YouTube hit: Pasta Grannies
An Italian nonna teaching you how to make pasta—it sounds almost too good to be true, but that’s exactly what happens on the Pasta Grannies YouTube channel.
When you look at the huge number of television programs and websites about food, you might almost think that no one buys ready-made pasta anymore and that everyone rolls their own pasta. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Because the craft is at risk of disappearing, the nonnas of Pasta Grannies show you how it’s really done.
Local specialties
Every Friday, the channel features a new episode in which a new nonna takes the spotlight with her specialty. The show travels all across Italy. A nonna from Faenza shows you how to make the best orecchioni with butter and sage, in Abruzzo you learn how to make taglioni with beans, and you learn to make the best orecchiette from a nonna in Puglia.
Rolling pin
Do you never make pasta because you don’t have a pasta machine or an expensive KitchenAid? After watching these videos, you can no longer use that excuse. For most recipes, all you need is a rolling pin to roll the dough out thinly. You can simply cut the tagliatelle, ravioli or other pasta shapes with a knife.
Even if you have absolutely no ambition to ever make your own pasta, you should watch these videos. There’s something soothing and enchanting about watching the hard-working nonnas, for whom making their own pasta is simply the most logical thing in the world. And you can even brush up on your Italian a little while you’re at it.
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