Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  6               cups  chopped roma tomatoes -- (peeled and seeded)
                        - or canned peeled tomatoes
                        - chopped
     1/2           cup  olive oil
  3             ounces  stale italian bread
                        - or french bread
  2             medium  onions -- finely diced
  8                     garlic cloves -- crushed
  3        tablespoons  fresh marjoram leaves -=or=-
  2          teaspoons  - dried marjoram leaves
                        salt and pepper -- to taste
     1/2           cup  dry white wine
  2               cups  :water -- -=or=-
                        - the juice from
                        - canned tomatoes
  3        tablespoons  pastina

Preparation:

IN A LARGE -- DEEP SKILLET over low heat, combine the olive oil, garlic and onions and cook -- stirring occasionally, 5 minutes, until the onions are soft and translucent. Roughly crumble the -- add bread into 1/4-inch pieces it to the skillet and cook -- stirring, 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, marjoram, salt -- pepper, wine and water. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Add the pastina and cook an additional 3 minutes. When it's time to serve dinner -- pour the stew into a large covered serving dish or soup tureen and offer grated cheese and additional olive oil on the sid

Nutritional Information:

289 Calories (kcal); 27g Total Fat; (88% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 4mg Sodium