Enjoy Rosita's spaghetti with meatballs from Abruzzo!

Enjoy Rosita's spaghetti with meatballs from Abruzzo! | Pasta Grannies

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Here is how Italians make pasta with meatballs: it’s a recipe special to Teramo and pasta is made with a chitarra (the name varies from spaghetti , maccheroni, chitarra ). And the meatballs are a labour of love! They are the size of chickpeas. Cookery writer and teacher Rosita shows us how it’s made.
The pasta dough: 2 eggs, 200g 0 flour
The meat sauce: one onion with 4 cloves, 1 lamb chop, 1 pork chop and 300g piece of stewing steak ( or shin) 700ml passata, nutmeg, pepper salt, olive oil
Meatballs: 300g finely minced rose veal or beef , 50g Parmesan, 1 egg yolk, nutmeg, salt.

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@aris1956 11 ай бұрын

In fact that's how we make spaghetti with meatballs in Italy, with little tiny meatballs. Large meatballs as used in America, in Italy they are used as “Secondo” (second course) and not with Pasta. Sometimes there are Italians who write under some American videos that there is no spaghetti or pasta with meatballs in Italy. Of course we have pasta with meatballs, but made in fact with tiny meatballs and not with the big ones.

@pinkmonkeybird2644 11 ай бұрын

I think it all depends on the cooking method. A lot of people do not like cooking their meatballs by frying in oil because of the mess and extra fat calories, so they bake them in the oven instead and then add to the sauce. If you make tiny meatballs and baked them like that, they’d be dry and tasteless. So that’s why a lot of people make golfball-sized meatballs; they stay moist in the oven. I use both methods, but I agree there’s something so irrepressibly joyful about tiny meatballs with anellini in a rich tomato sauce.

@pliny8308 11 ай бұрын

Well, it's also only this one small area that serves meatballs of any size on top of pasta. Everywhere else in Italy the meatballs are larger and are served as a secondo, and never with the pasta.

@AO-ye6ll 11 ай бұрын

this!

@elisaastorino2881 11 ай бұрын

Yes, but our ancestors who emigrated were very poor and that affected how they adapted their cooking. For example, my grandparents were from Calabria where spaghetti and meatballs were traditional but as you said, served separately. When they came here, they worked in the coal mines and steel mills at odd hours and probably just served it all together for lack of time - they really had to fill up for those tough jobs. Also, they had to stretch the meat as much as they could so they added lots of bread and cheese, which made the meatballs very soft so they had to roll them into a bigger size. My one grandmother fried them in oil but the other cooked them in the sauce - now I make mine the first way but my sister does it the other way. Anyway, once the Americans learned how good it was, they enjoyed big meatballs. My maternal grandparents had a little restaurant but only had Italian food once a week, and it was always spaghetti and meatballs the Italo-american way.

@calise8783 11 ай бұрын

My mother and aunts are from Abruzzo. They always made small but not tiny meatballs and never fried them. The teeny tiny meatballs were for soup. I spent many days making them all with her. She took them out the sauce but always served them in a separate plate to be eaten after the pasta with bread. I so miss my mama.

@davidhynd4435 11 ай бұрын

The look on Rosita's face when you declared the pasta to be "absolutely delicious". Priceless.

@Getpojke 11 ай бұрын

Would Rosita like to adopt an older Scottish gentleman as a son?😁(I was amazed that she gave her age as 81, she looks at least 20 years younger. Must be good air & food in Teramo!?) That looked an amazing dish, the combination of flavours & textures is just spot on. I'll bet that sauce was just tip-top too. Watching her stud the onions with cloves was taking me back to childhood. The first thing my father taught me in the kitchen as a wee bairn was making bread sauce. I thought it was like alchemy studding the onion up with cloves so that it looked like a royal sceptre. One of the best things I've bought is a proper mill for grating nutmeg. It's my favourite spice behind pepper. But I was tired of grating off my fingernails & finger tips with the old mini nutmeg board graters. Plus pre-ground nutmeg just wont do. I'm liking the addition of the teaser for "next week" that you've started doing. Gives me a week of salivating thoughts about the next dish & the corzetti pasta always looks fun in its manufacture. Many thanks as always for the videos. Even better for me at the moment as I'm laid up in bed unable to move; so they're keeping me entertained. James 🍝

