Meet the Italian Grandmothers Making the World’s Rarest Pasta

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[mylife]

Pasta makes everything better. This we know. But in the ancient villages of Sardinia, where the art of handmade pasta is practically a sacred ritual, there are ancestral, mouth-watering secrets that even the finest fettuccine can’t hold a candle to. We’re talking about the most beautiful and intricate shapes you’ve never seen; braided, stretched, twisted and crocheted using mesmerising bygone techniques. Did you know there’s only three women who still make one of the rarest pasta on earth? These are the disappearing recipes of Italian elders, passed down for generations by Sardinian and Italian women (and maybe a few men too!)

solated from the modern world, they rely on family to preserve and pass on the delicate and laborious techniques, but with a mass exodus of young people moving to cities and abroad for work, these recipes may very well disappear entirely. Enter Vicky Bennison, who for the last few years, has been inviting Youtube viewers into the lost world of Pasta Grannies. Aside from salivating over images of the most gorgeous pasta, meeting these loveable and legendary ‘nonne’ might just be the cure to all your woes. We hope you’re hungry…

[mylife]

Just a nice story with beautiful pics on a Sunday that is bound to make you misty eyed for your granny.

[mylife]

Half the fun of the Italian kitchen is getting everyone in on the act, even the kids are kneading pasta, the wine is flowing the jokes and smiles are all around..

[Nifster]

My grandmothers made pie

I love pie. They taught me how

[PrincessB]

I have a couple of recipes passed down from the Spanish grannies. As one of my cousins saya, pain in the a$$ but so worth it.

[mylife]

[mylife]

You doing it wrong.
It’s a family affair, a regular joke factory...

[Leaning Right]

Italian grandmothers making pasta? I don’t understand. I thought pasta grew on trees.

[mylife]

I am a guy and yeah the old ladies put me to work at a young age so I did not grow up stupid or hungry.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

People have been going around Italy and Sicily for close to 7 years now filming Grannies who have been making handmade pasta since they were toddlers. The typical cook is in her 70's up to over 100. Each video is less than 15 minutes so it's a very entertaining filler channel: Pasta Grannies

[mylife]

Only da spaghetti..

[mylife]

Much like the Foxfire books, it documents things that are becoming lost.

[JudyinCanada]

Wow. Your Italian kitchen was definitely not the same as the Italian kitchen I experienced. lol Glad to know there’s some nice ones out there!

The pasta looks amazing.....

[FatherofFive]

Bump

[mylife]

And I aint Italian, but they married into the family.

[duckman]

“I am a guy and yeah the old ladies put me to work at a young age so I did not grow up stupid or hungry.”
Same here, back in the 50’s, my father and uncle would make
rather large barrels of red wine. As a pre-teen I did all the heavy lifting and none of the sampling.lol

[mylife]

They all made wine around here.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Much like the Foxfire books, it documents things that are becoming lost.

I never thought of it that way but you're right in most of the world. In Italy it is still being passed down from mother to daughter. I don't think they will ever stop making their own pasta. Most everywhere else is satisfied with the dried, boxed stuff.

[Lurker]

Thanks.

L

[moovova]

No no no...money grows on trees. Pick some, then go BUY the pasta.

[colinhester]

Thanks for sharing!!