@@gunnarkilborn3915 That is true for Mexican food as well. Many foods are pretty simple. I am fascinated with Fusion food. I once won a best of show award at a harvest fair for making a Thai version of pesto that merged Italy and Thailand ingredients.
I love that she’s not there to teach us. You’re there to reverse engineer the recipe by getting steps from her, and that proves to me that this is a real family recipe.
@@piergiorgioscollo7163 How do you figure? What is so clear about that? She speaks Italian in snippet's through the short, and even refused to use anything other than olive oil. Seems like a true Italian nonna to me.
@@user-om7zc5lp7d Almost all of the words she used in Italian were wrong. She didn't conjugate the verbs. She seems like a first generation Italian-American, or someone who moved abroad when she was extremely young. The fact that she prefers olive oil means absolutely nothing as butter is more common in, say, Northern Italy. The husband seems authentic. As a sidenote, using the word "nonna" is extremely cringe when speaking English. Just call her grandma.
This was my daughters favourite. She thought it was a treat but Id make it in those days before payday when I had no money. 😂 A little parmesan to finish, beautiful. Now times arent so hard I'll stir crab meat through it and some sauteed halved cherry tomatoes.
@@michelestefanini5466not necessarily, there are good products around. It sure sounds funny to say pecorino romano😭 (even tho I'm italian) but the flavor is all about saltiness and pepper, it's good 👍🏼 quite salty
@@SocialExperiment232 your taste buds are fked then. In Italy it's all about semplicity. I can assure you that 3 ingredients can have a stronger taste than 20
@@utentegmail9186 no matter where on earth you serve me noodles with olive oil, garlic, and pepper it will be bland. Yall overrated. In Puerto Rico and Africa we need flavor.
This is s called aglio e olio and its a dish that perfectly demonstrates how the simple but important technique and "less is more" philosophy of italian cooking. The only way to make this dish bad is to use low quality ingredients, or to forget a simple yet crucial step like not burning the garlic and remembering to add pasta water.
@@ZeeZee9water you cooked the pasta in; it has lots of starches in it and if you add it to whatever sauce you’re putting on it, it thickens it up and makes it uber creamy. You’re welcome. 😇
My mom always made spaghetti with garlic and oil on Christmas Eve along with all kinds of fish dishes. I lost her a little over two years ago. I miss her so much. Thank you Nona for reminding me of a lovely memory.❤
My mom's people were from Calabria & Naples... my dad was born in Palermo, Sicily... I loved my Italian upbringing ... and we did "7 fishes" every Christmas Eve for many, many years!!!
Yes so simple but so good 👍I make it at least once a week it's my all time favorite pasta 🍝 I also add in a slice of cheese and some chili 🌶️ flakes 😋😋😋
I’m just curious, in your opinion do people put too much or too little? As for me, a dish like Nonna here is preparing, I chop up a little bit smaller chunks about square area of the palm of my hand. The cloves are all different sizes so I just chop until I get that amount per volume more or less. I do a similar dish but brown some sliced mushrooms then add the garlic to that, then add the cooked spaghetti at the end. Makes a nice summer meal.
As a Brazilian I'd say people don't use enough garlic. I do have Italian roots, so maybe that's where the love for garlic comes from. My boyfriend always jokes that Brazil will never have vampires because of the amount of garlic we use 😅
I don’t know what’s considered the right amount. I would have easily crushed up another clove or 2 with that recipe. I just can’t get enough garlic. I love it!
@@janisblack2183 I always double or triple the amount of garlic in any recipe that I look up… I feel like people never put enough garlic in their dishes, whether it’s a recipe in a book/online or just friends that cook. Nonna put the amount of garlic that I would put! That is so rare for me lol.
My buddy and I make a ginger-garlic soup where the base is 7-8 bulbs of garlic and a whole ginger root. A cleansing medicine. In case you're curious the rest of the ingredients are all cleansing: cayenne, lemon, vinegar, honey, kale. Whatever other accents you like (maybe thyme or black pepper) plus whatever fillers you like (maybe cauliflower). Prepare to shit (but also vibrate like God)
@@Marcel_Audubon you must not have any friends to see how other people cook. It is EXTREMELY common for people to simply boil pasta until it is Al Dente, strain it, then add sauce. This is not the correct way to cook pasta.