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

hi James, I'm sorry to hear you are bedridden and hope you are up and about very soon! My gran used to stud an onion for bread sauce - something which has gone out of fashion. I'm glad you approve of the 'outro' 🙂 best wishes, Vicky

@Getpojke 11 ай бұрын

@@pastagrannies Thank you, will hopefully be on my feet again in a few days. it's sad that bread sauce has gone out of fashion. Love it with things like roast chicken, partridge or turkey.

@krysab6125 10 ай бұрын

Ah, I'm a Millennial who still makes bread sauce the old-fashioned way (especially for Christmas Dinner, with my mum)! Onions studded with cloves are also a must for making a really nice bèchamel (fresh-ground nutmeg added at the end, of course). Thinking about it, bread sauce makes sense as an alternative to making a 'proper' white sauce- flour was expensive, but stale bread was cheap. Even the spices - cloves, nutmeg, bay and mace - all feel very medieval in their origin. It's nice to make something traditional!

@Getpojke 10 ай бұрын

@@krysab6125 It's really nice to hear younger folk still making bread sauce & studding the onion. When I've talked about bread sauce with people in the past, a lot of younger ones hadn't even heard of it. For me, & it sounds like you too, its a comforting connection to family who you love. It was also a start for me in a love of cooking & the importance of good sauces that still lives with me to this day. Bread sauce is indeed one of the few survivors of Medieval thickened sauces. Have you ever made/had "skirlie"? It's another old recipe, made of oats, onions, fat & spices. Great with poultry, but nice with most things. It was also going the way of the dodo, but seems to be making a comeback. My local butcher even uses it as a topping for his pies now. Gives me terrible heartburn - it's the only thing that does. But it's worth it as again it takes me back to being a kid & getting a fancy roast dinner on a Sunday.

@slowemm 27 күн бұрын

Women from Abruzzo tend to look very young for their age. My Mom’s family is from here. She just turned 80 and doesn’t look a day over 60.

@rolfingegypt2209 11 ай бұрын

What a beautiful lady. She looks so young and so happy in her craft ❤

@cwilson284 11 ай бұрын

This lovely nonna knows exactly what she’s doing. What a wonderful video!

@inesdelahoya2045 11 ай бұрын

Everything in this video is so beautiful ! Of course, including her !

@teresamoranduzzo5719 11 ай бұрын

Ciao dal Brasile! Questo video mi ricorda la mia zia Lisa (dell'Aquila) quando faceva le polpetine! Deliziose... Complimenti, signora!

@mariapepper6175 11 ай бұрын

A beautiful woman living in a beautiful home serving a beautiful meal! God bless all the pasta grannies!!! This was a wonderful (and beautiful) video!! 🙏❤

@marinia7 11 ай бұрын

Lovely lady! I would love to hear more about these ladies (their former professions, their hobbies, favorite past-time activities, what they love, their life advices - things like that)... Thank you all for everything you do!

@j3annie1963 11 ай бұрын

Rosita is a woman who is very good at multi-tasking! I love the idea of nutmeg in sauce. I usually use it in cream sauces, but I will try it in red. thank you for the wonderful video.

@laurendouglas6452 11 ай бұрын

I love the tiny meatballs! They're so much easier to eat that way, and I'm definitely trying her way of making them.

@tishw4576 11 ай бұрын

I was thinking great! Spaghetti and meat balls. As usual it's so much more. Love the care and passion for each meal.

@annettecinquemanifalbo17 11 ай бұрын

I've made tiny meatballs for over 40 years they're so good! I mainly use them in my holiday soup or more commonly known as Italian wedding soup! It's always a family favorite! Christmas dinner isn't complete without the Holiday Soup with tiny meatballs! That looked very delicious!

