127-Year-Old Italian Bakery Makes The Best Struffoli In NYC | Legendary Eats

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2019
  • Ferrara, a 127-year-old bakery, is a Little Italy destination and one of the last surviving pastry shops in the neighborhood. It’s famous for pastries such as cannoli, tri-color cookies, and tiramisu. But around November and December, its most coveted dessert turns to struffoli, a Neapolitan holiday dessert. Insider’s Taryn Varricchio headed to Ferrara to learn why customers choose this shop’s struffoli over other Italian pastry shops in the city.
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    127-Year-Old Italian Bakery Makes The Best Struffoli In NYC | Legendary Eats

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  • @RockstarEater
    @RockstarEater 4 года назад +436

    Nothing makes me happier than seeing 100 year old restaurants and bakeries still thriving to this day. It's like a piece of history still living with us to see. 😀

    • @thisisaprettylongname
      @thisisaprettylongname 3 года назад

      Rockstar Eater yea a piece of history the look like chick peas and sugar syrup

  • @MaishaZuiRulez
    @MaishaZuiRulez 4 года назад +663

    LMFAO I thought they put sugar syrup on chickpeas and I was like wtf

    • @bee4070
      @bee4070 4 года назад +28

      Same, but also then like,
      I wanna try that...

    • @nickshkarlet7997
      @nickshkarlet7997 4 года назад +1

      Maisha Zui same!!

    • @DBT1007
      @DBT1007 4 года назад +4

      Lol I never judge food based on appearance.
      I mean.. If it still looks edible, then it's okay with me.
      Chickpeas with sugar syrup? It's okay for me. But I need to eat that first to judge the taste.
      Another example of weird thing is.. instant fried noodle with condensed milk. It seems weird, right? But it turn out to be good when I eat it.

    • @DeepPatel-kb3zp
      @DeepPatel-kb3zp 4 года назад +2

      What is so special about chickpeas, I thought 😅

    • @RockstarEater
      @RockstarEater 4 года назад

      Still, that sounds great. I'd eat it! =) =)

  • @nabeelmohammedca
    @nabeelmohammedca 4 года назад +113

    I initially thought it was chickpeas.

  • @Passionforfoodrecipes
    @Passionforfoodrecipes 4 года назад +94

    I love this kind of old world mom and pop classic taken to the limits of perfection! If they've been doing it 127 years, you know they know how to do it right!

  • @alessiaperrino74
    @alessiaperrino74 3 года назад +34

    my uncle franco gave his soul to that place, he worked for a long time and until his last day of life. he imported all the Italian traditions and recipes, including that of strufoli, so I'm sorry not to see even a photo of him in this video. for me ferrara backery is and always will be FRANCO AMATI❤️

    • @BigboiiTone
      @BigboiiTone Год назад +1

      HOOOO uncle franco ovah heaa. Come here Frankie give me a kiss on both cheeks ya maron!

    • @markkuwerkko
      @markkuwerkko Год назад +1

      @@BigboiiTone Fohgedabautit!!! You knew Vito was a fanook?

  • @mofiaman83
    @mofiaman83 4 года назад +20

    Been making struffoli with my grandma since 2012, our own holiday tradition. Going to be making some in 2 weeks just in time for Christmas eve and christmas :)

  • @nisadenehy5680
    @nisadenehy5680 4 года назад +22

    Sometimes I forget that some people aren’t Italian and don’t know what struffoli is lol. One of my favorites

  • @sundae6969
    @sundae6969 4 года назад +31

    I live in NY and never heard of this place. I definitely will check it out

    • @miltonesanz
      @miltonesanz 4 года назад +1

      It's worth it.. I like the cannoli and these mini wedding cakes they make

    • @boehmlauren01
      @boehmlauren01 3 года назад

      Did you get there?

