How Italians Use LEFTOVERS (and make them better than fresh)

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025

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  • @PastaGrammar
    @PastaGrammar  4 месяца назад +52

    Let us know if you can think of any other "leftover" dishes that might be better than the fresh, original dish!

    • @killianmmmoore
      @killianmmmoore 4 месяца назад +4

      Pasta Alla scarpariello is incredible cold the next day
      Usually I just loosen it up with boiling water from the kettle

    • @ragazzotexano
      @ragazzotexano 4 месяца назад +9

      Things like pot roasts with a rich gravy taste better the next day when the flavors come together even more than the day it was made. Along that same vein, chili is also better the next day.

    • @barbarakelly1020
      @barbarakelly1020 4 месяца назад +3

      I would like to print out the Torta Putana recipe but I can find it. Please tell me where I need to go. Thank you

    • @eduardojahnke8970
      @eduardojahnke8970 4 месяца назад +2

      @PastaGrammar it would be nice to address the quantity of salt of the leftover polenta, if it was made for a dinner for example. Is it important that the polenta is salted already?

    • @runrig97
      @runrig97 4 месяца назад +2

      Had leftover farinata that wasn't crispy enough the first time around, so I threw it in the cast iron skillet after cooking up some other leftovers. Oh yeah, made farinata for the first time a few days ago, was good but will do better next time 🙂

  • @HopeLaFleur1975
    @HopeLaFleur1975 4 месяца назад +180

    As an Italian. I really don’t remember leftovers at our home. Everything was devoured like the goblins we were 😂🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🌶️🌶️🌶️✨

    • @napoleonfeanor
      @napoleonfeanor 4 месяца назад +3

      Sounds like Hobbits in LotR book.

    • @newtexan1
      @newtexan1 4 месяца назад +10

      As an Italian, we ALWAYS had leftovers. My mother made SO much food. Leftovers were often even better which was hard to imagine.

    • @MyFocusVaries
      @MyFocusVaries 4 месяца назад +8

      I grew up in a family of 9. Leftovers were unheard of. Now, we're 3, and we purposely big batch cook for leftovers!

    • @FB711_
      @FB711_ 4 месяца назад +6

      @newtexan1 As someone who lives alone, I’m very grateful for mothers and nonnas who made excessive amounts of food so often that we have these “best ways” to use leftovers.

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim 4 месяца назад

      La grammatica corretta sarebbe, "As an Italian, I don't remember. . ." et cetera. Non si userebbe la comma, si userebbe il punto.

  • @SalvatoreSantillo92
    @SalvatoreSantillo92 4 месяца назад +110

    With the leftover polenta, we make scagliozzi, very famous in any friggitoria in livorno. you cut the cooled polenta in squares and deep fry it

    • @ilarya8463
      @ilarya8463 4 месяца назад +7

      In napoli too

    • @emmaincalico
      @emmaincalico 4 месяца назад +4

      We do something similar in Veneto

    • @pile333
      @pile333 4 месяца назад +3

      In Lombardy as well, no need to say, we put it into the oven then we put salame or cheese on top.

    • @javaskull88
      @javaskull88 4 месяца назад +2

      Sounds wonderful! I’ve pan fried it before and that was good.

    • @LauranCHB
      @LauranCHB 4 месяца назад +10

      In America, we call that fried mush. Mom made that for breakfast a lot when I was a child.

  • @channah64
    @channah64 3 месяца назад +11

    I have never seen the lid trick with the frittata before. I am SO GRATEFUL! Grazie!

  • @elizabethbartley3569
    @elizabethbartley3569 4 месяца назад +45

    I watch you all every Sunday morning and look forward to it. What a nice surprise to see the picture I sent you. I love to try new recipes and yours is one of my favorite channels.