@sweets4mimi 11 ай бұрын

I would eat this everyday for the rest of my life and then when l die, l would ask God to send me down so l could eat it again ❤❤❤❤

@grouchosaidit5454 11 ай бұрын

A very relaxed, confident granny. What a superb looking dish. Bravo!

@yolandalynner2978 9 ай бұрын

Meals like this truly are a labor of love! Looks absolutely delicious. 🤤 I especially like the tiny meatballs. ☺️

@jeanineskitchen2607 Ай бұрын

omg! tell me im making this right now and by meatball 50 im tired,definitely need kids to help lol

@martyrose 11 ай бұрын

Great video of a very capable lady who looks so young. She certainly knows her way around her kitchen. Thanks Vicky!😊❤

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Marty! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

@Dreamtime-Walker 11 ай бұрын

She’s an Excellent Teacher! ❤

@Rolasu 11 ай бұрын

I love Italian cuisine😍

@franko161 11 ай бұрын

She has the same expression on her face while cooking that my mom has. Lovely 🥰 I would definitely try her food 😍

@Ricardohoineff Ай бұрын

Love to have my breakfast watching your channel. Makes my day! Have a nice one too!

@emmylou-y4b 11 ай бұрын

It was my job as a little girl to make the little meatballs. Thank you for allowing us to meet Rosita; I think I know what we're having this Sunday.

@jeanineskitchen2607 Ай бұрын

making it now to share I think its great! I confess I couldnt get my meatballs as tiny lol.

@artycrafty9209 11 ай бұрын

This also brings back childhood memories of my Aunts serving up steaming pasta and hiding it high in the air, oh you cant beat it. I love the the mix of meats on the bone, such flavour. Oh vicky how green with envy I was watching you enjoy that wonderful dish! Thank you to everyone involved. Ramon. x.

@candyminton2524 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing!! Looks fabulous and Rosita is a great cook!

@jonesbub1 11 ай бұрын

Ahhhh, this brings back memories of my childhood! My Mama taught me how to make the tiny meatballs, which she put in her lasagne. There was something so extra special about those delicious little morsels! Rosita gifted me such a wonderful memory today! TFS, Sharon🤗♥️🍝

@elisaastorino2881 11 ай бұрын

My aunt from Le Marche makes lasagne that way.

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

Interesting! I haven't come across tiny meatballs in lasagna in Marche - you have given me some research to do, thank you! best wishes, Vicky

@TURBOMIKEIFY 17 күн бұрын

The Old World really loves lamb. As an American, I never had it. Edit: I love how everyone condoned her using her hands! Adds flavor. 😂

@WinstonSmithGPT 11 ай бұрын

Rosita has a very typically Teramana attitude of a certain generation. She's refined in her manner, standards and expectations. However to her, refinement is created through hard work, not simply enjoyed at leisure.

@Anonymous_Dissident 5 ай бұрын

Looks far better than the Italian-American variety with meatballs the size of a fist on top of overcooked spaghetti.

@jeanineskitchen2607 Ай бұрын

im making it now because I think the idea of having them small and mixed with the pasta is the true Spaghetti & Meatballs lol!

@gens1sumus 11 ай бұрын

Chitarra & pallottine ❤❤❤ if you happen to be in Teramo - Abruzzo don’t miss this heavenly dish you can find only in this part of Italy .

@WinstonSmithGPT 11 ай бұрын

Also scrippelle ‘mbusse!

@nealieanderson512 10 ай бұрын

My outh is watering..this looks so wonderful!

@PrinceStreet 11 ай бұрын

So much fun to watch. I just discovered the series and looking forward to working through your others. I adore your enthusiasm for the work and what you’re making!

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

thank you very much - I hope you enjoy working through all the videos! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

@randomcommenterphd893 21 күн бұрын

Now that's made with love

@YOUNGC1010 10 ай бұрын

The best food in the world

@VerhoevenSimon 11 ай бұрын

A marvelous dish as usual!

