86 yr old Antonia from Sicily makes bucatini pasta with sardines! | Pasta Grannies
Video Overview & Insights
Antonia shares her version of 'pasta con le sarde' a classic pasta dish from Sicily. And friend Michelangelo entertains us with his singing. He also owns the salted anchovy factory you see at the start - check out www.balistrerigirolamo.it
Sardines are so boney, I cannot eat them, fresh like that.
It make Antonia's recipe you will need:
500g bucatini pasta
I was born and raised in Palermo, my mom used to make this a lot. Here in the US it's not easy to find fresh sarde and wild fennel! Complimenti all signora Antonia, bravissima! I also speak the dialect and the Italian language.
1 chopped onion, a glug of olive oil to soften it in
300g of wild fennel fronds, with stalks; you will need to boil this like you would spinach.
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Or finely slice a fennel bulb and add it with the onion, along with half a teaspoon of ground fennel seeds. Use the fronds from the fennel bulb if you can.
40g raisons
What an idea, an instrument in the shape of a boat ! Beautiful !
1/2 teaspoon powdered saffron
12 sardines, filleted
So provincial, so rustic, so countryside. I love everything about this video from the seasonal ingredients, the toasted breadcrumbs (my preference too) and Michelangelo's serenading. I hate that a huge part of the West isn't as communal as this anymore. (Except for the part that Antonia have like 40 family members - maybe tone that down.)
150g fine white breadcrumbs, toasted then stirred with a teaspoon each of sugar and extra virgin olive oil.
My family loves travelling to Italy and Sicilians are some of the loveliest people we've ever met on our travels!
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My mother had the same orange Tupperware. We kept rice in it. This brought back memories.
@DonnaLorenzo-qb3uoLush!
@timandrews2023something tells me these people aren't nearly as hammy when there's no camera for them to play to
@BernardProfitendieuThe music is beautiful and the pasta 😍
@nashipomegranate9698I lost both my Grandmas this year. We are from Palermo. My paternal Grandma made pasta con le sarde just like this...
I miss them like a limb.
Thank you for this video ♥️
Wow!!!!!!!Just like my mom use to make!!!!
@eddieonmelroseI had this amazing busiate con le sarde in Trapani 2 years ago. It was like a heavenly meal. And I have been trying to re-create something similar in England ever since without much success, obviously. I can't even find fennel where I live 😆 The ingredients in Sicily are far more superior. Thank you nonna for showing us how to make pasta with sardines!
@Senyorita2030The singer is so good! The recipe is amazing. Grazie 🍁
@eddysauer7676Bravo 👏 yummy❤🙏🌻🧑🍳🌷🌸🌹
@7treewildlife-31Italian American here and my mom and grandmother made this dish with a tomato sauce. I am going to make it for the first time myself. Thank you!
@lindastarr4699Nice. I am in Malaysia and brought fresh sardines for a lemon pasta for the first time. And yes easier to fillet by hand not knife. One you buy fresh sardines you won't ever purchase canned.
@jrt4585Hello from Australia …
You gorgeous young lady. I’m a hopeless cook but I love ..
Pasta
Sardines ..
So I’m going to have a crack on this …
Are you married 🤓
86???? She looks way younger
@jesspalasigue1114Antonia--what a doll.!...
@haroldbeck4351Wow fantastic video, looks beautiful 🤩
@tiemanmalcolmI gottta ask my Italian wife if she can understand Sicilian.
@marianparoo1544You know is a wise and amazing nona or grandma when she cuts are veggies in her hands. Just like my grandma.
@nigelKDevildog9278Italians live longer with healthy foods 86yr and here in Canada 50s are already suffering from many diseases
@paulinewalala6347Bonne personne, la vraie vie. Merci pour ce partage.
@YaminaLatreche-l1eShe lost me at the raisins
@mr.pringle8466Anyone know the name of the song at the end?
@amessagefromthepatriotsThat was some good grub made by Granny. The fine looking gentleman was definitely and still is quite the ladies' man.
@bg147My mouth is watering. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@bellebeauty67I was born in Sicily and came to America when i was 12 years old. My mom was an excellent cook and i remember when she cooked pasta con Sarde. R. I. P . Mom, and thank you for making this dish for me.
@benedettocracolici197Per me lo zafferano copre gli odori delle acciughe e del finocchietto selvatico. Per me è meglio senza come si faceva una volta non mettevano lo zafferano
@Giusy-o2eLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊BEAUTIFUL SERENADING
@michaelad48La moglie non è per niente convinta di tutte 'ste cantate. Era lampante!
@giulianaraffa9391Beautiful ❤️😍🇺🇸
@bretyoung1869I bet that dish was 🔥
Probably a century old recipe
❤
@ToyotaPeteSugar in the breadcrumbs - Genius!🌟
@JBugz777"And a splash of her home grown olive oil"
POURS HALF THE BOTTLE IN
Love this ❤ what a beautiful family!! Great dish!
@albatrosoneInteresting Fennel & Raison Combo & Crumb Topping. Grazie Tutti!❤
@Mercedesg777Simpaticissima la nonna Antonia
@giuseppegarozzo2283molta bela
@siadyasin5773She’s adorable. So much like my Zia Isabella. Pasta con le sarde is one of my favorites. Hard to get wild fennel of Sicily in America. I use a fennel when I make this. Lovely songs 🤩 Viva San Giuseppe 🙏🏻 I miss Palermo
@rosatelluI want to give her a hug!
@StudioUACMichelangelo, absolute chad.
@zachjwI just made this recipe as she demonstrated (minus using sardines packed in olive oil) and it came out so delicious!!! Thank you for sharing this with me and my family.
@nicoleobergfell7311Grazie assai antonia ti ami sicilia pasta. Sicilia buonissimi
@kristianhanford3113Thank you for sharing. I'm not a sardine fan at all but for health reasons I want to try and I love pasta so I'll give this a go.
@Amy_KadwellCara Signora, vi auguro tanti ma tanti anni di salute e di felicita, io purtroppo ho perso mia Madre pasqua 2019 un imenso dolore per il resto della mia vita
@mobyfett1Looks yummy 😋
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