    • @annschiraldi1751
      @annschiraldi1751 4 месяца назад +2

      Elizabeth,,WOW!that looked good ,,😋great job ❤

  • @darianroscoe1017
    @darianroscoe1017 4 месяца назад +16

    This is EXACTLY what I do with Mexican chorizo (fritatta). Great way to use up pasta or potatoes or that end of the chorizo tube. I use green onions from the garden, also. This episode is home for me and also a reminder of surviving tough times financially. Thank you, thank you!

  • @GinaMichelle33rpm
    @GinaMichelle33rpm 4 месяца назад +10

    This was a wonderful episode. Thank you. When I was a child, my mama would take leftover pasta, risotto or polenta and place it in a little pan with butter and just a little cheese….whatever cheese we had, she fried till a little crispy, flip and plate. Then she would place one fried egg on top for me. So perfect, so simple and so delicious.

  • @Treefarmld
    @Treefarmld Месяц назад +2

    Thanks a bunch for the Venetian polenta cake recipe I’ve been looking for 40 years!!!❤

  • @danutagajewski3330
    @danutagajewski3330 4 месяца назад +45

    The more I watch your videos, the more I realize that Polish and Italian cuisines must be kindred spirits! A dessert I loved as a child, and still make from time to time (I'm in my 70s) is Makaron z Truskawkami (leftover pasta with a fresh strawberry cream). Any type of leftover pasta was used, usually kokardki (farfalle/bowties) with chopped or mashed strawberries mixed into sour cream and honey to sweeten the sauce. This was served either warm or cold. Heaven! Of course, other fruits or berries could be used...but for a little girl, strawberries were the best!

    • @SK-ki1te
      @SK-ki1te 4 месяца назад

      Thx for sharing the sweet recipe and sweet memory!

    • @frafrafrafrafra
      @frafrafrafrafra 4 месяца назад

      It sounds amazing

    • @BlackAdder1285
      @BlackAdder1285 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@DavideMozzanica Than you all are seriously missing out 😆

    • @erzsebetkovacs2527
      @erzsebetkovacs2527 4 месяца назад

      Thank you, this sounds heavenly indeed. Do you make it with strawberry jam, too, or only fresh seasonal strawberries will do?

  • @battiekoda
    @battiekoda 4 месяца назад +9

    Beautiful use of the lid for that flip! 🎉 I'd have never thought of that!!

  • @tpn3561
    @tpn3561 4 месяца назад +18

    With the leftover rice my grandma used to make polpette (rice balls), same concept in a different shape. Me and my brothers loved them so much!

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim 4 месяца назад

      Yes. Yum.

    • @federica9843
      @federica9843 3 месяца назад +1

      They are called arancini (arancina or arancino, there is a fight between parts of Sicily about the "real" name), my grandmother puts a piece of mozzarella, peas and ragù in them... They are spectacular!

    • @lisafranchino5142
      @lisafranchino5142 Месяц назад +1

      Yep we put mozzarella in center! My mom called them telephone poles, lol

  • @MM-kx9ue
    @MM-kx9ue 4 месяца назад +4

    Thanks for a great video. I am learning a lot. Cause I can’t eat eggs I prepared the leftovers spaghetti with a lot of cheese and Philadelphia cream cheese . It was delicious!!!!

  • @dianereeves8632
    @dianereeves8632 2 месяца назад +2

    Thank you! All these receipes look delicious! After watching other recipes with you using Nduja I had to order some, can't wait to try it! I can't wait to get your cookbook I ordered and see what recipes are in it.

  • @aris1956
    @aris1956 4 месяца назад +43

    5:17 Una frittata di spaghetti con la ‘Nduja, arriva a tutto un altro livello ! 😋

  • @jeannamcgregor9967
    @jeannamcgregor9967 4 месяца назад +4

    When I was a kid I would fry leftover rice in butter until it was crispy...that risotto sounds like my ultimate comfort food. So delicious!

  • @AlwaysonTayaTime
    @AlwaysonTayaTime 4 месяца назад +2

    I love your content and love learning about Calabrian cuisine! I love how you show that technique is easily as important as ingredients.
    Eva, hai dei capelli bellissimi!