@LS-fs6nc 11 ай бұрын

sooo good!brava,lady Rosita! 💗

@josephjude1290 11 ай бұрын

Just got done making my meatballs with bison meat. Great video and channel

@sandycola596 11 ай бұрын

Rosita ma che donna sei - sei BRAVA! Anche io lo faccio così 👏👏👏

@olivegrneyes 11 ай бұрын

Grazie Rosita! Buonissimo ❤❤

@moniquevann9950 11 ай бұрын

Just Beautiful thanks for sharing ❤looks delicious 😋

@user-ml8ku9zq6e 8 ай бұрын

Very nice🍝 spaghetti 🤙🍍🏝 1:56

@elenaschafer7871 11 ай бұрын

Ich habe mir Chitarra gekauft und werde das Rezept ausprobieren, vielen Dank!!!😋

@zizzie4081 11 ай бұрын

My Nonna would stud an onion with cloves when making brodo.

@danielfontaine6977 11 ай бұрын

Hello from Montreal ! Oh wow! I never like the north american "spaghetti and meat ball" most of the time they turn dry like a chalk .... those little pallottine to put back in the sauce at the last minute! Will try it this week-end... Thank you Pasta Grannies ... :-)

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

hi Daniel, I hope your dish is a success! best wishes, Vicky

@kellybryson7754 11 ай бұрын

What a lovely dish.

@HayaJi 11 ай бұрын

Brava Signora Rosita, and thank you Vicky & team! Delicious 😋

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed Rosita's video 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

@peterknaust7424 11 ай бұрын

Again delightful Vicky, thank you!

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Peter! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

@burlatsdemontaigne6147 11 ай бұрын

a star with her guitar.

@LaPotenzaDellAria 11 ай бұрын

Rosita is my relative ,aunt of my father. Is very famous here in teramo

@rosebilheri2466 8 ай бұрын

Deliciosa pasta Sra. Rosita.

@dhurley8522 11 ай бұрын

My mouth is watering 😋

@poultryfancier2004 11 ай бұрын

It looks delicious :) I will try this recipe

@MrsGisawesome 11 ай бұрын

This looks so delicious - I will try to make those beautiful pallotine. Grazie Nonna!

@naninickynino 11 ай бұрын

I often wonder if these ladies get any compensation from your show…. Other than appearing on the internet. These dishes are a tremendous amount of work and not easy at these ages! Buon lavoro Rosita! Una delizia!

@fakenorwegian4743 11 ай бұрын

If they are typical Italian nonas, they are honored to have guests to feed and entertain. And I am sure it's exciting for them and their families to be on KZfaq as well. I think Pasta Grannies is doing all of us a huge service by preserving these recipes region by region, nona by nona.

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

yes of course they are paid, but as 'fakenorwegian' points out, it's not why they're doing it - they love being involved. And please remember they are not the only ones who deserve payment, my team does too. best wishes, Vicky

@dee_dee_place 11 ай бұрын

@@pastagrannies Vicky- You & your team do a wonderful job of taking us on a tour of Italy & its cuisine. I have a question for you... How do you find Nonas for your KZfaq videos?

@aris1956 11 ай бұрын

@@dee_dee_place⁠⁠ ⁠ If I remember correctly this question has already been asked and if I'm not mistaken she said that someone from the grandmothers' family contacts Vicky. Otherwise, I imagine it would be a bit difficult to go knocking house to house and ask if someone is willing to be featured in a KZfaq video.

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

@dee_dee_place and @aris1956 people do contact me and suggest their beloved elders, but these days I have a Granny Finder, Livia De Giovanni, who does the research. She contacts the mayors of the villages we want to visit. Then she talks to the grandmothers and the families of the grandmothers, because the decision to be filmed is never taken in isolation. Everyone has to be happy, and our ladies can (and do) change their minds at any time. 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

@bobgruner 11 ай бұрын

That does look delicious.

@ABM750 11 ай бұрын

Rosita special ingredient is Love 🌸

@sigridmecklinger110 11 ай бұрын

Gott, sieht das lecker aus🤤👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@blipblip88 11 ай бұрын

Bravo! Grazie!!

@kimandersen3423 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic editing

@camillodipasquale759 7 ай бұрын

BRAVISSIMA !

@tiefensucht 11 ай бұрын

This noodle guitar is amazing, never seen such a tool before.

