Recent Examples on the WebOr those tiny pastas, like pastina, with a little butter. Emma Wartzman, Bon Appetit, 7 Mar. 2018 How to Use Tiny Pasta Even smaller than short pasta is tiny pasta (or pastina, for those in the scientific community). Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 11 Sep. 2017 The soup of the day on our visit was Italian wedding, a straight-forward version of the classic with succulent meatballs, tender escarole and pastina. Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 26 May 2017