  • @kylesalmon31
    @kylesalmon31 4 месяца назад +17

    I literally had left over pasta last night and wasn’t sure what to do with it lol. Perfect timing.

    • @dianapohe
      @dianapohe 4 месяца назад +1

      What was the risult? 😊

    • @kylesalmon31
      @kylesalmon31 4 месяца назад +2

      @@dianapohe I didn’t have left over meat and it needed some lol. I I think it could have used more cheese too. I would love to try it again, because the method itself worked great!

    • @dianapohe
      @dianapohe 4 месяца назад +2

      @kylesalmon31 I'm italian but I've only had it a couple of times in my life because it's typically from Naples but I'm not from there. I remember it as one of the tastiest things ever 😍
      And yeah, it might need some choice of meat and/or cheese: the idea is that it's leftover pasta, so it already has some condiment in it.
      Better luck next time btw 💪

    • @kylesalmon31
      @kylesalmon31 4 месяца назад

      @@dianapohe thanks!

    • @federica9843
      @federica9843 3 месяца назад

      Usually the leftover pasta is aready mixed with sauce, We don't add meat of any kind and pasta is mixed with eggs before putting it in the pan, this way it's uniformly mixed and you need less eggs. Sice is leftover pasta, frittata can be made also with pasta e fagioli (beans), pasta e patate (potatoes), and so on. My favorite is the one made with bucatini and tomato sauce (sometimes I put a scoop of ricotta in it), because it's higher xD

  • @ilarya8463
    @ilarya8463 4 месяца назад +10

    In my family, frittata di pasta (or di maccheroni) it's not reheat and is mixed inside the bowl before put in the pan. I like also the simple way just eggs and Parmigiano, however really every leftover are good: i love frittata with pasta and peas leftover (it works also with rice). Yours look like wonderful. Hi from Napoli! 😊

    • @ilarya8463
      @ilarya8463 4 месяца назад +3

      Or and frittata di pasta is typical when you make a pic nic or travel food

    • @saoliath5000
      @saoliath5000 4 месяца назад

      "frittata di padta" is a tongue twister xD

    • @ilarya8463
      @ilarya8463 4 месяца назад +1

      @@saoliath5000 *pasta

    • @federica9843
      @federica9843 3 месяца назад +1

      A lot of times we eat it on the beach xD

  • @Susan.I
    @Susan.I 4 месяца назад +6

    Great idea to flip the frittata onto the lid and back into the pan.!

  • @jamestboehm6450
    @jamestboehm6450 4 месяца назад +8

    The desert looks most wonderful. I love the idea of fruit and veggies.

  • @gohabs9
    @gohabs9 4 месяца назад +9

    I always make extra polenta so we can use leftovers in what we called polenta brustolada, though we would sometimes shallow fry it in olive oil, sometimes char it on the bbq, or sometimes char it in the hot grill pan, it was always as good and sometimes better than the polenta the night before.

    • @lucianac4388
      @lucianac4388 2 месяца назад

      Italianos in the South of Brasil love polenta brustolata

  • @Lettuce-and-Tomatoes
    @Lettuce-and-Tomatoes 14 дней назад

    My absolute favorite “leftovers” recipe on this channel is contained in your Italian McDonald’s versus American McDonald’s from three years ago that I just watched last week. It’s a masterpiece IMHO! 👏🏻🇺🇸🇮🇹🍝

  • @joeperkins4309
    @joeperkins4309 4 месяца назад +2

    This is one of the very few channels that get an instant thumbs up before I watch the video. I always enjoy the videos and dishes. Thanks for sharing both the videos and recipes.