  • @riccardo9416
    @riccardo9416 3 года назад +2

    If it's right, Franco amati worked in this place.
    Franco was my grandmother's cousin.(my grandma names Maria)
    He was from Miglionico, Italy..🇮🇹🇮🇹
    Well my grandmother has never forget him.
    She tell me that had a beautiful relationship with him.
    Maria staying good. She lives in italy🇮🇹🇮🇹

  • @iamthestorm1004
    @iamthestorm1004 8 месяцев назад

    Montilione here !
    Grand parents from Palermo Sicily !
    I remember as a child my grandmother would make STRUFFOLI and all of the tasty Italian cookies for Christmas and Easter !
    How I miss my Nana !
    ( and her struffoli )❤️

  • @mikesorensen1981
    @mikesorensen1981 3 года назад +1

    It is great to know that the old school bakery is still around, so many others have closed up👍😔

  • @rinavarughese
    @rinavarughese Месяц назад

    Ferrara's is the most delicious and a NY staple. Love this video. Makes me homesick.

  • @Maxx995
    @Maxx995 4 года назад +22

    Dammnnn das me in 4:43 LMFAOOOO

    • @FfblastBlogspot
      @FfblastBlogspot 4 года назад

      The woman or chef?

    • @Maxx995
      @Maxx995 4 года назад +1

      FFBLAST GAME ENTHUSIAST the boy

    • @cheesy_yeety
      @cheesy_yeety 3 года назад

      Maxx's World LOLLL

    • @Maxx995
      @Maxx995 3 года назад +2

      @@cheesy_yeety they cut out my part since i talked about a sandwich instead LOLOL

    • @Pagalchhagal
      @Pagalchhagal 3 года назад +1

      @@Maxx995 sue them

  • @wanabakhtiar2118
    @wanabakhtiar2118 4 года назад +1

    Amazing videos..👌👌

  • @a1yssaa
    @a1yssaa 4 года назад +13

    love struffoli🥰love my fellow italians

    • @RockstarEater
      @RockstarEater 4 года назад +1

      Never tried struffoli, but want to now. I love all foods :)

  • @action298
    @action298 4 года назад

    I like stories like this one. They make me happy.

  • @adrianblade5145
    @adrianblade5145 4 года назад +2

    Gr8 content as usual Food Insider

  • @HeyMelani
    @HeyMelani 4 года назад +4

    Struffoliiiii! Yes baby that’s so Italian 😍 Love them from a Italo srilankan girl! Great video you guys!
    Much love from Italy!

  • @tomeif.29
    @tomeif.29 4 года назад

    I definitely need to go there this weekend !!

  • @Mina-qe1wx
    @Mina-qe1wx 4 года назад +10

    This looks delicious!I would like to try it!⭐🌟

    • @RockstarEater
      @RockstarEater 4 года назад +1

      You should. I was there in 2016 during my NY trip, and they have some killer cannolis!

  • @eveharmony7426
    @eveharmony7426 4 года назад +1

    Every time I go to NYC I hand carry about a dozen cannoli from Ferraro’s. I live in Las Vegas and my kids love it

  • @yummyland
    @yummyland 4 года назад +10

    Unique menu! It's amazing that 127 years!!!

  • @signaturelements
    @signaturelements Год назад

    I worked at Elena’s in Oneonta (“Upstate”) and I remember being taught how to pipe the little balls and she baked hers also. I don’t love super sweet things so these honey buttery balls of love stayed in my heart. ❤❤❤❤

  • @thegourmetgrandadandfamily
    @thegourmetgrandadandfamily 4 года назад +15

    Mabe I will Get there one day >>>!!! 🤣🤣

  • @issatv7048
    @issatv7048 4 года назад +3

    I love you guys.

  • @RosieG1986
    @RosieG1986 3 года назад

    Cannoli and Struffoli are my two favourites. My mama used to make them alot when I was a child.

  • @goldenage
    @goldenage 4 года назад

    Yes! Buon Natale!!

  • @SwiftTelly20
    @SwiftTelly20 3 года назад

    If I ever get back to NYC, I will be visiting this location, even if I have to walk there from wherever I end up staying. The food isn't suitable for my dietary needs, but screw it, I'll have a one-off treat anyway. This place must be good to have kept going for so many years. Incredible!