@gipsi2001 11 ай бұрын

@maruiacancercare you a scammer?

@christianeaspacher9043 11 ай бұрын

Buonissimo! ❤

@jose-sanchez8 11 ай бұрын

espectacular

@bobthestinky7369 11 ай бұрын

I'm so glad we actually heard the phrase 'lost in the sauce' used seriously in this video.

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

is this a phrase used elsewhere in other contexts? oh dear. 😳

@bobthestinky7369 11 ай бұрын

@@pastagrannies Not in a bad way. Just a thing people say these days to mean like 'out of touch', 'bewildered' or sometimes it just means drunk.

@Play_withjo 11 ай бұрын

Barva rosita❤

@davisd_ambly4067 11 ай бұрын

My mouth is watering. Grazie Rosita!

@kevinwatts661 11 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@WinstonSmithGPT 11 ай бұрын

Where can I buy her books? I already have yours!

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I asked Rosita and at the moment they are out of print - but she is organising a reprint. I'll let you know when they are published. best wishes, Vicky

@kandisnz 7 ай бұрын

I want a cookbook!

@dolcevitausa6448 11 ай бұрын

If Rosita is 81, I am moving to Teramo!

@WinstonSmithGPT 3 ай бұрын

My mother’s family lived into their 90s

@WinstonSmithGPT 11 ай бұрын

The 3 carni! When I was a kid I made my mom stop making it because of the lamb, which I love otherwise. Now I’ve got to try it again. I’m too lazy to roll the balls, I bought one of those presses with round holes.

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

hi Winston, the presses look fun - do they work? best wishes, Vicky

@WinstonSmithGPT 11 ай бұрын

@@pastagrannies If you are very generous in your definition of "work." I don't think they'd impress my mother but I'm not as patient as she was! I'd say they give you a decent head start. I just bought one on the Italian amazon and had it shipped.

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

@@WinstonSmithGPT I have one in my Amazon basket 😊 I reckon there’s nothing wrong with a gadget that speeds the process if the results are the same!

@mikeneidlinger8857 11 ай бұрын

I'd love to butcher a whole cow with someone who knew what they were doing. I'm American and I've eaten so much meat. My favorite dish is a vegan pasta with grilled veggies in red sauce. If I can get good cheese I'd put the good cheese on it. My Father used to take me to the Italian Deli in Los Angeles to get the good cheese. Everything else tastes like wood.

@Sunshine-nl9mv 10 ай бұрын

What kind of flour is used for the pasta? Looks delicious.

@fas1242 11 ай бұрын

Tell Rosita to set another plate. I’ll be right over.

@dee_dee_place 11 ай бұрын

I call shotgun!!! LOL.

@sanaelfaleh1224 11 ай бұрын

lovely signora

@MariadelRossrio 11 ай бұрын

😊❤

@nonenoneonenonenone 11 ай бұрын

One could use an actual harp to make papardelle.

@SwissMarksman 11 ай бұрын

3:52 "to colour on all sides" Yes.

@guguigugu 11 ай бұрын

truly, one must be careful not to become lost in the sauce

@garsia1531 11 ай бұрын

Mmmmm

@lourdesangulo413 11 ай бұрын

👏👏👏✨🌹👌

@e.lycopersicon9720 11 ай бұрын

I want to know more background. We talk about how "spaghetti and giant meatballs" is an American thing and Italians don't serve those things together, but we don't talk about how these giant cuts of meat in a sauce are just as modern an invention by Italians as the "spaghetti and meatballs" dish was by Italian Americans. Italians suffered privation for generations before unification, the destitution of the people was one of the primary reasons for the rise of Benito Mussolini, then after WWII Italy suffered rationing and privation until the 1950s. So where did this dish sugo come from? Who came up with it? How did changes in culture and agriculture make it possible?