  • @catmaaske1908
    @catmaaske1908 4 месяца назад +5

    When Eva said to make French toast out of the cake I thought I saw Harper start drooling 🤤

  • @DinaN-i2t
    @DinaN-i2t 26 дней назад

    From Erie PA, U.S.A. the fried risotto is called Tahdig is Persian cuisine. When cooking Basmati rice you cook it until the bottom is crispy. You add oil to the pan and put a towel under the lid to absorb the moisture. Tahdig is the best part of the dinner.

  • @Марта-й7е
    @Марта-й7е 4 месяца назад +2

    Много добри съвети от които ще се възползвам. За първи път видях рецепта за фритата преди тридесет години в готварска книга на София Лорен и си я приготвям. Показахте ми детайли, които ще я направят още по-вкусна. Благодаря ви. Поздрави от България.

  • @erzsebetkovacs2527
    @erzsebetkovacs2527 4 месяца назад +2

    Thank you for the recipes, especially for the first one. Amazing how much it resembles what a group of recipes for different kinds of dishes called patina and found in the Ancient Roman cookbook attributed to a certain Apicius could probably have resulted in (although not with pasta). Who knows, maybe those originated as a way of serving the leftovers, too. Petronius, who lived in the times of Nero and wrote a comic novel titled Satyricon, mentions how a whole roast boar was served to the table of the disgustingly nouveau riche Trimalchio, with a cap on the boar's head as a joke to show it was a freedman (not a slave anymore), because it was leftovers from yesterday's lavish dinner.

  • @Madde3333
    @Madde3333 Месяц назад

    I really love your videos. You are both so personable and fun. Cooking is amazing! Looking forward to more great recipes and cooking lessons!

  • @fibienn250
    @fibienn250 4 месяца назад +2

    That all looks so delicious, I can’t wait to try the frittata with n’duja since I’m able to buy a pretty decent version in Australia.
    I have also just ordered your book. I’m really looking forward to using it.

  • @kofManKan
    @kofManKan 3 месяца назад +2

    KerryGold butter. It's the good stuff. From the limestone grassland of the GoldenVale in Kerry. Fair play.

  • @ToniPfau
    @ToniPfau 4 месяца назад +8

    Harper and Eva -- When "The Italian Family Kitchen: Authentic Recipes That Celebrate Homestyle Italian Cooking" comes out in 16 days maybe you should offer a special prize or something for the first person to send you photos of every recipe in the book. Maybe something like a copy of the book signed by the whole extended family -- the two of you, your parents, Eva's auntie, Gianni, your adopted niece (sorry, I can't recall her name), the whole lot. I think it would be really cool to have something like that.

    • @PastaGrammar
      @PastaGrammar  4 месяца назад +1

      That’s a good idea! Although also intense for anyone who attempts it 😅 We’ll think about something like that!

  • @helenv2906
    @helenv2906 4 месяца назад +1

    Omg! This is so funny, leftover to the leftover. I wish, i leave close to your place to be able to taste everything that Eva makes....just killing but you have become my favorite place to watch and have fun with you guys. Thanks for the post and the fun time. ❣

  • @mariocinque8588
    @mariocinque8588 4 месяца назад +6

    Complimenti Harper per il video e complimenti Eva per i piatti che hai realizzato.

  • @VeraBotha-t3j
    @VeraBotha-t3j 4 месяца назад +4

    Bravi! Sono Friulana, non oh mai fatto questa torta, ma la faro presto. I look forward to your videos every Sunday night. ❤

  • @captainufo4587
    @captainufo4587 4 месяца назад +8

    It's cool that you highlighted that the cake has only one T in the name, but you know, lots of northern dialcts tend to simplify double consonants... :P

  • @bernadettetaylor881
    @bernadettetaylor881 4 месяца назад +2

    You are so gorgeous, you two. I follow your presentations all the time, and learn a lot. But I just can’t stop saying what a perfect couple you are. ❤️🙋🏻‍♀️

  • @GuidoBatt
    @GuidoBatt 4 месяца назад +19

    Also, polenta pasticciata (means messy polenta) is a kind of lasagna made with thin (non so thin actually) slices of polenta leftovers

  • @killianmmmoore
    @killianmmmoore 4 месяца назад +5

    Love your recipe for leftover pasta you bake in mini moulds

  • @gloriapaddock6714
    @gloriapaddock6714 4 месяца назад +2

    Oh my they all look sooo yummy!!! And make French toast with the polenta cake… Wow!!! 😋

  • @angmo74
    @angmo74 4 месяца назад +6

    This is so great! Like a dope, I almost always cook way too much spaghetti noodles.

