87 year old Betta makes tagliatelle al ragù! | Pasta Grannies

[Music] 87 year old better listen savio on the adriatic coast and she likes to cycle everywhere this is the second time we have filmed her here is the certificate from savio's mayor in honor of making the village famous she's making talia ragu she fry some minced pancetta while it cooks and releases its fat better chops up some onion carrot and celery she doesn't use too much veg because she wants to taste the meat better stir the mixture into the pancetta and fries it for a minute before adding the minced beef this is sanjiv wine betta has a novel way of opening her homemade tomato passata um [Music] betta's table has been designed to keep her pastor board or taglieri under it she is using approximately 300 grams of zero zero flour and three eggs she cracks the eggs into a bowl before adding them to the flour well and gradually mixing them in betta's family were contadine or small-scale farmers [Music] she kneads the dough until it is smooth which takes about 10 minutes and here is dough she made earlier in the day because she likes to rest it for two to three hours she wraps up her new dough for making pasta later amazing this straight bladed knife is typical of romania and is used for cutting pasta and cleaning boards better has two rolling pins the smaller one is for rolling piadine the local flatbreads hey once she has a plate-sized dough disc she swaps to her pasta matarello she wraps the dough around her pin and smooths it with both hands then she turns it 90 degrees and repeats the process the sign of a good spolina or pasta maker is being able to roll it out making a slapping noise soon the spoiler is nearly as wide as her rolling pin it's about two millimeters thick foreign you better flowers it before rolling it up from opposite sides then she slices it with her pasta knife she shakes out the tagliatelle to stop them sticking and this batch is one she made earlier better places her pasta in boiling salted water and cooks it for a couple of minutes before draining it thoroughly she returns it to the pan and dresses it with a ragu note the sparing use of sauce better says you don't need cheese better has made enough for everyone and i'm the taster for today potito um click on the subscribe button for regular helpings of pasta grannies

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Length: 8min 19sec (499 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 18 2022