Thanks guys! Every time I learn something useful new from your channel.. Many thanks from our Italian Staten Island, NY! LIKED! it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island
I thought you would do aglio e olio. It is the simplest and fastest pasta dish you can make. Olive oil, garlic, spaghetti at its simplest. Chilli flakes for some kick.
I learned more about garlic in this one video, and Italian food in general, than I did watching thousands of hours of Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Marco Pier White, Gennaro Contaldo, and all the rest combined.
The way us poor villagers here in Transylvania use garlic is to put a bunch of whole heads of it on a string, then loop it around our necks. It's helps protect us from blood loss at night.
Speaking as a vampire, it's actually the fact that you poor villagers so rarely WASH that's the true affront to our refined, noble sensibilities: the rank, overpowering assault of dried sweat of a thousand harvests, the dank, yeasty vapours of mudcaked barn corner copulation, the matte, greasy imprints of too-inquisitive fingers on shiny, silver crucifixes, the fetor of the sudden armpit gust buoyed up by the discretely sour-and-tangy movement of rustique country dining airs from below and barely contained by the crude fabrics that so eagerly imbibed and amassed passing seasons of paysan ambience, archiving it like some unholy library or chapel of malodeur ... no - the garlic, like the cheap, noxious perfume of back alley bagnios, does nothing to blunt the primordial sin against nature that is your peasant sense of hygiene ...
I grew up with. “Garlic bread” like this. Our friends who are not Italian just didn’t get it. They thought Mom and Nonna were weird for rubbing garlic on the bread. Lol
I grew up with never having bread that you could do that with, always thought cooking shows were just messing with me when they did that. Turned out it was just that I needed a sturdier bread than white bread.
In Italy we buy bread that, when toasted, is harder and easier to rub a garlic clove on. And that's how we make bruschetta. With salt, crushed tomatoes and whatever you want, without pieces of garlic, just the taste of it. Linda I have also learned to take out the 'heart' of the clove when using garlic, learned from a Jewish Italian woman. Otherwise, take the clove out of the oil when you have got the taste of it. I have learned these things over the years, living in Italy. Linda
I was fortunate to see your channel accidentally and so happy I did. Being a great fan of real Italian food since going to Italy in the early seventies when visiting my girlfriend, an exchange student at the time, I was exposed to different dishes in Rome, Venice and Florence. What a culinary experience. Up till then my experience with Italian food was limited to dining out in New York city's Little Italy. Hearing Eva's accent literally took me back to all the enjoyable experiences I had with Italians, their hospitality and generosity and reinforced my desire to return.
I know that central stalk in the garlic as the "germ" of garlic and it occurs in most vegetables as the origin of the growth leaves and rings. e.g. Cabbage stalk is the germ from which the cabbage grows.
Funny… I have been seeing other sites of Italian cooking (I am Brazilian, but son of Italians) and have always been surprised by the fear Italians have of garlic. It’s always “fry the whole garlic, but take it out, mi racomando, eh!”. I agree that there is no need of garlic in a pomodoro or bolognese sauce, but meat without garlic is nothing. I really enjoyed your site and visit regularly. A presto!
In bagna caoda the garlic shouldn't be in small pieces, but should be dissolved in the olive oil. There's even a version with milk, by the way greetings from Piedmont, is good to show this and other Italian stuff to the world 👍
Harper, you are making her crazy. :D She is saying germ, and that is what it is. The germ of the garlic, like wheat germ. Although, to be fair, we don't often talk about it in English that way for garlic. Most Americans pay no attention to it at all until it actually becomes a green shoot growing out of the clove. Before it grows, you could say bud, or germ. Bud usually for ornamental bulbs, germ rarely for edible bulbs. Eva, you are right. Italians often also call this "soul" of the garlic.
@@filipbavrlic5692 Looked it up. I don't know Italian **(again: I don't know Italian so don't quote me),** but are we talking about the word "anima"? If that's the case then we're talking about "anima" being an homonym. There's two meanings for the word at play here. One is "soul", the other is "the innermost part of something". It's not called the "soul" of the garlic, even though it uses the same spelling and pronounciation. But if you translated "l'anima dell'aglio" as "the soul of the garlic" it would imply you're making a metaphor, when you consider that the other meaning is right there and would make this translate as "the germ of the garlic", which is more accurate. I could still be corrected though. I'm just guessing. I don't know Italian.
Same in France. We say , ail en chemise". And new potatoes (young potatoes ? ) cooked with the skin is called "pomme de terre en robe des champs" which would be field dress potatoes.
She absolutely needs a recipe book/story book wrapped together on the differences!! She’s such a fabulous teacher, beautiful soul, & it’s the greatest using him as a taste tester!! They’ve both learned on both sides of our world!!
Eva is educating millions of Americans about authentic Italian food. She is so faithful to the original recipes, using the right ingredients, perfect quantities and correct processes. Brava Eva! Tieni duro!
@@roncarvalhouk I’m a structural linguist who knows several languages. Puedo ayudarte. www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/recipe-vs-receipt-usage-word-history
I’ve eaten here with exiled Nova Scotians, I’m allowed to use “receipt.” lasyones.com I’m also allowed to say, “I’m going to need your receipt” in regards to Italian food and the US and the inauthentic factory age nonsense as we replace more nonsense food with tacos and decide what we want to keep out of the colonist period. Gracias, Eva para su dedication a su trabajo.
Yes, also because in Italy it's "germe" or "germoglio" which means sprout. But when we cook, we call that part "l'anima dell'aglio" which literally translates to "the garlic's soul".
@@swissarmyknight4306 i already do after i make certain meals lmao, i eat a lot of korean, mexican or african dishes that are loaded down with spices, they are really wonderful and good for you but damn they leave you smelling like a spice shop sometimes.
I love this. I eat so much garlic, I could likely walk into Transylvania, without a care. Any vampire so much as nipping at me, would drop on the ground with an anaphylactic seizure.
Guys, As An italian, these videos are amazing. They're cute, funny, and actually they spread the original italian cuisine. And i love the fact that this channel is watched by many americans, more than italians. You know, we love watching foreigners enjoying our recipes, so in the comment section of these kind of videos you'll find everytime many italians writing
she is fantastic. I never would really consider making my own pasta, but this is so simple, and fresh, I will do it. he is a bit of a numb nuts as we say in america. nice guy but not all that bright it seems. I like how she says arrrper with no H
I think I've seen hundreds and hundreds of italian-alleged recipes all around the world prepared by many top tier chefs but I swear this is the very FIRST time I recognize Italy in what I see. Thank you, Eva ♥️
Eva show more domestic traditional center-south style of Italian food. And almost the principles are right!! But Italian professional cousin (and also domestic especially in the north) in the last 20 years Has developed impressive evolutions in techniques and contaminations with exceptional results .. but always maintaining many of the principles that Eva proposes. However, there are thousands of evolutions beyond home cooking in Italy. And these are impossible to find abroad. Jellies, reductions, low temperature cooking, infrared, vacuum, recipes splits. I advise all foreigners to search on google "Alta cucina Italia" or "Restauranti di alto livello Italia" but look for it in Italian and then look for the photos and recipes. and translate the articles and you will understand. Italian-American cuisine was bad and had an even worse evolution. Italian catering is among the most evolved in the world in techniques and fusions ... but often mergers between Italian regions and in any case always maintaining the Italian soul that is only one: Respect for the ingredient and obsessive attention to quality and territoriality and craftsmanship.
Infatti speravo anche io che menzionasse l'aglio, olio e peperoncino che mia madre (calabrese) prepara quando vuole qualcosa di semplice e veloce ma... va bene anche così! Brava Eva, continua a far conoscere i nostri piatti, quelli veri 😃
carbonara, carbon (coal) coal miner's spaghetti en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonara There are many theories for the origin of the name carbonara, which is likely more recent than the dish itself.[4] Since the name is derived from carbonaro (the Italian word for 'charcoal burner'), some believe the dish was first made as a hearty meal for Italian charcoal workers.[1] In parts of the United States, this etymology gave rise to the term "coal miner's spaghetti". It has even been suggested that it was created as a tribute to the Carbonari ('charcoalmen') secret society prominent in the early, repressed stages of Italian unification in the early 19th century.[6] It seems more likely that it is an "urban dish" from Rome,[7] perhaps popularized by the restaurant La Carbonara in Rome
The origin of the term is because it was believed that the sex workers had to used canned things rather than fresh food because they weren't around enough to keep fresh veg and tomatoes in the house--so they made pasta with pickles >.
