Posted on 03/28/2021 5:59:15 AM PDT by 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…
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That scene would make a nice oil painting for a talented artist.
Her pose has a regal look to it.
Grandma is Queen of the Kitchen, and she wears a crown of snow white hair.
The color scheme is based on earth tones of raw umber and sepia. Colors as old as time.
I note none of these people are using a Presto Whizzo pasta machine...
We make those; they are called Corzetti.
There two sellers on Etsy who make the stamps.
FlorentineTouch
example: https://www.etsy.com/listing/604420416/bee-corzetti-pasta-stamp-handturned?ref=yr_purchases
TheWoodGrainGallery
example: https://www.etsy.com/listing/768926476/star-flower-corzetti-pasta-stamp?ref=yr_purchases
They look very simple to me.
Knead it, roll it, cut it, stamp it.
Shop links, a better way to see all the stamps
https://www.etsy.com/shop/FlorentineTouch?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=604420416
They are not too bad, a little learning curve to make the dough take the stamp best. Tasty and filling.
Yes I would fill them, not just dump cannellini beans on them.
Brilliant designer pasta from grandmothers.
Thanks for posting, wife loves pasta gadgets. Will show her those. This is going to cost some $$$.
My great-grandfather opened the first Speakeasy in Pennsylvania! Way back when, not long after he immigrated from Sicily!
I have several recipes that have been handed down on both sides of my family. The most difficult one to get right has been my mother-in-law’s meatloaf recipe, which took me roughly 30 years to get the right texture and consistency. No wonder. Her instructions call for “a good bit” of certain ingredients. I had to watch her make it a few times and write down what she was doing so I could attempt it. My son calls this technique “cooking with your eyes”.
I was going to post that if you hadn’t.
I think that’s a beautiful picture. Not sure why.
I would be proud of them just as I am proud of my grandparent who also said a big “F YOU” to the whole prohibition nonsense. They too ran a floating speakeasy.
Cooking is an art, in the sense of requiring skill and judgement to produce a good result. Your ingredients will vary. The fat content of the meat will vary, needing adjustment in other ingredients to compensate. At its finest, it’s not about rigidly following a recipe.
Will her meatloaf pass the zero gravity evacuation system test?
That’s right. It’s why banks have branches.
;-)
Nice!!
Thanks for that link :)
Pasta Ping.
Because it reminds you of Grammer?
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