95 year old Provvidenza makes Sicilian pasta ncasciata | Pasta Grannies

A must watch episode with 95 year old, music loving Provvidenza, her delicious baked pasta called 'pasta ncasciata messinese' and a cheese rolling contest using a special sheep's cheese called maiorchino. (Montalbano, eat your heart out). The ingredients are:
A meat ragu using one onion, celery, carrot, garlic, 3 lamb or goat chops, 700ml passata plus 500ml water salt, meatballs
Meatballs are made with 1 egg, 500g minced beef, garlic clove, 25g breadcrumbs, salt, parsley, 25g maiorchino cheese (or a hard sheep cheese local to you), plus more to sprinkle.
Other ingredients: 4 eggplant/aubergines, 2 cubed and fried, 2 sliced and fried. 50g salami cubed, 4 hard boiled eggs, sliced, 200g cubed caciocavallo cheese.
500g short tubed pasta
If you love lasagna, you'll enjoy this - don't be put off by all the stages.

[@lauracolby6038]

Awwwww I was tearing up at the end of this one. She is so adorable! So much time and attention to all the ingredients. I had to laugh, “Who’s gonna eat all this pasta?” And ten hundred of us out here in YT land screamed, “I will!” Love our Pasta Grannies

[@pastagrannies]

Glad you enjoyed Provvidenza's episode, Laura! best wishes, Vicky

[@MarkMertens1]

I love her videos so much, makes my being a single father less more stressful lol, how long have you been following her videos?

[@AkiUtada]

Provvidenza is a very cool name

[@aris1956]

“Provvidenza” it is a word, a noun (la provvidenza), in the Italian language with a certain meaning. PS: It must be said that it is very unusual as a person's name.

[@tetyanastefanets6396]

@@aris1956 what does this word mean?

[@scilal6552]

@@tetyanastefanets6396 It means "providence".

[@eolobrontolo9117]

The novel "I Malavoglia " by Verga is set in Aci Trezza, few South the town of Mrs. Provvidenza. The boat of the Malavoglia family was named "Provvidenza ". 😃 The substantive "Provvidenza " means "Providence" and the Providence is just the main character of another novel, "The Bethroted " by Manzoni.

[@nessuno1948]

I am sure she honored her name all her life.

[@ZoltanTemesvari_temy]

"While it cooks, Provvidenza is checking her Facebook..." 🤣

[@mheu-pw4mm]

I would love to make this dish. But know for sure it will NEVER taste as good as Nonna's. It looks so delish 😋😋

[@Lucysmom26]

These women just casually dropping dishes that would probably be the actual best thing a lot of people have ever eaten. I bet that tasted SO GOOD.

[@keenman0403]

Olive Garden could never

[@MarkMertens1]

I love her videos so much, makes my being a single father less more stressful lol, how long have you been following her videos?

[@MonaAyoub-kf5rh]

❤❤❤❤❤❤Amazing beautiful lady and very healthy recipe combination which are from secretes of longevity ....bravoooooo

[@jonesbub1]

You just can’t help smiling watching this video, especially when Provvidenza checks her FaceBook and then dances to some music. She’s pretty spry for 95!! And she has such a lovely smile! I was so intrigued by the ingredients in this recipe…very unique and, I bet, delicious!! TFS and making me smile! 😀😃♥️🤗

[@christineb8148]

Cheese rolling sounds like my kind of athletic event!

[@pliny8308]

I'm sure her cholesterol levels are just fine, and if not, guess they weren't important! What a beauty she was, and I'm sure a wonderful dancer as well, as we can see.

[@TheSocratesofAthens]

Proves how little we know...

[@OrzoMondo]

Adelina sometimes left this in the oven for Salvo. If you know, you know :) And @Vicky, you're doing more for Italian home-cooking heritage preservation than a hundred cookbooks - kudos to you and your incredible channel, you, like these grannies, are a treasure.

[@angeldcabello6118]

Wonderful episode as always! For those who do not know: Commissario Salvatore Montalbano is a fictional detective on Sicily and this is his favorite dish. A spectacular version here in the video. I have to make it.

[@OrzoMondo]

@@angeldcabello6118 Thank you :) Was about to edit my comment to explain.