  • @khuneduan6586
    @khuneduan6586 4 года назад +20

    Ive got here because of RUclips recommending me this video.

  • @disneyme7110
    @disneyme7110 3 года назад

    Ferrara's is the BEST, can't wait to go back 😌🥰

  • @dbxvhero9006
    @dbxvhero9006 4 года назад +23

    Everybody gangsta, till the kitchen catches fire

  • @dieguismama2330
    @dieguismama2330 4 года назад +1

    Sfogiatelle!!! My favorite

  • @annacamarogirl6093
    @annacamarogirl6093 4 года назад

    Looks yummy

  • @yumyumboy
    @yumyumboy 4 года назад

    It's sweet and delicious. I will be happy if I take a bite..😋

  • @davidjones535
    @davidjones535 4 года назад

    looking forward to 127 more years .

  • @curtiscarpenter9881
    @curtiscarpenter9881 4 года назад

    They need this at the little dessert shop.🥂🍺🍻🍰😀🎂at snowhill station.

  • @adrianblade5145
    @adrianblade5145 4 года назад +9

    Me and my habit of watching food related videos at night 😂

    • @RockstarEater
      @RockstarEater 4 года назад

      Yes, but for me, it's morning time. Most of my breakfast don't match up to the greatness of what I see in these videos ;)

  • @jeffreym68
    @jeffreym68 3 года назад +1

    I've never had them baked. Pretty sure I should not try giving this version to dad, but I'd like to try it.

  • @-rxses-979
    @-rxses-979 4 года назад +10

    Yummmmm I want to eat some 😋😋
    Maybe I’ll get to eat there one day 😄😄

  • @fredobrien4681
    @fredobrien4681 3 года назад +1

    I love to see tradition carried on and the passing on of recipes, that being said literally the word "Stuffoli" (struffolo singilar) refers to 'little pieces of FRIED dough...' in other words boys and girls if it isn't fried it isn't struffoli...
    "A" for effort however but these things are 'Sfoglia' or actually 'Sfoglicci', tiny puffed pastry translated...

  • @katyakupelian7279
    @katyakupelian7279 4 года назад

    GORGEOUS VISUALS

  • @yummyflo
    @yummyflo 4 года назад +28

    Puff pastry??? More like choux pastry!!!

    • @sierraguru6942
      @sierraguru6942 4 года назад

      cream puff pastry, not puff pastry at all

    • @bozoc2572
      @bozoc2572 4 года назад +3

      @@sierraguru6942 aka. choux pastry

    • @a.n.5064
      @a.n.5064 4 года назад

      It's actually almost the same dough that you would use to make egg pasta, my nonna and I made it every year until I got celiac disease

    • @SeanOsborneII
      @SeanOsborneII 4 года назад +1

      Yes. Pâte à choux.

  • @Ravierave
    @Ravierave 4 года назад +3

    We make this every year for Christmas! We fry ours and cut the dough smaller tho

    • @RockstarEater
      @RockstarEater 4 года назад +1

      Invite me over to try some! I am hungry.

  • @mirandavikanderson6958
    @mirandavikanderson6958 4 года назад +1

    I m so happy that they didnt lose there business to the fire,

  • @camohawk6703
    @camohawk6703 4 года назад

    well i need to go there if i ever go to new york city.

  • @haleylafferty9870
    @haleylafferty9870 4 года назад

    I love pastries

  • @andrei440
    @andrei440 4 года назад +7

    Best chickpeas desert eveeerr

  • @hassaan561
    @hassaan561 3 года назад

    I thought it was chick peas at first lol looks delicious

  • @Johnwillbegone
    @Johnwillbegone 4 года назад +1

    This reminds me of the the movie Fatso with Dom Deluise. Worth the watch.

    • @JohnDoe-iu7gt
      @JohnDoe-iu7gt 4 года назад

      John you ate the ony classic movie

  • @HeyiPlayMusic
    @HeyiPlayMusic 4 года назад +1

    I love my italian heritage.

    • @HeyiPlayMusic
      @HeyiPlayMusic 4 года назад

      @To Be Honest lmfao - this made me laugh out loud. Well done.