Anchovies is about like that garlic to Eva. Used properly it is an excellent flavor addition to many recipes! There aren't many people that appreciate a good Anchovie pizza, but everyone appreciates the flavoring of Anchovies as it in no way adds a fishy taste to anything. A Ceasar salad just isn't the same without the Anchovies!
She's actually saying 'gem'. "Gemma" in Italian also means "the inner part", "the core". Italians find it hard to pronounce 'gem' differently from 'jam'. But one thing we do pronounce is the letter r. You'd hear it loud and clear if she was saying geRm. She isn't.
I agree. My mom's hometown in Sicily is known for their salted sardine and anchovy production. I grew up appreciating the flavor in her cooking. Every time I would visit, our uncle and cousins would load me up with cans of anchovies to bring back to the states.
For real. I've heard more than one chef call anchovies Italian MSG. There are a lot of meats that people consider the garbage parts of the food they just toss, but chicken livers and hearts, beef and pork kidneys and others if you just take a second to learn how to use them and what they can go in safely without ruining the flavor, you will up your kitchen game tremendously. Trust. One of my favorite flavor additions is a pound or there abouts chicken livers in a vat of tomato sauce, like your biggest stock pot full of sauce. You won't notice the irony flavor of the livers, but you will one hundred percent notice it NOT being in there once you've had it. Also try an anchovy or 2 in some of your sauces! Once you get the hang of using them, I guarantee you won't go back to leaving them out.
@@mediavideos2176 As an italian, i have to say she probably hold a personal grudge against garlic. I personally use a lot of it and it's a very common thing, maybe in her family they use less garlic, but i assure you in some regions and some families people use lots of garlic
I’m Asian decent and we love garlic. We love the taste and smell of it - the more, the better. However, I’m willing to try and test Eva’s technique just to see for myself how it’s like and what the difference is. Thanks for sharing your recipes and techniques, Eva. Your dishes look delicious. Also, kudos to Harper for trying the different dishes and helping describe it to those with an American palate and more familiar with the American version of “Italian” food.
Honestly, I prefer the bold flavors of Asian food over the subtle Italian flavors. Still love Italian food, but nothing beats authentic Chinese (sichuan) or Korean for me.
@@Al45345good Same man for me Italian food is not strong enough or spicy enough for my taste bud. Like the majority of European dishes (except the cheese) doesn't have the strong flavors I would find in Asian and real Mexican dishes (not fast food lol)
I think her Eva's reaction to garlic is typical italian..but it's not canon for the world to follow suit. It depends upon the regions/locality and nationality. I and most of the Philippines would cringe or get nauseated with the amount of cheese italians eat but we don't show it in our cooking videos. I made some garlic confit and tried with the germ removed. It's nice but really2 mild that i ended up using 3x the amount of garlic cloves needed to make garlic recognizable in my recipe.
Love love love your channel from a Sicilian who truly appreciates all your hard work in preparing these meals and sharing them with us!! Eva you are amazing - did you cook this much before meeting Harper? 🤣 Harper you’re awesome video skills make all your efforts enjoyable to watch! GRAZIE GRAZIE 🌟🙏🌟
Many people fail to realise that in actual fact Italians don't use much garlic in recipes ( just a hint) unlike the Spanish who use far far more. Italian cooking is about knowing how to use herbs and spices in a very subtle manner. They are hinting in the background but never too presumptuous as to overtake the main flavour of the dish. 🤗
@@MsLiberty101 if you ever come to italy for more than a week and travel it's length you will realize that there are as many differences are there are similarities in our regional cooking. I suppose (i'm from the south) that the climate, history and the availability/abundance of ingredients determines in the end the kind of flavours you will find. In the places of northern italy that are far from the sea and are montainous for example you will find dishes based more on butter than on olive oil, on different kind of cheeses (sheep or goat instead of cow maybe). I'm sure that you can figure out why, as you will find easy to imagine that differend foods call for different spices or bases.
In Spain it isn’t used that much either. Its strong flavour and aftertaste puts off many people in Spain too. We use it for example to add flavour to oil as well when we cook potatoes, but then we take it aside, as well as in broths.
Me: I'm just gonna watch a few minutes of this video to see if the recipes are worth trying. *20 minutes later* This woman is a treasure and I never want to leave.
From Piedmont! A few clarifications on the bagna cauda: We usually keep it in things called "fujots" (not sure how to write it). They are ceramic plates with a candle underneath, so that the bagna cauda stays always hot. And, most importantly, you needn't only use vegetables! It is also fantastic with small pieces of meat :) In any case, fantastic video! All those dishes looked delicious! Now I want to try making semolina pasta at home
@@ангелинаолейник-р8ж and use a little salt and pepper. My mom used sourdough bread slices and slowly fried them in a pan. We are German and this is what my mom taught me 57 years ago when I was 5. I still see us in kitchen together 😍
@@ангелинаолейник-р8ж "In Russia it’s called “grenki” :) " Le usanze contadine superavano qualsiasi frontiera/barriera,quando una cosa e' buona e costa poco,inevitabilmente si diffondera' ovunque(vedi la pizza per esempio).
Love that you mentioned that "germ", if I don't remove that part, that dish becomes wretched. Thank you for highlighting this. It's so refreshing to see you 2 together discussing techniques.
I have a slight touch of OCD. When I cook, I was instinctively taking out the “root/core“ of garlic before I diced it up for my meals... My ex-boyfriend and my mother made fun of me for doing this, saying that I was deranged for doing this and it was my OCD that was out of control for doing this with my garlic, causing me to take more time to make my meals with garlic than what should be done. And then I learned later that my instincts were actually vindicated and justified, because I read about how the core of the garlic isn’t good for us... They still won’t believe me though and think that I have a big problem psychologically for the way I cook with garlic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 You're a women after my own heart. Your family is lucky they have you fusing over this. I ruined a dish once, because my "OCD" didn't kick in, and left yhat "germ" in. It ruined that dish.
Can you please take us on a tour of the cabinets that are behind you in this video? I'm so curious. Thank you. Any more about that cook book? How about a cook book on video?
AGLIO, OLIO E PEPERONCINO gli dovevi fare, ora vogliamo un video in cui la provate, in America non sanno la popolarità di questo piatto in Italia, riscattaci!!! Grande Eva
I'm from Piedmont. :-) You also have to use the "heater" for the bagna caoda, to take the dip boiling, the typical "vase" with the hole for the candle. And also you need boiled potatoes, topinambour, cardi and "insalata belga" (to be used like a spoon) all great with bagna caoda!! To soften the garlic flavor in the bagna caoda, someone boil the garlic in some milk, before to put it inside the oil with the anchovies in some recipes, someone will add cream, are both good. Leftovers of bagna caoda are used here by adding some vinegar and put hot on the salad (la riccia indivia), never tasted with the pasta: I will do next time. Eva, you're amazing! How lucky is this man! Grazie per diffondere la nostra cultura culinaria, sei bravissima!
The germ, or sprout, of the garlic makes it bitter. My wife disliked garlic, until we went to Italy. She learned, as I did, what garlic SHOULD taste like. Now she likes it just fine just more gently used as Eva demonstrates. Ciao!
Eva you angel of cooking on earth... I have a fever, and the only prescription is more garlic. Also, I put garlic in my pasta carbonara and I am not sorry! :D
It's great as a sore tooth remedy too until you can get to the dentist. Bite down on a raw clove with the sore tooth and hold until the tooth goes numb.
What a great balance the two of you are. I so enjoy watching and feeling your joy and love for fresh Italian food!!! Also the beautiful high quality cooking shots that are well edited and timely. Wishing Pasta Grammar much happiness and good fortune.
Eva shows a great deal of respect for the ingredients she uses. She does not fight with ingredients. She coaxes the best out of of them. I’d love to see a video on using escarole. It is a beautiful green and very underused here in the States.
I used to work at a farm that grows escarole and all manner of chicories simply because the owners and everyone who works there love chicories and escarole so much. The owners were so good at convincing people to try it and coincidently they were Italian so they knew just the right recipes to ease new people into it. I have to grow it at home because I do not live near/work at that farm anymore. It is so worth it.