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

That's a whole documentary series 😀 The history of Italian gastronomy and the development of Italian American cooking is fascinating. There are several people working in the field: take a look the work of Karima Moyer Nocchi - her website is theeternaltable.com; a good book A Brief History of Pasta by Luca Cesari; and for the Italian American angle, Simone Cinotto's The Italian American Table. best wishes, Vicky

@dee_dee_place 11 ай бұрын

I'm curious about something. Don't most people let the pasta dough rest before rolling it out? I think this is the first time I've seen someone roll out the dough directly after kneading it.

@zeldafitzgerald92 11 ай бұрын

From my experience I can just recommend to let it rest. Makes it more soft and easier to role out I think.

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

letting egg pasta dough rest is best as the gluten relaxes making it easier to roll. I expect if Rosita had felt she had the time, she would have let it rest. If you don't, it's just a harder roll; but since the chitarra is quite small, it's less of an issue. best wishes, Vicky

@Ooilei 11 ай бұрын

Oh, so spaghetti and meatballs really is Italian. Don't know why some people keep saying it's an American invited dish 🤷

@josiemorgan5401 11 ай бұрын

🤗💐🙏

@oliverschmidt1988 11 ай бұрын

RIP pan

@zeldafitzgerald92 11 ай бұрын

Now I need a cooking harp

@michaelquinn3878 11 ай бұрын

Amazon (even in the USA, certainly in Italia) often sells them...look for chitarra.

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

You can buy them from Giovanni (who featured in a previous episode with a chitarra) via his website: la-bottega-della-chitarra.business.site

@setheus907 Ай бұрын

That was the veal she used for the meatballs then? You said beef in the video but that doesn't look like beef mince to me. Looks more like pork or veal

@pastagrannies Ай бұрын

Butchery differs from country to country. When non-Italians discuss veal they are usually thinking of milk-fed rose veal, whereas Italian vitello or vitellone is produced from older animals (10 months to a year) that have had access to pasture/solid food. Thus I used the word 'beef' as I think it's slightly closer to what it is (from a UK point of view). best wishes, vicky

@brianlawson363 11 ай бұрын

I am not a fan of nutmeg and am also allergic to it. I'm sure that leaving it out will alter the final flavor but I don't have a choice. I'm sure that when I make this dish it will be eaten with gusto. Grazie!

@pinkmonkeybird2644 11 ай бұрын

I know how you feel - I’m one of those people for whom cilantro tastes like soap, and yet I adore Indian food! Which means unless I’m making it for myself at home, I have to either embarrass myself by asking for no cilantro in a dish or choose something where it isn’t liberally used in the food or it can be picked out. I know I’m changing the intended flavor of a food, but I can’t enjoy a plate of soapy food. But I love nutmeg and its relative mace, and I do cook with them often. It is an intense and unique flavor, so I can understand why someone may not enjoy it. I grew up with it though. Can you substitute green cardamom for nutmeg?

@brianlawson363 11 ай бұрын

@@pinkmonkeybird2644 Rock out! Thank you for an awesome reply. I have only enjoyed cardamom in chai at a local Indian restaurant. I have learned to use just a SMIDGE of cinnamon in place of nutmeg and enjoy it. I too used to NOT care for cilantro until one day, BOOM, I fell in love with it. I truly understand where you are coming from. My nephew called it "soapy lettuce" and was having none of it. Peace and blessings to you.

@WinstonSmithGPT 11 ай бұрын

My family is also from Teramo and uses a tiny piece of cinnamon stick. Small!

@aqsw57 11 ай бұрын

dont worry, not everyone puts it in the meatballs. You can just leave it out or you can sub it with parsley if you want, which is what we use in my region (further south)

@brianlawson363 11 ай бұрын

@@WinstonSmithGPT Thank you for the vote of confidence through your suggestion.

@margaritabetancourt1167 11 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤😋😋😋😋👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

@HydroSnips 11 ай бұрын

Curious as to which of the books this recipe can be found in?

@pastagrannies 11 ай бұрын

The recipe is in neither of the Pasta Grannies books, unfortunately, for two reasons: it needs a chitarra which few people have, and the recipe is very long and doesn't fit the style restrictions of a book. I'll write it up and put it on the website. best wishes, Vicky

@HydroSnips 11 ай бұрын

@@pastagranniesOMG that would be great, thankyou 👍