89yr old Adriana makes an easy beans with 'strozzapreti' pasta ! | Pasta Grannies

Strozzapreti are twisted ribbons and Adriana likes to serve them with beans. Pasta and beans is a great combo and countless variations exist in Italy. You can make this vegetarian by using olive oil instead of 'lardo', which is cured bacon fat. Borlotti are the same as cranberry beans in America.
For the pasta: 300g wholewheat or ordinary plain flour, 1 egg, and about 85ml of water (it will depend on the flour). For the sauce: 50g lardo, bacon fat, or extra virgin olive oil, one onion, 400g soaked borlotti beans (whisper it, they could even come from a jar), 400g bottled or tinned tomatoes (make them good quality), salt.

[@scottamori3188]

I love Adriana’s gentle way. The way she matter-of-factly says to use an egg if one can be spared really belies the poverty endured in her youth. Like so many of these wonderful women they bear no bitterness. What a beautiful dish! Thanks for another great episode.

[@loganl3746]

My grandma (mother's mother) died recently, and I didn't expect to get so emotional about a video on such a simple dish. But seeing her reminiscing about being 40 while she's 89 years old hit me just-so. I might not have these traditions, but thank you to Adiana and the Pasta Grannies for making sure they get passed on to me anyway 😢

[@robertsvoboda3508]

My condolences, I'm sorry for your loss! Hope you're well! 🙏🖤❤️

[@lynz45]

I am truly sorry for your loss.

[@jonesbub1]

Adriana is such a sweetie!! It was so obvious she enjoyed cooking for and visiting with you! I loved how perfect her sauce to pasta ratio was. That looked like a luscious dish of pasta and I bet it was filling! TFS and starting the weekend off beautifully! Sharon🤗♥️🍝

[@pastagrannies]

hi Sharon, I'm glad you enjoyed the episode! best wishes, Vicky

[@martyrose]

What a sweetheart. Adrianna wore all her best for filming. It's lovely that there's respect for tradition. So much nicer than living in a disposable society. The origin of the name of the pasta is hilarious! Pasta e fagioi is one of my favorite foods. This looks luscious! You've done it again Vicky! Thanks for taking us along on your adventures. ❤❤❤

[@tortellinobolognese9415]

What a lovely granny. My region is full of surprise and good pasta dishes ❤.

[@emmylou-y4b]

Love her enthusiasm. Another inspirational nonna. Thank you.

[@Sue-ec6un]

These are the recipes that got us through some tough times. No egg? No problem :) Thank you for this lovely show!

[@janetschmitt6760]

Love the apron! Recipes like this one remind me of what I learned about poverty cooking from that wonderful BBC series, Italy Unpacked. It has made me appreciate all the nonas extra much.

[@robertsterner2145]

This granny is an absolute wonder. She rolled out that pasta as if she didn't even have to think about it, the way someone who's an expert at something makes the difficult seem simple. Brilliant.

[@sylviege7534]

I like it when older people talk about life when they were young. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@edwardkornuszko4083]

Such a beautiful, dynamic woman. God bless her.

[@throwingdartsandbreakinghearts]

This channel makes me miss my grandmothers even more.

[@CHCLA6779]

Adriana is wonderful! That looks amazing. First thing I thought this morning when I woke up was "Yahoo, it's Friday! Pasta Grannies will have a new video!" Best day of the week.

[@pastagrannies]

that's good to hear! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@hellodanbi]

I'm from another country, but your cooking is the best. I'm desperate to be healthy, but I think eating is important. Both of my parents had dementia, so I quit my job and took care of them. Last year, they both passed away after 3 months. It was stressful. My parents passed away, and my body and my heart ached a lot. I got a brain aneurysm on my head and two brain aneurysms. I even had hypothyroidism, so I suddenly gained 15kg. I have to diet. Anxiety disorder Panic disorder I still suffer from insomnia. It's been a year since my parents died, but I'm still in treatment, but it hasn't been long since I started again. I started KZbin, took a walk, and traveled because I had the courage to share and communicate. Now I want to be healthy. I hope everyone watching this video is healthy. Take care of your health first.