As a Filipino that just smashes the garlic then minces it, now I know to remove the little sprout growing inside. I don't even know how your vid and channel came up in my suggestions. I was watching air fryer videos! You've got a new subscriber. Sending love (and smashed garlic) from the Pearl of the Pacific :)
Also, if you’ve loved your food the way you’ve always done it, there is absolutely nothing wrong it. I’m all for trying new things, but the whole garlic clove is delicious if you have the palette for it.
There are cultures that use the garlic whole and you kinda just have to either use less or acquire a taste for it. And IIRC, South Korea has some dips that contain the whole clove of garlic *raw.* It just so happens that Italy found the best way to make it palatable for everyone without compromise. But that doesn't mean it's the "right" way to use garlic. It's just how garlic works in Italian cuisine.
We have almost the same dish as "bagna cauda" in south-eastern France, it's called "anchoïade" (which means "with anchovies") and the main difference is you don't cook it, you serve it fresh and dip the vegetables in it. Also, I just discovered that Americans don't remove the germ of the garlic. You have so much to learn, lol !
I understand how Eva feels about garlic and how Italians use it however there are many many nationalities that love garlic very much. And there is certainly nothing wrong with that. I love garlic. Lots of it. Rich buttery American garlic bread is something I absolutely love. At the same time I love bruschetta. I can live in both worlds.
I'm sure you'd like a hardcore bagna cauda, it's made with whole garlic not like the one in the video, it has the drawback that you can't have relations with other people for about 3 days
And that's fine, the issue a lot of italians take is not that you guys like garlic, but that people would use 10x the amount of garlic in what they think is an italian dish and then say that it's proper italian, or go to italy and complain that things aren't garlicky enough.
Being an Arab, we often use garlic too. My mom always told me to remove the germ of the garlic, saying it would make food bitter. I never bothered out of lassitude. After this video though...I'll try to be less lazy haha.
Fresh garlic has no green in it. Just take fresh garlic and put it in a glass of olive oil. So the oil is great to give some garlic taste to salad or other food.
@@MsLiberty101 yes, I do. They get very soft after six weeks then. I put them into salad or spaghetti anyway. You may try the Iranian recipe for garlic. Vinegar and honey and garlic unpeeled. Just google it because I don't have a recipe for it Tried it some years ago. Great for barbeque.
Guy form Piedmont here. I absolutely love bagna caoda. It is deeply rooted in the culture there. There are some versions in which the garlic taste is further mellowed by soaking it in milk or by preboiling it in water or milk/cream, even though these are definitely non-traditional.
@@davidesantillo889 Piemonte in Italiano, Piedmont in inglese... E vai a vedere come si scrive il piemontese e vedrai che si scrive "bagna caoda" e si legge "bagna cauda"...
I have expected the classic "Aglio e olio" pasta recipe but I suppose "Puttanesca" is more advanced. It seems that olive oil and garlic is still the base for them all.
@@willitnoodle I thought I remembered them doing it but I couldn’t place it. The only video that came to mind was the breadcrumbs episode, but they only mention it briefly there. And then I ran out of ideas for what other video it could have been in.
I'm an aspirant cook, and it's good to know I'm on the right track when I have this extra preoccupation in keeping herbs, garlic, onions and other things in etternal balance. I hate dishes which taste too much of a specific ingredient, making everything else you added to the preparation become insipient. The Italians are soooo right.
I'm from the south of italy and i always thought bagna cauda was a super complicated dish, i don't know why lol. I'm going to try it as soon as I can, maybe tomorrow! I love this channel ❤️
The hardcore bagna cauda, it's made with whole garlic not like the one in the video, it has the drawback that you can't have relations with other people for about 3 days
I remember years ago ordering bruschetta and I said it correctly but then I was corrected with “broo shetta” from the server. Lol Now I am properly being corrected on garlic.... I’m salivating watching you two eating that glorious looking pasta dish. This is inspiring.
With almost 1500 comments, I'm sure someone's already mentioned this, but if you're ever in San Fran, make sure to visit the Stinking Rose (post-pandemic, of course). They do bagna cauda very differently by baking the entire bulb until the garlic is buttery soft and they serve it with crusty bread. It's an amazing dish.
Ohhhhhhh. I agree completely. I was taken there by my boss on my first work trip to San Francisco 12 years ago. Still remember it. One of the best meals I’ve ever had, anywhere.... Go. Just go there...
I am walking away from your series with something I really didn't expect. I am gaining a new respect for the foods of my childhood. Perhaps they aren't true to the origins of the food (i.e. Sunday Sauce). And I'm learning so much about these foods in an authentic way and it is elevating my cooking game. Now I have my Americanized Italian style of foods and due to our friends at Pasta Grammar, the authentic ways of building the flavors. I can appreciate both without holding one or the other hostage. So thank you Harper and Eva!
This made me really happy to watch! I was watching “clara’s kitchen” and she passed in her 90’s but she learned to cook from her mom(her mom was from Sicily). It’s crazy,she used a lot of these techniques,it just goes to show how ingrained these cooking traditions are.
In Spain (or at least in Catalunya and in Roussillon,France) we do the same than in Italy with garlic and bread.We also add some olive oil and salt but they way we use tomato is totally different since we only make use of the juice of the tomato. Besides, we use this garlic bread as a based for charcuterie (manchego cheese, iberian ham,etc..). You should try at some point :).
You need to take her to the Gilroy garlic festival here in California. And get her some garlic ice cream, garlic frys and garlic calamari. And record her expression. It would be priceless. Darn pandemic.
I grew up there. I spent my summers in High School as a volunteer human parking cone. It was totally worth it, if only for the volunteer perk of free food from all the vendors :) Also, in the late summer/early fall when all of the tomato canneries were in full swing, and Christopher Ranch was knocking down the garlic for harvest, the whole valley smelled like pizza.
I don't care how Italians use garlic, or how any other ethnic group uses garlic. I love, LOTS and LOTS of garlic, even raw garlic, so I'll use it any way that I want in any amount that I want or any way that my family likes it. And...if I make an "Italian" recipe and it doesn't have enough garlic to suit my taste, I'll add more garlic with no shame. Vampires beware!
A friend of mine that live in usa (she is italian like me) said to me sometime garlic in American has a less strong flavour then the one you find in Italy so sometime you need more...
I just found you guys this week and I'm so glad I did. Eva is a wonderful cook and I just made her Puttanesca dish tonight and it was one of the best dishes I've ever eaten. It is perfect yet so simple to make. True Italian food
Training myself how to cook Italian food during the pandemic, I've learned to dial back the garlic. As an American, I truly believe there is no such thing as too much garlic. Take a whole bulb of that stuff, roast it in an oven, and rub it on bread. That's something pretty special, even if it's an American thing and not Italian. p.s. I actually use anchovy paste in place of salt in a lot of dishes. It's actually a milder, less overpowering accent than actual salt.
My grandfather was born and raised in Bologna, Italy. He would roast an entire head of garlic (with olive oil and salt), squirt the garlic out of the skins and fork-smash it onto bruschetta before adding other ingredients on top. So, you aren't doing anything wrong...and it's definitely Italian.
One secret about garlic is that gentle cooking cuts the harsh bite. That's why roasting it is so good. Crushing helps mellow raw garlic, too, for creamy dressings.
@@sofypi7493 I dunno. My grandfather learned to cook where he grew up in Bologna, Italy. And he learned from his mother, who lived there almost her entire life.
Yes, yes, yes. I'm so glad you focused on this. I've had several dishes here in the U.S. in "Italian" restaurants in which the food is destroyed by overuse of garlic. Bravissima, Eva. Abbracci.
@@petera618 I wouldn't know the correct pronunciation? Ancestry.com said I was English & Irish LOL I do know I've never heard anyone say "spageeti". There could be a regional accent? For example a bostonian would say, "cah" and I would say car.
As an Asian, I always wondered, why do Italians use such a stingy amount of garlic, and mostly for aromatic purposes? Why waste even a single garlic clove when it is packed with nutritional value and health benefits? I thought most recipes came from humble origins, when people didn't have the luxury of throwing away a single ingredient.
I think the culture of using a single whole clove for one dish comes from cooking for many people. You fry off one clove with the skin on at the start of the dish and you can spread the flavour out, it infuses with the oil and doesn't burn so it goes a lot further.