@@poohbear01x48 ok, hunny, I hadn't realized you had conducted such a rigorous statistical sampling of friends from your trailer park ... and, wow! that capslock on the word "extremely" - a real coup de grace!
Drinking American coffee instead of cappuccino is also as well as cappuccino after 12pm learned this while in Italy .. lastly unless you’re in Naples don’t ask a local for a pizza recommendation I hurt some feelings with that one 🤷🏻♀️
@@mirabelch5439Actually it isn't. Olive oil, contrary to popular belief, doesn't become toxic EVEN if it smokes....looses some properties but doesn't ruin or become toxic😊
I'm half German and half Italian 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 ❤ My Nonna and my German Mom (who has learned A LOT about South Italian cuisine from all of the family members of my Italian father) have taught me so much about Italian cooking! 💕 My Italian relatives always used to say that the most simple Italian dishes, with only very few, but fresh ingredients are the best! The "Cucina Povera" (poor people cuisine) is still to this day very popular in Italy...and rightfully so! 🫶🥰 "Spaghetti Aglio e Olio" is definitely one of the staples for us. Fresh, simple, cheap and delicious...and you can optionally always "upgrade" it however you like, for example with anchovies, shrimps or other seafood, cherry tomatoes, dried tomatoes, salsiccia,...the options are almost endless! 🤤 I freaking love Italian cuisine!!! 💚🤍❤️
Yummy! My boyfriend and I started making pasta aglio e olio last year (we’re both American, but my family has no skill in the kitchen and his dad is a Japanese-American who loves cooking all kinds of things), it’s one of our favorite go to’s! So easy and delicious
Amen! Most cooks out there doesn't realize that mastering easy recipes is not easy at all (btw, with all the due respect Nonna haven't master the "aglio, olio e peperoncino recipe yet). The flavor is all about good ingredients, yet the cooking comes with experience. Grussgott from Italy
@@TF-kn3kfI'd appreciate knowing the cook time in the water verses the finishing time in sauce or oil or whatever it may be, I decided to ask ya'll because I came from the same background & hoping ya'll wouldn't mind sharing. Tks & extra tks in advance if you're interested & able to answer
Growing up, I used to call my Sicilian grandparents, Nanna & Nonno. This channel brings back fond memories of my Nanna’s cooking. Thank you for sharing.
Aglio Oglio e peperoncino ❤️❤️❤️ immortale ricetta , semplice e buonissima. Grazie alla nonna per continuare a fare sopravvivere piatti semplici e tradizionali con tale maestria, sia nel tempo che nello spazio, lontano da casa
Nonno sounding like the godfather over here and grandma got the Italian grandma kitchen asmr Honestly the 2 of them narrating a cooking video would be awesome
@@69SlayerGaming69 After I lost my Gran, even though I was an independent woman, I started adopting Grandparents. Weed their garden, make them a PotPie and eat dinner together or bring them your sweet Dog to pet, especially if they are in assisted living or a nursing home, and they tell the best stories❤ I would have loved History in school if Seniors who lived it added their viewpoint, experiences and memories to our class.
I made this ..soo easy and good .by way .u can add in separate pan .shrimp .x virgin olive oil and .1. Anchovy..1.. Only o boy breaks down and takes on shrimp flavor got this trick off chef .
I lived 1 year in Italy and it was the best year of my life. I live in Catalonia right now and I looove mediterranean food! So simply yet the best taste in the world♥️♥️♥️
Aww that’s what I adore about Italian cooking, no matter where they are in the world, whether it be America, Australia or even their home country of Italy, they only need a few ingredients and yet they create a culinary masterpiece 😘 😋
@@Sujay95 We all hate Indian food funny-face🤮🤮 (just so as you know) & we don't care what you think!😅 (Who piddled on your strawberries today !?) 🙏🏻💜
Idk why but she emits childhood memories that i never had before. The feeling of chilling together while she makes the food and u get a warm, cozy happy feeling once u eat what she serves
My polish mom (I'm 68 now) used to make this when I was young. She and i were the only ones that liked it (a lot)! Dad and sister wouldn't touch it. Haven't had it for many decades. More for mom and me ❤❤
I fry my spaghetti after it’s cooked then in the fry pan it goes. My family thinks I’ve lost it. Thank you for sharing and letting my family know I’m just normal. Also, what a precious mother.
she’s not “frying” it though..she’s just using a skillet to toss it together with the garlic sauce she made. you understand that she’s not frying it, right?