    • @aris1956
      @aris1956 4 месяца назад +3

      And now you know what you can do the next day with the spaghetti that are left….. a nice Frittata with ‘Nduja ! 😉😊

  • @chrisandgwen
    @chrisandgwen 3 месяца назад +2

    Eva's hair is AMAZING!!!!!

  • @weekendnomad5038
    @weekendnomad5038 4 месяца назад +1

    Pasta , potatoes are always better the next day. Her accent is everything 😍♥️

  • @Obsidian369
    @Obsidian369 4 месяца назад +2

    im an advanced cook, not classed as a chef and I never thought of this,,,I want to try it, and I will next time I have Pasta

  • @cindybeville5431
    @cindybeville5431 28 дней назад

    Looks delicious Ava is an excellent cook!

  • @doloressanchez346
    @doloressanchez346 4 месяца назад +5

    Great 🌷🤍💕✨️🌟😋
    Thank you so much .

  • @trevorbromley-palmer
    @trevorbromley-palmer 4 месяца назад

    So got to try the spaghetti leftover dish. It looks amazing 👏🏻. Really laughed when Eva said she studied British English and uses the word “Moist”. Love you a little bit more (if that was possible) 😂

  • @bdavis7801
    @bdavis7801 4 месяца назад +3

    Thank you for this! I actually have some pasta that was just soso. I didn't want to waste it but just not really enthused about using it as we would regularly. Yes cheese solves all! 😆

  • @damianrhea8875
    @damianrhea8875 4 месяца назад +5

    The “leftover” polenta cake not only looks delicious but also is healthy ! 😊

  • @awrinkleintimeyesterday6067
    @awrinkleintimeyesterday6067 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for this! I made the pasta frittata and it was incredible! My mom used to make it but I couldn't remember exactly what it was or how to make it. Will be a regular part of my rotation now :)

  • @albatts4706
    @albatts4706 2 месяца назад

    I just used bucatini with your granting de pasta recipe. Taste really good by difficult to flip in pan cover( spilt a lot of it) but it was delicious. I’ll definitely try it again

  • @lindab7384
    @lindab7384 4 месяца назад

    Ava, today I had my favorite and most wonderful Mortadella Sandwich and I immediately thought about you. Hope you are happy and well !

  • @johnthompson8808
    @johnthompson8808 4 месяца назад +2

    Nduja and eggs,the Puglia breakfast of my dreams🥲

  • @timeisnow777
    @timeisnow777 4 месяца назад

    We thought we were listening to Rosanna Dana from SNL. The voice is spot on. Just found your channel, looking forward to checking out more videos.

  • @bobhrfarm
    @bobhrfarm 4 месяца назад +2

    I love Eva’s cooking tweezers!

  • @upcycledcopycat8389
    @upcycledcopycat8389 2 месяца назад

    Cooking for just two retirees (when i used to cook for 6) and a retired chef I'm always living off leftovers.
    Spaghettini becomes spaghetti pie or lots of sauce becomes chili that gets thrown in the freezer for later use in casserole with chopped up sauteed cabbage and cream and grated leftover cheese or cottage cheese and grated zucchini or whatever fridge veg is avail.
    Stew becomes couple individual pot pies with the leftover mashed yam & potato and added frozen niblets and peas with Pillsbury crescent in the roll as a topping.
    Leftovers always taste better.
    Butter chicken turns into a dip with hummus for pitta dippers... Yum
    Rice becomes fried rice
    Potatoes become hash
    Turkey or rotisserie chicken becomes chow mein

  • @robinsonstegard538
    @robinsonstegard538 4 месяца назад +2

    That makes sense about the polenta cake. To slice and brown in butter. We make mush, let it set up, then deep fry it and serve with butter and syrup.