[@PaulMcGuinness]

Ciao Adrianna! La tua pasta sembre buona, voglio provare il tuo sugo di fagioli 🙂

[@melaniefisher8823]

This show never disappoints!!! I loved Adrianna!! 😊

[@artycrafty9209]

Adrian is the most wonderful lady full of happiness, such a joy to see her at work. She really knows her stuff, so professional the way she made her pasta. This dish is not unlike Pasta e Fagioli except we cook the pasta in the sauce otherwise very similar, the north make Pasta e Fagioli more soup like but in the south where my family were from it is much more a pasta dish like strozzapreti. Great to watch thank you. Ramon x

[@pastagrannies]

hi Ramon! Pasta a fagioli is a recipe with so many variations throughout Italy, all of them delicious! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

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[@freedom0022]

As usual a great show. Her kitchen is beautiful

[@swissfoodie3542]

Absolutely beautiful and so heartwarming. I love your videos Vicky, thanks a lot for your amazing work and for sharing those beautiful grannies and their recipes with us !

[@pastagrannies]

My absolute pleasure! 😊 🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@mariapepper6175]

Such a lovely sweet woman. She makes it look so easy!! I love hearing their stories, too! Wonderful video! Thank you, Vicky for sharing these dear Pasta Grannies! Sending prayers and love! 🙏❤😘💞💕🙏

[@pastagrannies]

Glad you enjoyed it! best wishes, Vicky

[@janesi9905]

What a fascinating story behind the pasta name!

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

Strozzapreti became my favorite pasta this past year, but this is a way to fix it I haven't seen. I am vegetarian, and the beans are a nice way to get some protein in. I have made a Calbrian dish with chickpeas.

[@sans2domicilefixroberts428]

👍 Great 💞 😊👏 👏

[@EriqKoontz]

Veo que soy capaz de ver los vídeos de las pasta grannies ¡cada día!

[@markbratton1597]

Absolutely amazing

[@misspomerol]

My Abbruzzese Husband absolutely loves this pasta shape

[@mariettamarietta729]

That was a great video to watch. Thank you all

[@robbied9239]

That meal looks fantastic. Another great version of pasta e fagioli. Brava Adriana!

[@pastagrannies]

I love discovering every new (to me) variation! best wishes, Vicky

[@elev8tr15]

She’s wonderful. God bless!

[@grouchosaidit5454]

Marvelous. It's lovely that Adriana was features.

[@Belleza139]

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[@shawnmh91]

Such a sweet lady! This looks delicious. ❤

[@causeofgehenna4501]

I love seeing these bright faces; they improve the world. Really enjoy this channel!

[@pastagrannies]

So pleased you enjoy the channel! best wishes Vicky

[@causeofgehenna4501]

@@pastagrannies I have watched the series for quite some time. It's fantastic!

[@sianwarwick633]

Iike how there is no good processor. And how the make it look easy, and such pleasure in cooking

[@janetedwards1461]

Yum! Looks delicious!

[@aris1956]

This type of pasta (Strozzapreti) has a rather curious name…..“Choking priests”.

[@drnicolebeaumont7884]

Wonderful as always

[@axion8788]

Heartwarming, as ever. Grazie.

[@tracydanneo]

Sweet lady; wish I could eat that pasta! ❤

[@wernermcgann3792]

Wonderful

[@francescamocerithibert2937]

A wonderful nonna i would love to live like her is healthy and beautiful ❤🌅🌅🌅

[@margaritabetancourt1167]

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[@Serendipity1977]

Che buoni! 😍😍😍😍

[@CrowSkeleton]

Adriana has an amazing kitchen, I hope her grandchildren like to visit and eat things like this. Her great-grandmother made some impressively fine and regular lace, too. Can't go wrong with beans, fat and salt of some kind, I bet this is delicious. I'd have to sub in something for the lard, of course, but kidney/inner skin fat is tricky to replicate in terms of what the slow release of very concentrated fat does for things cooking with it...probably adding oil in two batches at the start/middle would be closest and easiest, though frozen butter and letting more steam escape would also work if the butter was high-quality and high fat.

[@guguigugu]

its almost like pasta with baked beans ☺

[@josiemorgan5401]

💐🙏

[@kewlito]

Vicky can you please lower the music a notch? It makes it hard to understand Adriana. Thanks! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@pastagrannies]

I'm sorry to hear that - I'll double check with the editor - as in theory we've put it at a minimal level. I've tried experimenting with only using the music track some of the time, but it feels a bit empty. 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@giuseppinavolpe2873]

Sono rudi ma buoni

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[@pastagrannies]

We need more fans like you Laura!😀🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@Laia92]

But strozzapreti don't have eggs... just flour and water.

[@DL-pj3fz]

You'll never find a nonna with a brand new mattarello