  • @anthonypirozzi837
    @anthonypirozzi837 3 года назад

    I always went for the Jordan Almonds

  • @francescogagliardi4735
    @francescogagliardi4735 4 года назад +3

    Struffoli are typical of Naples area, there are similar things in other southern italy regions but called in different ways.

  • @ChrissyGotTheCoils
    @ChrissyGotTheCoils 4 года назад +3

    They remind me of kix cereal

  • @steverouleau8642
    @steverouleau8642 2 года назад

    Love Italian pastries. One thing I could surely say you New Yorkers don't know what cold is.

  • @patricksalish
    @patricksalish 4 года назад +2

    Are those mini eggs ontop ?

  • @lenase7396
    @lenase7396 4 года назад +2

    Panettone left the chat :).

  • @keki4578
    @keki4578 4 года назад +1

    I lived in Italy all my life, but I’ve never heard of Struffoli

  • @qnladybug1891
    @qnladybug1891 4 года назад +2

    I always wondered what they taste like and today I got to try it, ugh, so bland. It’s like eating bland bread with honey. Did not enjoy it, however, other items I did like. Maybe I should try the fried version??

  • @shilpayogi9822
    @shilpayogi9822 4 года назад +1

    I am from India it's looking delicious I wish can be take a bite

  • @ilsunnylo3562
    @ilsunnylo3562 4 года назад +8

    I still eat Gingerbread man souls.

  • @windhygabrielekf4256
    @windhygabrielekf4256 4 года назад

    As neapolitan Ferrara is an institution. I don' t live in NYC bu for many neapolitans in Naples...is history.

  • @katherinezp
    @katherinezp 4 года назад

    Make me want to move to New York

  • @pika.jew.
    @pika.jew. 4 года назад +3

    I thought it said “12 year old boy make the best stuffed ravioli”...

  • @nicolahlim6972
    @nicolahlim6972 4 года назад +1

    Im hungry

  • @hughfranklin3072
    @hughfranklin3072 4 года назад

    As a baker for over 30 years I can tell you that isn't puff pastry, it is choux paste.

  • @solunasunrise
    @solunasunrise 4 года назад

    its not like they have mutch going with outside eating by the street in NYC right ? like in europe

  • @manisgreedy4725
    @manisgreedy4725 2 года назад

    La pasticceria italiana magna ntesta a tutti.

  • @adril3892
    @adril3892 4 года назад +2

    I thought it was corn in the thumbnail

  • @Adorabella0827
    @Adorabella0827 4 года назад +10

    This all looks amazing, but i can't help but think under the NY food and health code that you can't touch/handle Ready-to-Eat food with your bare hands.

    • @Maha420
      @Maha420 4 года назад

      Adorabella0827 THANK YOU. i was scrolling the comments to find my fellow germaphobes

  • @faridmuhammed6364
    @faridmuhammed6364 4 года назад

    2:05 IS THAT KAIMATI

  • @ame_thyst
    @ame_thyst 4 года назад

    Do I need to make a reservation ?

  • @nicole3059
    @nicole3059 3 года назад

    anyone else initially thought the puff pastry bits were macadamia nuts?😂

  • @sangwoo5277
    @sangwoo5277 4 года назад

    Love my elementary school next to this place I miss it

  • @DashedHope
    @DashedHope 4 года назад +2

    I don’t live in the US so I’m curious - why is little Italy disappearing?

    • @italiansoldierfromww2460
      @italiansoldierfromww2460 4 года назад

      @@oceanwave3 technically it was the Republicans who lobbied against Catholic immigrants coming to the US but both are corrupt so you aren't wrong

    • @italiansoldierfromww2460
      @italiansoldierfromww2460 4 года назад

      @@oceanwave3 nowadays it's harder to distinguish between the two

    • @jeffredfern3744
      @jeffredfern3744 4 года назад +1

      Most Italian business moved due to expansions of the neighborhoods around Little Italy, namely, Tribeca and SoHo - which are known for their wealth.
      Staten Island and Queens have bigger Italian neighborhoods but they're not the "one".