Don't worry, modern Italians are not representative of the actual Italian cuisine. Nowadays garlic is almost non existent in restaurants here in Northern Italy and the same applies to onions as well, any kind of onions (unless sautéed) but that's because modern day Italians do not like it. My mother in law is Italian and she uses garlic in a lot of things and not just a smashed clove per an entire dish 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ There are some dishes that are made with minimal garlic and there are plenty of dishes that use a heckload of garlic. I think the hate for garlic also ties in with the Italian conviction that "smelling like garlic or onions" is shameful, something to be bullied about by your schoolmates / coworkers....
Well you could always use it for another purpose afterwards. Like how she used it in the puttanesca, afterwards you could chop it up into a butter sauce or simply feed it to your hog out back
Cari amico. Argentina/italiana che abita in Boston. Mi piace come tu fai il sugo, poco aglio. Ho imparato ha fare tanti modi di pasta con te, Eva. Grazie. Mi facete ridere molto.
God bless Young Eva! Da nonna italiana quale sono sono così fiera di te per come ci rappresenti e per come elevi il nostro cibo contro ogni pregiudizio americano. Prima di sapere che eravate famiglia, quando Maxwell a Masterchef ha detto di aver imparato dalla sua nuora calabrese a fare gli gnocchi...io ho pensato.."Sarà mica la Eva?"....siiii...eri tu! Con tanto affetto a te e alla tua adorabile famiglia
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I was really expecting the King of Italian garlic dishes to be aglio e olio.
Thanks guys! Every time I learn something useful new from your channel.. Many thanks from our Italian Staten Island, NY! LIKED! it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island
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I thought you would do aglio e olio. It is the simplest and fastest pasta dish you can make. Olive oil, garlic, spaghetti at its simplest. Chilli flakes for some kick.
I learned more about garlic in this one video, and Italian food in general, than I did watching thousands of hours of Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Marco Pier White, Gennaro Contaldo, and all the rest combined.
So true
Well in my opinion they offer you techniques and tips. The other part of being a cook is experience and knowing the ingredients you cook with
Well, she is Italian 😎
That is because they are not Italian...Jamie Oliver would know...as an Italian I think Eva is great!
Absolutely! it shows that "amateurs" can deliver something better than the professionals!
The way us poor villagers here in Transylvania use garlic is to put a bunch of whole heads of it on a string, then loop it around our necks. It's helps protect us from blood loss at night.
Hahaha
Speaking as a vampire, it's actually the fact that you poor villagers so rarely WASH that's the true affront to our refined, noble sensibilities: the rank, overpowering assault of dried sweat of a thousand harvests, the dank, yeasty vapours of mudcaked barn corner copulation, the matte, greasy imprints of too-inquisitive fingers on shiny, silver crucifixes, the fetor of the sudden armpit gust buoyed up by the discretely sour-and-tangy movement of rustique country dining airs from below and barely contained by the crude fabrics that so eagerly imbibed and amassed passing seasons of paysan ambience, archiving it like some unholy library or chapel of malodeur ... no - the garlic, like the cheap, noxious perfume of back alley bagnios, does nothing to blunt the primordial sin against nature that is your peasant sense of hygiene ...
I never knew that the iron in garlic could be dermally absorbed but you learn something new every day!
Noa chiar așa.
Și eu sunt de pe acolo. Mai exact din Arad.
I grew up with. “Garlic bread” like this. Our friends who are not Italian just didn’t get it. They thought Mom and Nonna were weird for rubbing garlic on the bread. Lol
I grew up with never having bread that you could do that with, always thought cooking shows were just messing with me when they did that. Turned out it was just that I needed a sturdier bread than white bread.
In Italy we buy bread that, when toasted, is harder and easier to rub a garlic clove on. And that's how we make bruschetta. With salt, crushed tomatoes and whatever you want, without pieces of garlic, just the taste of it. Linda
I have also learned to take out the 'heart' of the clove when using garlic, learned from a Jewish Italian woman. Otherwise, take the clove out of the oil when you have got the taste of it. I have learned these things over the years, living in Italy. Linda
@@Skenjin yup. Need that crusty bread. Hard bread is best bread for meals ^^
When I make a thin crust pizza I rub the crust with raw garlic before spooning on the olive oil. Delicious!
I have to say it's always impressive how Eva utilizes the small knife as if it's part of her hand!
I was fortunate to see your channel accidentally and so happy I did. Being a great fan of real Italian food since going to Italy in the early seventies when visiting my girlfriend, an exchange student at the time, I was exposed to different dishes in Rome, Venice and Florence. What a culinary experience. Up till then my experience with Italian food was limited to dining out in New York city's Little Italy. Hearing Eva's accent literally took me back to all the enjoyable experiences I had with Italians, their hospitality and generosity and reinforced my desire to return.
I would also dip a good crusty French bread into that dip. It’s heaven! All the recipes were good. I sure will make all of them.
I know that central stalk in the garlic as the "germ" of garlic and it occurs in most vegetables as the origin of the growth leaves and rings. e.g. Cabbage stalk is the germ from which the cabbage grows.
Funny… I have been seeing other sites of Italian cooking (I am Brazilian, but son of Italians) and have always been surprised by the fear Italians have of garlic. It’s always “fry the whole garlic, but take it out, mi racomando, eh!”. I agree that there is no need of garlic in a pomodoro or bolognese sauce, but meat without garlic is nothing. I really enjoyed your site and visit regularly. A presto!
You people are so fun and smart!
I love listening to her talk
Thank you for sharing!! I’ve been adapting them to be gluten free. Are you thinking about writing a cookbook?
What olive oil do you like? So many brands. I'm confused.
In bagna caoda the garlic shouldn't be in small pieces, but should be dissolved in the olive oil. There's even a version with milk, by the way greetings from Piedmont, is good to show this and other Italian stuff to the world 👍
Eva! I need some classic southern Italian fish recipes! How have you not given us any yet?!
Soon!!!
😅😅we're used to the taste of Little caesars crazy bread and over use garlic in homemade garlic bread.
Harper, you are making her crazy. :D She is saying germ, and that is what it is. The germ of the garlic, like wheat germ. Although, to be fair, we don't often talk about it in English that way for garlic. Most Americans pay no attention to it at all until it actually becomes a green shoot growing out of the clove. Before it grows, you could say bud, or germ. Bud usually for ornamental bulbs, germ rarely for edible bulbs. Eva, you are right. Italians often also call this "soul" of the garlic.
The "soul"? That's grim, considering they just take it out and discard it completely like trash. But it's true.
I realise this an ancient comment but by "soul" it is implied to be the deepest part of something.@@nodezsh
@@filipbavrlic5692 Looked it up. I don't know Italian **(again: I don't know Italian so don't quote me),** but are we talking about the word "anima"? If that's the case then we're talking about "anima" being an homonym.
There's two meanings for the word at play here. One is "soul", the other is "the innermost part of something".
It's not called the "soul" of the garlic, even though it uses the same spelling and pronounciation. But if you translated "l'anima dell'aglio" as "the soul of the garlic" it would imply you're making a metaphor, when you consider that the other meaning is right there and would make this translate as "the germ of the garlic", which is more accurate.
I could still be corrected though. I'm just guessing. I don't know Italian.
Eva knows English better than Harper sometimes. It absolutely is called the germ of the garlic.
Really? Lol non c'è niente da fare, Eva is always right!
Germ is a latin word
Was coming to the comments just to say "germ"!
@@mauriziocosta8416 and that’s why it’s in English.
I was coming to jump on him, i kn exactlywhatshe was saying.
7:10 Fun fact: here in Italy, chef calls the garlic with its skin: “aglio in camicia”, it literally means: “garlic with the shirt”.
Same in France. We say , ail en chemise". And new potatoes (young potatoes ? ) cooked with the skin is called "pomme de terre en robe des champs" which would be field dress potatoes.
We do say potatoes in jackets in US English.
we call shirt in our language "kamees"
We have a similar thing in Lithuania with potatoes. If you boil them with skin on, they are potatoes with shirts.
She absolutely needs a recipe book/story book wrapped together on the differences!! She’s such a fabulous teacher, beautiful soul, & it’s the greatest using him as a taste tester!! They’ve both learned on both sides of our world!!
Eva is educating millions of Americans about authentic Italian food. She is so faithful to the original recipes, using the right ingredients, perfect quantities and correct processes. Brava Eva! Tieni duro!