  • @conniecasale3593
    @conniecasale3593 2 месяца назад

    ❤good morning guy. I haven't seen you in a long time either. It's my phone or something's going on. I've been missing you. I'm glad I see you today. Can't wait to see you. Three pasta dishes. Ciao for now.

  • @mborzoni
    @mborzoni 4 месяца назад

    Love this! Waste not, want not! Definitely going to use these recipes! ❤️🇮🇹❤️

  • @Pre613
    @Pre613 4 месяца назад +6

    I wonder how the addition of almond extract or especially Amaretto to the polenta cake would taste.

    • @isabelledrolet4297
      @isabelledrolet4297 4 месяца назад

      I was thinking that while watching also. Maybe rehydrate the raisins in Amaretto?

  • @vmasar1
    @vmasar1 4 месяца назад

    Growing up we use the leftover polenta after it set up in the refrigerator like pancakes. We sliced it fried it like a pancake and ate it with syrup. Yummy

  • @cliffordmaynard6559
    @cliffordmaynard6559 2 месяца назад

    I love listening to her talk.

  • @maryjo5681
    @maryjo5681 4 месяца назад +1

    I’m wishing that Ava could make Cotenne. (pork skin rolls for sauce). My Sicilian grandfather used to make these, and taught my father, but now they have both passed and I never got to learn! 😢

  • @krisfrederick5001
    @krisfrederick5001 4 месяца назад +15

    Italian "leftovers" are always the best ever. Everybody knows the rules 🍝

  • @lh5677
    @lh5677 4 месяца назад +2

    We always make potato cakes with leftover mashed potatoes. Can also make with brown rice. Egg and chopped onion added & dropped by spoonfuls in a skillet. More common in the US south

  • @LisaHatch-s2h
    @LisaHatch-s2h 4 месяца назад +1

    Love your videos. Can you make the dessert pasta that was shown in the end of your video please? It looks delicious.😊❤💕

    • @PastaGrammar
      @PastaGrammar  4 месяца назад +1

      Gotcha right here! m.ruclips.net/video/45wZNbn9aT4/видео.html

  • @patricie_kesy
    @patricie_kesy 3 месяца назад

    We make similar food in my country. Chopped onion fried little on pan, than put leftovers spaghetti or other pasta and put eggs on it and mix it to cover every peas of pasta, like scrumble eggs but with onion and pasta. And for sweet food, we cooked rice in milk and little bit of sugar than put egg yolks, mix egg whites snow and gentle mix it together, than put it to baking dish for lasagna, smeared the dish first with butter, put some fruit inside, the best are prunes and apricots, or you can put apples with raisins, put lid on and bake. Than sprinkle with powdered sugar.

  • @josh.lo8572
    @josh.lo8572 4 месяца назад

    Amazing ❤ the leftovers of leftovers broke me 😂 as i am italian too i don't usually see any leftovers but i want to try anyway

  • @outoficecream2740
    @outoficecream2740 3 месяца назад

    Love your recipes and your accent... makes me miss Italy so much.
    Please can you make zucchini flowers recipes. ❤

  • @annsfrench
    @annsfrench 4 месяца назад

    I love the idea of the pasta frittata! My family is vegetarian. I could see making this with a veggie chorizo. 😋

  • @pavek
    @pavek 4 месяца назад

    Eva, with leftover risotto (either zafferano or mushrooms) at home my mom used to make polpette di riso: crunchy on the outside and delicate (and moist!!) on the inside. In Italy there no such thing as "leftover": it's just another ingredient 😄

  • @TheFonzieCommunity
    @TheFonzieCommunity 4 месяца назад +1

    i know y'all did a pizza taste test a long time ago, but why not have a few pizzas for her to taste. i still feel like she should have at least some american pizza (not dominos, and more local spots; or other commercial) she likes in a pinch aside from making her own? also has she tried other cultures foods? also i love this video!! so happy to see a new video!! these dishes are so good!!! now i know what i might do with my leftover pasta!!

