaller than orzo. Win? That's a win. Jamie- It's really good. It's really good. That's a win. That a win, Kira? She's like, I don't know. I'm not allowed to try it. You got cheese. Don't even lie about it. Yeah. Easy. Perfect. Comfort food. If you love pasta, you should try it. Jamie- Yeah, it's pretty good. That is going to become a new favorite thing of mine. I actually added a little bit more lemon juice when I was eating mine and it reminded me so much of lemon rice soup. You could also, when it's done boiling, you could take an egg, scramble an egg and put it in there. So that would also thicken it a little bit, but also give it more of even that lemon rice... If you guys don't know, lemon rice soup is my favorite thing in the world. So this made me really happy because it's lemony, it's creamy, it's chickeny. It's so good. Make it. Do the thing. Make the thing. Alright you guys, we hope you enjoyed today's video. As always, thanks so much for watching. Thanks for subscribing. Stay positive. Dream big. And we will see you again soon. Goodbye Pawdience!