💪❤️🇮🇹
Are there any no garlic recipes
@@roncarvalhouk in fact, “receipts” is an older form of “recipes”.
@@roncarvalhouk I’m a structural linguist who knows several languages. Puedo ayudarte. www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/recipe-vs-receipt-usage-word-history
I’ve eaten here with exiled Nova Scotians, I’m allowed to use “receipt.” lasyones.com I’m also allowed to say, “I’m going to need your receipt” in regards to Italian food and the US and the inauthentic factory age nonsense as we replace more nonsense food with tacos and decide what we want to keep out of the colonist period. Gracias, Eva para su dedication a su trabajo.
I didn't plan on making my own pasta tonight, but it looks like I am now
She was saying “germ” like when it germinates. It starts to grow a sprout but it’s still inside the clove
Yes, also because in Italy it's "germe" or "germoglio" which means sprout. But when we cook, we call that part "l'anima dell'aglio" which literally translates to "the garlic's soul".
@@prominent.quasar thanks Riccardo
@@prominent.quasar thanks, that's a great expression. Love it
I keep trying to tell my Korean wife the same thing, but she just keeps saying, "But I love a good garlic punch".
So do I and therefore I disregard any rules what to put in any dish. I would never call it authentic, but based on an authentic recipe.
@@CologneCarter same, sometimes i throw in 4 or 5 more cloves.... who cares if i smell like it lol.
@@mouhitorinoboku9655 Put a whole head of garlic. Then you're living the life. Reeking of garlic, but living the life.
@@swissarmyknight4306 i already do after i make certain meals lmao, i eat a lot of korean, mexican or african dishes that are loaded down with spices, they are really wonderful and good for you but damn they leave you smelling like a spice shop sometimes.
I love this. I eat so much garlic, I could likely walk into Transylvania, without a care. Any vampire so much as nipping at me, would drop on the ground with an anaphylactic seizure.
Guys, As An italian, these videos are amazing. They're cute, funny, and actually they spread the original italian cuisine. And i love the fact that this channel is watched by many americans, more than italians. You know, we love watching foreigners enjoying our recipes, so in the comment section of these kind of videos you'll find everytime many italians writing
she is fantastic. I never would really consider making my own pasta, but this is so simple, and fresh, I will do it. he is a bit of a numb nuts as we say in america. nice guy but not all that bright it seems. I like how she says arrrper with no H
I think I've seen hundreds and hundreds of italian-alleged recipes all around the world prepared by many top tier chefs but I swear this is the very FIRST time I recognize Italy in what I see.
Thank you, Eva ♥️
Eva show more domestic traditional center-south style of Italian food. And almost the principles are right!! But Italian professional cousin (and also domestic especially in the north) in the last 20 years Has developed impressive evolutions in techniques and contaminations with exceptional results .. but always maintaining many of the principles that Eva proposes. However, there are thousands of evolutions beyond home cooking in Italy. And these are impossible to find abroad. Jellies, reductions, low temperature cooking, infrared, vacuum, recipes splits. I advise all foreigners to search on google "Alta cucina Italia" or "Restauranti di alto livello Italia" but look for it in Italian and then look for the photos and recipes. and translate the articles and you will understand.
Italian-American cuisine was bad and had an even worse evolution. Italian catering is among the most evolved in the world in techniques and fusions ... but often mergers between Italian regions and in any case always maintaining the Italian soul that is only one:
Respect for the ingredient and obsessive attention to quality and territoriality and craftsmanship.
Sono un italiano semplice.. E pensavo che il piatto finale fosse l'aglio olio e peperoncino.. Già cenato ma vado a preparamene un paio d'etti
Pensavo che avrebbe fatto peperoni sotto olio o qualcosa del genere
Infatti speravo anche io che menzionasse l'aglio, olio e peperoncino che mia madre (calabrese) prepara quando vuole qualcosa di semplice e veloce ma... va bene anche così! Brava Eva, continua a far conoscere i nostri piatti, quelli veri 😃
...knowing foreign languages makes me hungry...😑
Lo pensavo anch'io poiché è il primo piatto di pasta che mi viene in mente se penso all'aglio😅...
Il piatto che prepari quando hai fame alle due del mattino xD
I love that "pasta puttanesca" literally means "whore pasta." #themoreyouknow
carbonara, carbon (coal)
coal miner's spaghetti
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonara
There are many theories for the origin of the name carbonara, which is likely more recent than the dish itself.[4] Since the name is derived from carbonaro (the Italian word for 'charcoal burner'), some believe the dish was first made as a hearty meal for Italian charcoal workers.[1] In parts of the United States, this etymology gave rise to the term "coal miner's spaghetti". It has even been suggested that it was created as a tribute to the Carbonari ('charcoalmen') secret society prominent in the early, repressed stages of Italian unification in the early 19th century.[6] It seems more likely that it is an "urban dish" from Rome,[7] perhaps popularized by the restaurant La Carbonara in Rome
Yep
The origin of the term is because it was believed that the sex workers had to used canned things rather than fresh food because they weren't around enough to keep fresh veg and tomatoes in the house--so they made pasta with pickles >.
More like „pasta the whores way“ or „whores Style pasta “, but there you have it. I’m Italian and still find it funny if I think about it 😝
Like _puta_ in Spanish.
Anchovies is about like that garlic to Eva. Used properly it is an excellent flavor addition to many recipes! There aren't many people that appreciate a good Anchovie pizza, but everyone appreciates the flavoring of Anchovies as it in no way adds a fishy taste to anything. A Ceasar salad just isn't the same without the Anchovies!
Homemade ceasar with crunchy romaine is so good.
13:38 _”it’s not germ”_ But she is exactly right. That is the germ of the garlic, from which a shoot would grow. 🌚
She's actually saying 'gem'. "Gemma" in Italian also means "the inner part", "the core". Italians find it hard to pronounce 'gem' differently from 'jam'. But one thing we do pronounce is the letter r. You'd hear it loud and clear if she was saying geRm. She isn't.
The germ is where a seed connects to a plant like rice wheat oat and I guess you would call it that where garlic Clove connects to the main root
The poor anchovy, so misunderstood! It’s so imperative, in so many Italian dishes.
Ive learned that lesson, now I'm fully on board.
Yes for sure I love anchovys that recipe also amazing on pasta. / with some toasted bread crumbs yum
I agree. My mom's hometown in Sicily is known for their salted sardine and anchovy production. I grew up appreciating the flavor in her cooking. Every time I would visit, our uncle and cousins would load me up with cans of anchovies to bring back to the states.
For real. I've heard more than one chef call anchovies Italian MSG. There are a lot of meats that people consider the garbage parts of the food they just toss, but chicken livers and hearts, beef and pork kidneys and others if you just take a second to learn how to use them and what they can go in safely without ruining the flavor, you will up your kitchen game tremendously. Trust. One of my favorite flavor additions is a pound or there abouts chicken livers in a vat of tomato sauce, like your biggest stock pot full of sauce. You won't notice the irony flavor of the livers, but you will one hundred percent notice it NOT being in there once you've had it. Also try an anchovy or 2 in some of your sauces! Once you get the hang of using them, I guarantee you won't go back to leaving them out.
I always thought it tasted more like a concentrate of salted nuts than fish.
I put garlic in EVERYTHING lol and lots of it
Ignore the Italians, garlic is a France vegetable and we put it in everything also. Just cook the garlic and it becomes sweet not overpowering at all.
Ohhhhhh yeah
@@mediavideos2176 same for onion
I use it like a veggie. Fry up onions and put fried eggs on them. Yum!
I guess you will have many friends
@@mediavideos2176 As an italian, i have to say she probably hold a personal grudge against garlic. I personally use a lot of it and it's a very common thing, maybe in her family they use less garlic, but i assure you in some regions and some families people use lots of garlic
As someone who absolutely loves garlic, I cried a bit watching this.
My grandfather was a chef from Greece. He was not shy about garlic.
I agree! Garlic is delicious!
@@MG-es4bb We can both clear a room! Me with garlic, you with meanness.At least garlic breath is temporary.
Same I love garlic so much
Try the garlic pie from ottolenghi
I’m Asian decent and we love garlic. We love the taste and smell of it - the more, the better. However, I’m willing to try and test Eva’s technique just to see for myself how it’s like and what the difference is. Thanks for sharing your recipes and techniques, Eva. Your dishes look delicious. Also, kudos to Harper for trying the different dishes and helping describe it to those with an American palate and more familiar with the American version of “Italian” food.