  • @meercatt
    @meercatt 4 месяца назад

    That lid flip!!! How have I never thought of that before! 😂😂❤

  • @neljade3341
    @neljade3341 4 месяца назад

    Thanks for that great idea for the leftover pasta. I will try this next time.

  • @Cr4z33_YT
    @Cr4z33_YT 4 месяца назад +1

    I just got some 'nduja from Spilinga so I DEFINITELY going to do spaghetti all'assassina with Harper's suggestion! 🔥🔪

  • @Luu-luu
    @Luu-luu 4 месяца назад +1

    I wonder, do you have pasta houses in Italy? In Argentina we have plenty of "fábricas de pasta" (pasta shops) where you can buy all sorts of fresh pasta to cook at home. From gnocchi, to all types of spaghetti, to all types of stuffed pasta. They have it all. They also sell sauces and some may also sell some desserts. On Sundays it's typical to buy fresh pasta.

    • @federica9843
      @federica9843 3 месяца назад +1

      Yup, we have them, they are called "pastifici", every region has is tipical pasta form and recipes. On Sundays a lot of people go there to buy pasta for Sunday lunch since all the family is invited.

  • @antoniobroccoliporto4774
    @antoniobroccoliporto4774 4 месяца назад

    My mother is also Calabrese she uses left over Polenta and she cuts into strips the size of lasagna noodles...she adds Bolognese sauce and lots of cheeses so it's a leftover polenta lasagna. The sweet polenta reminds me of a pastry they make in Bergamo that is in the shape of a bird in a nest.

  • @iammissiemarie4302
    @iammissiemarie4302 4 месяца назад +3

    The best dishes my Sicilian grandmother made growing up were leftovers!

  • @Anesthesia069
    @Anesthesia069 4 месяца назад +2

    That polenta cake looks amazing. I love polenta and I've been trying to find a good recipe. Though I am sorry, but unless it's a regional term, "moisty" is not a word here :D

  • @eugeneblum5686
    @eugeneblum5686 4 месяца назад

    Our Mom would use leftover spaghetti or macaroni with scrambled eggs. She would use leftover farina spread out on a sheet pan or put it in a bread pan, chill it and then fry slices til golden brown. Then serve it with maple syrup like french toast. She would take stale bread and home canned tomatoes and cook it in a sauce pan. It would be like a savory bread pudding, using tomatoes instead of sugar, cinnamon and butter. The bread was homemade too. She was a terrific baker. I don't recall anything coming from a box mix much at all. Cakes, rolls, buns, pies, bread, snack breads, cookies all from scratch. She made the most amazing sugar cookies, almost like an angel food cake. There is a resturant and bakery that makes a big sugar cookie but it's denser than Mom's. I miss the food of my youth. Much like many who miss their Mom's cooking. My oldest sister cooks and bakes much like she did.

  • @conniefi
    @conniefi 4 месяца назад

    I remember my nonna would make that as a kid. Love that fried spaghetti!

  • @JJSmith-rx6vh
    @JJSmith-rx6vh 4 месяца назад

    I made the spaghetti leftover before, with butter then add spaghetti and seasoning. Will be making the planta dish soon.
    Enjoy watching y'all.

  • @Gr8Layks
    @Gr8Layks 4 месяца назад

    Great idea for content. Many thanks from a bachelor swimming in leftovers!

  • @suhaskhamgaonkar6322
    @suhaskhamgaonkar6322 Месяц назад

    ❤ Italian cuisine. Simple ingredients. No fuss.