  • @XavierKatzone
    @XavierKatzone 4 года назад +2

    Report touts espresso - shows hands pouting coffee!

  • @dieguismama2330
    @dieguismama2330 4 года назад

    I need Sicilian cassatelle

  • @cutepuppylover5554
    @cutepuppylover5554 4 года назад

    Still open?😳

  • @menggala30071981
    @menggala30071981 4 года назад

    kingpin retired and decided to be a chef

  • @alyssa4367
    @alyssa4367 3 года назад

    I wonder how they are during COVID

  • @DarthFurie
    @DarthFurie 3 года назад

    I literally thought they were making desserts out of chickpeas... I know chickpea water (aquafaba) can be used for desserts, so I was intrigued lol

  • @last808
    @last808 4 года назад

    I wish they showed a better view of the shop from the outside for more than a split second. I go to NYC from time to time and wanted to be able to spot it on sight. I know I can map it on my phone... but come on, if you're gonna talk it up.

  • @charmainekhadaroo2872
    @charmainekhadaroo2872 4 года назад

    I taught was chickpeas in a sryrp.

  • @NYCfrankie
    @NYCfrankie 4 года назад +1

    This made me sad I was born and raised in Bensonhurst Brooklyn and our little Italys are dying across all NYC our younger generations are forgetting their culture

  • @leahc7846
    @leahc7846 4 года назад +1

    I feel so dumb.... I thought they were chickpeas from the thumbnail 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @gracegoodwin7370
    @gracegoodwin7370 4 года назад

    Yummmm i wish Australia had bakeries like this 😩

  • @babunga
    @babunga 4 года назад

    reminds me of chowder

  • @Smithy250
    @Smithy250 4 года назад

    So they make around 1.5 million dollars on struffoli alone during the holiday period

  • @mustafa.bakes.
    @mustafa.bakes. 4 года назад +1

    An i the only one who thought that was chickpeas lol?

  • @Tac333
    @Tac333 4 года назад

    I thought it was chick peas at first

  • @The91Design
    @The91Design 2 года назад

    Eh ma senza offesa so vreccill' non so' struffoli 🤣

  • @jimrainero7655
    @jimrainero7655 4 года назад

    Boilbags and t.v. dinners over tst mashed potatos

  • @liamtahaney713
    @liamtahaney713 3 года назад

    Looks like chic peas

  • @stefanosnapshots463
    @stefanosnapshots463 3 года назад

    The fire story that resulted in 2 hours of lost business was a bit pathetic. That said, I hope they survived Covid as the bakery looks so cool 😋😋

  • @Wise_World
    @Wise_World 4 года назад

    Tri Color cookie or a rainbow cookie. Isn't the host from NY?

  • @teresatokyo9443
    @teresatokyo9443 4 года назад +1

    Can you find that out here in California

    • @RockstarEater
      @RockstarEater 4 года назад +1

      I am an LA food vlogger. The closes to being the oldest bakery is Beverlywood Bakery, which started in 1946. They also have old eateries like Philippes.

    • @teresatokyo9443
      @teresatokyo9443 4 года назад

      @@RockstarEater Ok thank you

  • @vedant9634
    @vedant9634 4 года назад +9

    As I said earlier, I really wish I should have born in Italy!

    • @henk-3098
      @henk-3098 4 года назад +2

      Italy is not some fantasy wonderland.

    • @vedant9634
      @vedant9634 4 года назад +3

      To hell with fantasy wonderland, I want food and only food!

  • @chuaszquan9572
    @chuaszquan9572 4 года назад

    3:10. If I was the host off this video, I will said like 'shut up'

  • @justjoud1195
    @justjoud1195 4 года назад +3

    It’s just like lgemat in Saudi Arabia

  • @jimrainero7655
    @jimrainero7655 4 года назад

    Some of these comments are seriously funny.....

  • @carolinazaccaro7393
    @carolinazaccaro7393 4 года назад +1

    Fiera di essere italiana