Nah, I won't compromise my love for garlic with anything. Whatever I cook, I would adjust it to my personal taste. And my taste bud love garlic.
@@glamsky3257 well, i am Italian and I do the same. I always double the doses of garlic they prescribe, and I never take out the germ.
Honestly, I prefer the bold flavors of Asian food over the subtle Italian flavors. Still love Italian food, but nothing beats authentic Chinese (sichuan) or Korean for me.
@@Al45345good Same man for me Italian food is not strong enough or spicy enough for my taste bud. Like the majority of European dishes (except the cheese) doesn't have the strong flavors I would find in Asian and real Mexican dishes (not fast food lol)
I think her Eva's reaction to garlic is typical italian..but it's not canon for the world to follow suit. It depends upon the regions/locality and nationality. I and most of the Philippines would cringe or get nauseated with the amount of cheese italians eat but we don't show it in our cooking videos. I made some garlic confit and tried with the germ removed. It's nice but really2 mild that i ended up using 3x the amount of garlic cloves needed to make garlic recognizable in my recipe.
harper, Obi-Wan Eva was spot on with "germ"
- germ the thing that results from germination
- wheat germ
I came here to say this- she had the right word! I think the closest substitute would be shoot.
The Italian word for it is exactly the same, with an E at the end :D
@@AleksandarIvanov69 Esatto.....”il germe”. :)
@@aris1956 I don't know what esatto means, but yes "li germe" :)
@@AleksandarIvanov69 Ah ok .... I thought you knew Italian. :) “esatto”= exact (almost like in English). :)
Love love love your channel from a Sicilian who truly appreciates all your hard work in preparing these meals and sharing them with us!! Eva you are amazing - did you cook this much before meeting Harper? 🤣 Harper you’re awesome video skills make all your efforts enjoyable to watch! GRAZIE GRAZIE 🌟🙏🌟
Eva is impossible not to love. She cooks from the heart, and is going to be the coolest Nonna ever.
Nonna? She seems quite young to be a nonna
She was trying to say "germ" at 13:30, which is the correct term. Not bud. As usual, great video. Thanks for sharing!
She said "gem" in Italian the buds are "gemma", gem.
he said germog in italy germoglio is this 🌱 idk the name in english
Many people fail to realise that in actual fact Italians don't use much garlic in recipes ( just a hint) unlike the Spanish who use far far more. Italian cooking is about knowing how to use herbs and spices in a very subtle manner. They are hinting in the background but never too presumptuous as to overtake the main flavour of the dish. 🤗
in the north of italy garlic is basically banned (which i don't like) but stereotypes are hard to die.....
@@MsLiberty101 well i live here and its not like its banned but not many like it...i personally love garlic but its very subjective
@@MsLiberty101 if you ever come to italy for more than a week and travel it's length you will realize that there are as many differences are there are similarities in our regional cooking. I suppose (i'm from the south) that the climate, history and the availability/abundance of ingredients determines in the end the kind of flavours you will find. In the places of northern italy that are far from the sea and are montainous for example you will find dishes based more on butter than on olive oil, on different kind of cheeses (sheep or goat instead of cow maybe). I'm sure that you can figure out why, as you will find easy to imagine that differend foods call for different spices or bases.
In Spain it isn’t used that much either. Its strong flavour and aftertaste puts off many people in Spain too. We use it for example to add flavour to oil as well when we cook potatoes, but then we take it aside, as well as in broths.
Don't they use a lot of garlic in aioli and agliata?
Me: I'm just gonna watch a few minutes of this video to see if the recipes are worth trying. *20 minutes later* This woman is a treasure and I never want to leave.
Me too!
Stumbled upon this in my recommendations. I'm literally trying all of these this week. Just need to find semolina flour.
My sentiments exactly! I've been to Italy and wondered how they made such delicately flavored garlic dishes, and now I know!
From Piedmont! A few clarifications on the bagna cauda:
We usually keep it in things called "fujots" (not sure how to write it). They are ceramic plates with a candle underneath, so that the bagna cauda stays always hot.
And, most importantly, you needn't only use vegetables! It is also fantastic with small pieces of meat :)
In any case, fantastic video! All those dishes looked delicious! Now I want to try making semolina pasta at home
We do the same in Nice!
In Slovakia we have something very similar. We also rub garlic on toasted bread. Its called hrianky and it is the best Sunday breakfast ever :)
In Russia it’s called “grenki” :)
@@ангелинаолейник-р8ж and use a little salt and pepper. My mom used sourdough bread slices and slowly fried them in a pan. We are German and this is what my mom taught me 57 years ago when I was 5. I still see us in kitchen together 😍
@@ангелинаолейник-р8ж "In Russia it’s called “grenki” :) "
Le usanze contadine superavano qualsiasi frontiera/barriera,quando una cosa e' buona e costa poco,inevitabilmente si diffondera' ovunque(vedi la pizza per esempio).
I live near Naples, here that part of garlic we call it "anima dell'aglio" , garlic soul. It is also hard to digest
In Verona too we call it "soul" of the garlic... It sounds satanic 😂😅
Love that you mentioned that "germ", if I don't remove that part, that dish becomes wretched. Thank you for highlighting this. It's so refreshing to see you 2 together discussing techniques.
I have a slight touch of OCD. When I cook, I was instinctively taking out the “root/core“ of garlic before I diced it up for my meals...
My ex-boyfriend and my mother made fun of me for doing this, saying that I was deranged for doing this and it was my OCD that was out of control for doing this with my garlic, causing me to take more time to make my meals with garlic than what should be done.
And then I learned later that my instincts were actually vindicated and justified, because I read about how the core of the garlic isn’t good for us...
They still won’t believe me though and think that I have a big problem psychologically for the way I cook with garlic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 i use a caliper to make meatballs ✋
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 You're a women after my own heart. Your family is lucky they have you fusing over this. I ruined a dish once, because my "OCD" didn't kick in, and left yhat "germ" in. It ruined that dish.
When Italian ladies teach about cooking, I listen because they are the best cooks in the world. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Yes, they sure are!!
That is one thing an Italian woman will ALWAYS take time to do! Teach someone how to cook!
@@denacrescini1990, Thank God for that!
That thick spaghetti pasta should be called something like “Medusa’s dreads” or something but I know that’s Greek...
That's a f'ing awesome name for a pasta, though
Think it would be a cool haloween food because they also look like bloody worms
Can you please take us on a tour of the cabinets that are behind you in this video? I'm so curious. Thank you. Any more about that cook book? How about a cook book on video?
Stay tuned! ;)
AGLIO, OLIO E PEPERONCINO gli dovevi fare, ora vogliamo un video in cui la provate, in America non sanno la popolarità di questo piatto in Italia, riscattaci!!! Grande Eva
Me personally, I love a strong garlic flavour, but will have to try these recipes
I love cooking with anchovies. They just sort of disintegrate into the oil, and leave behind a rich background flavor that is just incredible.
Eva trying to explain brothels is pretty adorable and hilarious lol
I'm from Piedmont. :-) You also have to use the "heater" for the bagna caoda, to take the dip boiling, the typical "vase" with the hole for the candle. And also you need boiled potatoes, topinambour, cardi and "insalata belga" (to be used like a spoon) all great with bagna caoda!! To soften the garlic flavor in the bagna caoda, someone boil the garlic in some milk, before to put it inside the oil with the anchovies in some recipes, someone will add cream, are both good. Leftovers of bagna caoda are used here by adding some vinegar and put hot on the salad (la riccia indivia), never tasted with the pasta: I will do next time. Eva, you're amazing! How lucky is this man! Grazie per diffondere la nostra cultura culinaria, sei bravissima!
When we made this when I was a kid we would add cream or butter, or both.
I was born in Torino as was my mother. When she cooked Bagna Cauda she would slowly cook the garlic down in milk.
The germ, or sprout, of the garlic makes it bitter. My wife disliked garlic, until we went to Italy. She learned, as I did, what garlic SHOULD taste like. Now she likes it just fine just more gently used as Eva demonstrates. Ciao!
Eva you angel of cooking on earth... I have a fever, and the only prescription is more garlic. Also, I put garlic in my pasta carbonara and I am not sorry! :D
😱😂
Love garlic for sinus infections! or chest colds, keeps things loose.
