Italian Nonnas Show You How to Make Fresh Pasta [Video]

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Making fresh pasta is one of those things that has always been a mystery to me. Just a couple ingredients – it looks so easy! But I’ve never been able to get it right.

Luckily, there is YouTube, where a whole crop of nonne from nearly every region in Italy can teach you how to make both short and long pastas.

101 Cookbooks unearthed a handful of excellent how-to videos from Italian grandmas making pici, orecchiette, tagliatelle, trofie, and more.

Watch below as The Orecchiette Ladies make their eponymous pasta shape. If you’re hungry for more, head over to 101 Cookbooks for more videos and links.

via These Incredible Italian Grandmas Teach you to Make Pasta from Scratch – 101 Cookbooks

Last updated on January 27th, 2021

Post first published on September 22, 2017

Melanie Renzulli

Melanie Renzulli has been writing about Italy for more than 25 years. An Italophile is a lover of Italy, an admirer of Italian customs, traditions, and food. When I created Italofile, I wanted to build a resource—a file, if you will—where I could save, share, and write about my passion for Italy travel, art, culture, and living.
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