@@sonialoves444 look how high the flames are below the skillet and how long the spaghetti is in there, she's doing more than just mixing it in the skillet
@@JuiceGlasses who cares what the stove looks like? i can see the food…im looking at at it!! i can also see what the people are eating! do you understand how cooking works? do you understand what frying means? no, you apparently don’t. because NOTHING was fried in this video!! message and ask the poster herself!!
@@JuiceGlassesit’s to steam it to get all the residual water to evaporated off the pasta which is why she’s constantly mixing it around to get rid of moisture and to make sure it doesn’t fry
I haven’t fried spaghetti but have toasted dry spaghetti in a frying pan before cooking it. If you fry it then it tastes burnt but if you lightly toast it in butter then it gives a nice rich nutty flavor and goes great with some sausage and peppers
@@dadboardscratching the pan wouldn’t make it directly harmful for you. It’s about not destroying the damn pans, so that we don’t need to replace them every 2 weeks and produce a ton of unrecyclable waste and release forever chemicals into the environment in the process
I went to a party n the the family was stationed in Italy for about 10 yrs 20 yrs ago but they still cooked like they were still there n they made this!! I couldn't believe how simple it was!! I make it whn times r rough!! Kids eat it up...red flakes n all!!! 🤗😉👏🏼
What exactly is too much garlic?? I can't STAND when I see people using jarlick!! It should honestly be considered a crime in any kind of cuisine let alone Italian cuisine!!!
Very few Italian grandparents exist in the United States anymore. Very lucky and beautiful moments. Cherish everything they tell you. and-a make-a shu you-a get-a every recipe you can, but it will never taste the same. I wanted to note something about Italian cooking. They use the same pan for everything. What's meant is to see how the beautiful Nona took the pasta and entered it into the pan with the olive oil and garlic? That has a lot to do with the flavors of what specific dish is being cooked. Excellent! ❤Italians
You're so right about that. I lost my grandma when I was 7 years old. This was years ago, but I still miss her. My daughters and my son are so lucky to be young adults and still have their grandma. God has been so generous because I have the best mom and my kids the best grandma❤❤❤❤
ALL Nonas are a treasure and should be given the utmost love and respect.... I miss my Nonas so very much 😢... treasure yours if you are still blessed to have them ❤️❤️❤️
Omg why did this warm my heart ? She's still cooking and still feeding her husband omg I love them already .. 😭 😍 😘 💙 This is the 1st video I'm seeing btw just discovered ur channel and you definitely got a new subscriber in me ..
Hello, yes. Are these lovely grandparents accepting applications for grown grandchildren? I am not Italian, but after dinner, I will listen to all their stories and wash dishes. Thank you. ❤😂
@@Blessed-2-b-a-HembreeI'm going to try it tonight. Pretty sure she just used olive with some pepper flakes and 2 large garlic cloves chopped. See video for idea of amounts. It seems like garlic can burn quickly so watch it close as you cook it. Add the cooked pasta to garlic and pepper flakes (I think it's cayenne flakes?) Put some black pepper and mix it up then add chopped parsley. And they aren't for everyone, but I love capers and I'm thinking they'd be tasty on this. I love that I have these ingredients already. Simple and tasty. And not expensive so if it doesn't turn out right, not a huge loss. Have fun with it.
@@thespicynonnaI lived as a kid in Naples Italy for two years, loved it!! Pasta came alive for me, I have been hooked ever since. 10 days ago our first grand baby was born…. I’M now A NONNA!!! Blessings to you Nonna ❤️❤️❤️