I put a dash of garlic in my carbonara too. But as long as you don't put cream or peas in, you're good. ;)
It's great as a sore tooth remedy too until you can get to the dentist. Bite down on a raw clove with the sore tooth and hold until the tooth goes numb.
argh sacrilege,but well your palat is yours !
That
FIRS REACSION: S C I O K
made me wheeze my lungs out
😂😂😂😂
I laughed even harder when he said "because" in that weird way... I couldn't expect nothing less from the master of "shish" :D
Shish has nailed a new one... 😱😃
@@PastaGrammar nice touch the "SHOCK BI CAUSE" meme... loool è ovunque.
What a great balance the two of you are. I so enjoy watching and feeling your joy and love for fresh Italian food!!! Also the beautiful high quality cooking shots that are well edited and timely. Wishing Pasta Grammar much happiness and good fortune.
Harper is there anything you DON'T like that she makes? You know she is the bomb diggity in the kitchen.
calamari.
With those knife skills he has to say everything's Great
I was thinking the same thing!!
Me sitting here wishing I had Evas hair 💕
Me too!
She puts pasta water in it
I live in Italy and i can get emotional seing hand made pasta process.....this country has so much greatness in it....
Eva shows a great deal of respect for the ingredients she uses. She does not fight with ingredients. She coaxes the best out of of them. I’d love to see a video on using escarole. It is a beautiful green and very underused here in the States.
Here in the Midwest it is hard to find too.
Lidia is a big fan of Escarole and has used it in many recipes (receipts) in her cookbooks (latest book: Felidia) and on her TV show. Check it out.
I used to work at a farm that grows escarole and all manner of chicories simply because the owners and everyone who works there love chicories and escarole so much. The owners were so good at convincing people to try it and coincidently they were Italian so they knew just the right recipes to ease new people into it. I have to grow it at home because I do not live near/work at that farm anymore. It is so worth it.
Your dad is an amazing cook I think he will win Masterchef
We hope so!!!
Make a video con lui
Soon!!! 😉
@@lucamarcellino2649 Did I missed something???? o_O
@@andys109 his father is on Italian masterchef
As a Filipino that just smashes the garlic then minces it, now I know to remove the little sprout growing inside. I don't even know how your vid and channel came up in my suggestions. I was watching air fryer videos! You've got a new subscriber. Sending love (and smashed garlic) from the Pearl of the Pacific :)
Also, if you’ve loved your food the way you’ve always done it, there is absolutely nothing wrong it.
I’m all for trying new things, but the whole garlic clove is delicious if you have the palette for it.
There are cultures that use the garlic whole and you kinda just have to either use less or acquire a taste for it. And IIRC, South Korea has some dips that contain the whole clove of garlic *raw.*
It just so happens that Italy found the best way to make it palatable for everyone without compromise. But that doesn't mean it's the "right" way to use garlic. It's just how garlic works in Italian cuisine.
We have almost the same dish as "bagna cauda" in south-eastern France, it's called "anchoïade" (which means "with anchovies") and the main difference is you don't cook it, you serve it fresh and dip the vegetables in it.
Also, I just discovered that Americans don't remove the germ of the garlic. You have so much to learn, lol !
Some of we Americans do remove the germ... but then I learned to cook from an Italian boyfriends Nonna.
I always remove the germ, but I read about cooking far more than most Americans.
I understand how Eva feels about garlic and how Italians use it however there are many many nationalities that love garlic very much. And there is certainly nothing wrong with that. I love garlic. Lots of it. Rich buttery American garlic bread is something I absolutely love. At the same time I love bruschetta. I can live in both worlds.
Here, here!
I'm sure you'd like a hardcore bagna cauda, it's made with whole garlic not like the one in the video, it has the drawback that you can't have relations with other people for about 3 days
And that's fine, the issue a lot of italians take is not that you guys like garlic, but that people would use 10x the amount of garlic in what they think is an italian dish and then say that it's proper italian, or go to italy and complain that things aren't garlicky enough.
I love garlic also.
We Sri Lankans have a dish which is a curry made with the main ingredient being garlic.
I'm italian. I already know all of this. But I'm watching anyways! You guys are hilarious!
Being an Arab, we often use garlic too. My mom always told me to remove the germ of the garlic, saying it would make food bitter. I never bothered out of lassitude. After this video though...I'll try to be less lazy haha.
Glad to see how many cultures love garlic, it’s such a good flavor for food.
Fresh garlic has no green in it. Just take fresh garlic and put it in a glass of olive oil.
So the oil is great to give some garlic taste to salad or other food.
@@MsLiberty101 yes, I do. They get very soft after six weeks then. I put them into salad or spaghetti anyway.
You may try the Iranian recipe for garlic.
Vinegar and honey and garlic unpeeled. Just google it because I don't have a recipe for it
Tried it some years ago. Great for barbeque.
@@MsLiberty101 be careful, garlic and oil can give you botulism
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I Googled "botulism" cos I was intrigued by the alien sounding word. And now I'm traumatized. 😭
Guy form Piedmont here. I absolutely love bagna caoda. It is deeply rooted in the culture there. There are some versions in which the garlic taste is further mellowed by soaking it in milk or by preboiling it in water or milk/cream, even though these are definitely non-traditional.
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My family is from Piedmont and my mother from south of France. We add 1/4 cup cream to 1 cup olive oil to our bagna cauda.
Piemonte....and bagna cauda😠
@@davidesantillo889 Piemonte in Italiano, Piedmont in inglese... E vai a vedere come si scrive il piemontese e vedrai che si scrive "bagna caoda" e si legge "bagna cauda"...
Eva smiles and gets so very happy every time she tastes her food ! She surprises herself every time :)
Gotta just love that!
I'm in Firenze for a month (at least) and OMG the food. I have a good cry every day, the food is so good.
I have expected the classic "Aglio e olio" pasta recipe but I suppose "Puttanesca" is more advanced. It seems that olive oil and garlic is still the base for them all.
I was about to say the same thing, I was waiting for the Aglio, olio e pepperoncino
We did it in another video!!!
we just can't get enough of it! haha grazie a voi due!
They made Aglio e Olio in the video where Eva tried 'Healthy Pasta Alternatives'
@@willitnoodle I thought I remembered them doing it but I couldn’t place it. The only video that came to mind was the breadcrumbs episode, but they only mention it briefly there. And then I ran out of ideas for what other video it could have been in.
I'm an aspirant cook, and it's good to know I'm on the right track when I have this extra preoccupation in keeping herbs, garlic, onions and other things in etternal balance. I hate dishes which taste too much of a specific ingredient, making everything else you added to the preparation become insipient. The Italians are soooo right.
I'm from the south of italy and i always thought bagna cauda was a super complicated dish, i don't know why lol.
I'm going to try it as soon as I can, maybe tomorrow! I love this channel ❤️
The hardcore bagna cauda, it's made with whole garlic not like the one in the video, it has the drawback that you can't have relations with other people for about 3 days
@@IIIShrikeIII ahahaha immagino!
I remember years ago ordering bruschetta and I said it correctly but then I was corrected with “broo shetta” from the server. Lol
Now I am properly being corrected on garlic.... I’m salivating watching you two eating that glorious looking pasta dish. This is inspiring.
With almost 1500 comments, I'm sure someone's already mentioned this, but if you're ever in San Fran, make sure to visit the Stinking Rose (post-pandemic, of course). They do bagna cauda very differently by baking the entire bulb until the garlic is buttery soft and they serve it with crusty bread. It's an amazing dish.
Ohhhhhhh. I agree completely. I was taken there by my boss on my first work trip to San Francisco 12 years ago. Still remember it. One of the best meals I’ve ever had, anywhere.... Go. Just go there...
That place is amazing! And the garlic ice-cream was such a yummy surprise! I don't know how they make it work but it does!
Yeah, but don't take an Italian there...
She was referring to the 'germ' in the garlic. Also known as the core. It's amazing what a difference it makes when removed.... Great video! 👍👍👍
What difference does it make?
She knows English better than the American guy :'D
The germ is supposed to cause indigestion to boot.
@@parisbreakfast That’s a complete myth actually, that the germ causes any significant indigestion!