  • @Dawn-pe5to
    @Dawn-pe5to 4 месяца назад

    It all looks delicious..endless possibilities. I wonder how it would be if you use mascarpone cheese in the cake to create a sort of Italian cheesecake😊

  • @stephenlittle7534
    @stephenlittle7534 4 месяца назад

    I have to say. I love watching your videos and learning.
    But all the time. I am thinking.
    God, you are a lucky guy. Harper. Lovely wife. Lovely food.
    What more can you want. Heaven. 😊😊😊😊😊

  • @FB711_
    @FB711_ 4 месяца назад

    I need to try all three of these recipes ASAP! The torta putana reminds me of Dominican arepa dulce, which is also a sort of polenta cake with raisins and cinnamon (among other spices like clove and allspice, if desired), as well as coconut milk. It’s delicious! If I ever make one, I’m definitely going to add apples and carrots.

  • @chandragray8186
    @chandragray8186 4 месяца назад

    Cool, my ancestors were from near Naples, now I really have to try the frittata

  • @marie-suzankalogeropoulos9249
    @marie-suzankalogeropoulos9249 4 месяца назад +3

    I enjoy making a leek and bacon sauce for my pasta, to top them with some vegg' and protein. So, based on your former pasta frittata, I reheated the pasta with that leftover sauce, then stired in 3 beaten eggs with some grated Regiano mixed in, and the result turned out something like a stove-top quiche Lorraine 😊 ! Reheating thiccc slices of THAT leftover in olive oil, till crunchy on the edges, and piping hot inside, was just a bomb 🎉! That's how inspiring the two of you turn out, just "trust the process" 😅! ❤ from Paris

  • @theblackhand6485
    @theblackhand6485 4 месяца назад

    I do believe we had the spaghetti frittata on a pizza dough baked in a ring. That day on he beach it was a delicious and very powerful snack.

  • @medworakowski101
    @medworakowski101 4 месяца назад +2

    Like risotto needs more butter! Looks delicious.

  • @perryadams3159
    @perryadams3159 4 месяца назад +2

    I always let lasagna sit (in the refrigerator) overnight before eating it. The sauce gets better when it has time to permeate everything.

  • @leaarinwarkentine
    @leaarinwarkentine 4 месяца назад +2

    So "salto" is like "sauté." In English, we use "sauté" so freely in cooking terms that many don't think of it as a borrowed term from French, literally meaning "jumped."

  • @Knulppage
    @Knulppage 4 месяца назад

    One thing I like to do that reminds me of frittata di pasta is I cut up local thin crust pizza and crisp it up in a pan and then pour eggs on them and cook them this way. It's better than you'd think.

  • @TwoRiversFarm707
    @TwoRiversFarm707 4 месяца назад

    My dad made fried spaghetti with all our leftover pasta and sauce. Toss pasta, sauce, beaten eggs and Parmesan cheese in and fry up both sides. Yummy! (we are not Italian, I’m guessing that was something he saw in WWII.)

  • @hiroy71
    @hiroy71 4 месяца назад

    Che piatti 😍e che ricordi avete risvegliato 😋

  • @johneriksen5504
    @johneriksen5504 4 месяца назад

    Okay, I think I can successfully flip with the technique of using the skillet lid. Thank you!

  • @user-je1vd6rs4e
    @user-je1vd6rs4e 4 месяца назад +1

    I've made spaghetti parmesan, with leftover spaghetti
    This looks absolutely delicious but where do you get the 'nduja in the us?

  • @AlisonBonello-h4j
    @AlisonBonello-h4j 4 месяца назад

    Perfection ❤️👌👌

  • @JustMe-gs9xi
    @JustMe-gs9xi Месяц назад

    This is SO Italian Concept... Never waste.

  • @JohnChrysostom101
    @JohnChrysostom101 22 дня назад

    Omg french toast from the cake! Amazing