I am walking away from your series with something I really didn't expect. I am gaining a new respect for the foods of my childhood. Perhaps they aren't true to the origins of the food (i.e. Sunday Sauce). And I'm learning so much about these foods in an authentic way and it is elevating my cooking game. Now I have my Americanized Italian style of foods and due to our friends at Pasta Grammar, the authentic ways of building the flavors. I can appreciate both without holding one or the other hostage. So thank you Harper and Eva!
Eva treats foods and pasta with so much love. So nice to watch! Thanks guys, another great video. I love cooking and eating authentic italian food :)
This made me really happy to watch! I was watching “clara’s kitchen” and she passed in her 90’s but she learned to cook from her mom(her mom was from Sicily). It’s crazy,she used a lot of these techniques,it just goes to show how ingrained these cooking traditions are.
In Spain (or at least in Catalunya and in Roussillon,France) we do the same than in Italy with garlic and bread.We also add some olive oil and salt but they way we use tomato is totally different since we only make use of the juice of the tomato. Besides, we use this garlic bread as a based for charcuterie (manchego cheese, iberian ham,etc..). You should try at some point :).
13:21 -- Eva is right: the sprout of the garlic clove is called the "germ".
You need to take her to the Gilroy garlic festival here in California. And get her some garlic ice cream, garlic frys and garlic calamari. And record her expression. It would be priceless. Darn pandemic.
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That literally sounds like heaven!
I would be in garlic heaven.
@@deniaridley Yes you would be. And it's great.
I grew up there. I spent my summers in High School as a volunteer human parking cone. It was totally worth it, if only for the volunteer perk of free food from all the vendors :)
Also, in the late summer/early fall when all of the tomato canneries were in full swing, and Christopher Ranch was knocking down the garlic for harvest, the whole valley smelled like pizza.
I love the simplicity and purity of real Italian style food. I learned so much, thanks!
I had to pause at 10:32 and jump to comment section, I’m gonna scream if there is gonna be bagna cauda in this episode 😂
Oh come on! Where’s the hardcore version? 😂
She's trying to say "germ" Alberto!
I don't care how Italians use garlic, or how any other ethnic group uses garlic. I love, LOTS and LOTS of garlic, even raw garlic, so I'll use it any way that I want in any amount that I want or any way that my family likes it. And...if I make an "Italian" recipe and it doesn't have enough garlic to suit my taste, I'll add more garlic with no shame. Vampires beware!
Sooo what I have learned today is.....Garlic lovers, if you ever go to Italy, bring your garlic shaker with you!!! lol
Bring a pack from Cosco's or other buy in bulk stores if ur staying for more than a 2 weeks.
wait, what in the name of god is a garlic shaker???
@@gianlucacochi7586 it's similar to what you put salt in that is usually set on the table. But with garlic in it instead, dried garlic.
A friend of mine that live in usa (she is italian like me) said to me sometime garlic in American has a less strong flavour then the one you find in Italy so sometime you need more...
Eva should be a hair model omg, she have incredible hair.
She does have really healthy hair
@@im4485 she treats it with fresh virgin olive oil.
@@1983khd maybe, but I think the real reason is high quality clean organic food that she grew up on.
@@1983khd is that true🤣 but seriously
I just found you guys this week and I'm so glad I did. Eva is a wonderful cook and I just made her Puttanesca dish tonight and it was one of the best dishes I've ever eaten. It is perfect yet so simple to make. True Italian food
All her dishes sound wonderful! But I also have an absolute passion for the taste of garlic!! I even make garlic sandwiches😁
I put like two chopped up cloves of raw garlic per slice of bread. But I can definitely get behind all of these dishes.
Try tuna and mayo with sliced garlic!
Training myself how to cook Italian food during the pandemic, I've learned to dial back the garlic. As an American, I truly believe there is no such thing as too much garlic. Take a whole bulb of that stuff, roast it in an oven, and rub it on bread. That's something pretty special, even if it's an American thing and not Italian. p.s. I actually use anchovy paste in place of salt in a lot of dishes. It's actually a milder, less overpowering accent than actual salt.
My grandfather was born and raised in Bologna, Italy. He would roast an entire head of garlic (with olive oil and salt), squirt the garlic out of the skins and fork-smash it onto bruschetta before adding other ingredients on top. So, you aren't doing anything wrong...and it's definitely Italian.
One secret about garlic is that gentle cooking cuts the harsh bite. That's why roasting it is so good. Crushing helps mellow raw garlic, too, for creamy dressings.
@@meacadwell it's definitly not italian
@@sofypi7493 I dunno. My grandfather learned to cook where he grew up in Bologna, Italy. And he learned from his mother, who lived there almost her entire life.
Italians must have changed since then. I've never met an Italian who liked strong garlic taste or using much garlic.
My Italian mother from Italy did bruchetta same way. Salute
What does "salute" mean?
Well in this regard wellness to all.
That Pici All'aglione looks outstanding. Brings a tear to my eye at how delicious it looks. Can't wait to try out the recipe! Thanks for sharing.
Watching Eva reminds me of home- everything she says is 100% what we were taught. Good job helping people eat better. Brava Eva!
Yes, yes, yes. I'm so glad you focused on this. I've had several dishes here in the U.S. in "Italian" restaurants in which the food is destroyed by overuse of garlic. Bravissima, Eva. Abbracci.
I would like Eva to watch and respond to Giada De Laurentis’ show on Food Network
That would be very interesting. Eva is true blue Italian method. Giadia I think is more Americanized.
@@monermccarthy7198 What would anyone expect, since Giada grew up in Los Angeles.....
@@crochetedlace2838 that's what I was going to say. LOL any other italians say, "spageeti" like she does?
@@traciemcdaniel3660 And the odd way she pronounces Pancetta.
@@petera618 I wouldn't know the correct pronunciation? Ancestry.com said I was English & Irish LOL I do know I've never heard anyone say "spageeti".
There could be a regional accent? For example a bostonian would say, "cah" and I would say car.
6:53. Eva.... qui ti mancava la parola “bordello” in inglese, ma abbiamo sentito che Harper se ne intende e ti è venuto in aiuto. 😉
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We want to see Max in one of your videos!! He is amazing and this accent in Italian... reminds chef Alfredo! :)
Παντου υπαρχει ενας Ελληνας!
As an Asian, I always wondered, why do Italians use such a stingy amount of garlic, and mostly for aromatic purposes? Why waste even a single garlic clove when it is packed with nutritional value and health benefits? I thought most recipes came from humble origins, when people didn't have the luxury of throwing away a single ingredient.
The big difference was between raw and degrees of cooking - connected to both taste and smell - in my opinion.
I think the culture of using a single whole clove for one dish comes from cooking for many people. You fry off one clove with the skin on at the start of the dish and you can spread the flavour out, it infuses with the oil and doesn't burn so it goes a lot further.
Don't worry, modern Italians are not representative of the actual Italian cuisine. Nowadays garlic is almost non existent in restaurants here in Northern Italy and the same applies to onions as well, any kind of onions (unless sautéed) but that's because modern day Italians do not like it. My mother in law is Italian and she uses garlic in a lot of things and not just a smashed clove per an entire dish 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ There are some dishes that are made with minimal garlic and there are plenty of dishes that use a heckload of garlic. I think the hate for garlic also ties in with the Italian conviction that "smelling like garlic or onions" is shameful, something to be bullied about by your schoolmates / coworkers....
Well you could always use it for another purpose afterwards. Like how she used it in the puttanesca, afterwards you could chop it up into a butter sauce or simply feed it to your hog out back
@@connieb.6061 … I have a feeling this might be the real answer LOL
Cari amico. Argentina/italiana che abita in Boston. Mi piace come tu fai il sugo, poco aglio. Ho imparato ha fare tanti modi di pasta con te, Eva. Grazie. Mi facete ridere molto.
God bless Young Eva! Da nonna italiana quale sono sono così fiera di te per come ci rappresenti e per come elevi il nostro cibo contro ogni pregiudizio americano. Prima di sapere che eravate famiglia, quando Maxwell a Masterchef ha detto di aver imparato dalla sua nuora calabrese a fare gli gnocchi...io ho pensato.."Sarà mica la Eva?"....siiii...eri tu! Con tanto affetto a te e alla tua adorabile famiglia
Grazie mille!!! ❤️❤️
The Bruschetta is something we really enjoy in the summer with tomatoes from the garden - yum!