[@pastagrannies]

Thank you @OrzoMondo best wishes, Vicky

[@RestorativeRenaissance]

@@angeldcabello6118 Thanks for the explanation. I love detective shows! Was Adelina his wife?

[@GrandemagicoWall]

I really appreciate what you do. Without you theese recipes would gradually be lost, you're gifting long life to theese grannies' legacies.

[@ivansince91]

What a lovely grandma. The food looks amazing as well, great video!

[@alanholck7995]

So, do we all want to send her a friend request on Facebook? If so we need to know her Facebook info.

[@pastagrannies]

I think if you do a Facebook search 'Provvidenza from Novara di Sicilia' should appear. She says she is happy to be befriended.

[@dnmurphy48]

That looks lovely, and as always its always so cheering to see pasta grannies living so well . A good end to a stressful week.

[@CrowSkeleton]

A lovely village, lovely dance, and a pasta dish to fuel you for tilling fifty acres...

[@carlaquartiroli6820]

What a great baked pasta dish - so many ways to vary on that dish! Love the stories behind those women who make these delicious dishes. Now, hungry for some baked pasta!!!!

[@MarkMertens1]

I love her videos so much, makes my being a single father less more stressful lol, how long have you been following her videos?

[@sarahp1383]

Vicky, you have taken me to so many far flung places in Italy from Novara di Sicilia tucked away high in the mountains between Catania and Messina,... unfamiliar names but fascinating nevertheless for this very reason, ....to coastal villages with their bounty of sea food. In each , you have brilliantly captured their allure, the culture , and traditions distinct to each region ,such as the cheese rolling contest, 'ncasciata messinese' , courtesies and mannerisms which proudly speak of their heritage ;their traditional dresses changing from place to place, as you visit Nona after delightful Nona, all well into their 80' s ...who would believe it, when you watch the way they push and pummel the dough with their blue veined hands, or roll out with their precious foot long matarello , pasta after pasta without pause, except when they look up with that special sparkle in their eyes which messages 'Age is but a number'. You have allowed me the privilege to see so many charming Italian kitchens, observe their copper pots and pans lending a certain grace to their hearths ,, artefacts in sturdy wood and terracotta giving a reassuring solidity to each kitchen ,which have been painstaking curated and treasured by each Nona ; I have loved their aprons , and enjoyed their banter though I know not a word of Italian. I have thoroughly enjoyed each magical journey with you , and I am most grateful to you Vicky for having made these enchanting experiences possible for me , by watching Pasta Grannies, ....places which otherwise, in this lifetime I am not destined to see . Thank you with my ❤️ and God bless you for all your hard work.

[@pastagrannies]

Dear Sarah, what a delightful read - I always enjoy it when people tell me what Pasta Grannies means to them. I always say I have the best job in the world and it is a pleasure and a privilege to meet these lovely women and peek into their lives. 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@sonia2503]

I'm Sicilian. Every little town has its own version of pasta 'ncasciata! This one looks delicious, but it's not the only one. My mum makes another one with cauliflower, pine nuts, raisins and caciocavallo cheese. PS: Provvidenza is a really lovely lady ❤️

[@pastagrannies]

Your mother's version sounds delicious! best wishes, Vicky

[@MarkMertens1]

I love her videos so much, makes my being a single father less more stressful lol, how long have you been following her videos?

[@sabatino1977]

Sonia, da dove? I miei genitori sono dal Comune di Petralia Soprana.

[@sonia2503]

@@sabatino1977 sono di Lercara Friddi, ma mia madre è di un paese poco lontano da lì in provincia di Agrigento che si chiama San Giovanni Gemini 😊

[@lja64]

I know I keep saying this, but I so enjoy this channel - its just so joyful. My family is from Messina - so I can understand her, which is nice - although I've never heard of this dish

[@Ingenuity009]

95 year old knowing how to use a cell phone is impressive.

[@didisinclair3605]

Oh that looks incredible!!! I'm glad she has such a loving grand daughter in law!

[@SheilaArkee]

She is a teensy little lady! I love seeing these vibrant ladies up on their technology. I can’t remember seeing any of the grannies you’ve featured wearing glasses, either!

[@mystereit73]

The hairdo... The makeup... Nonna is on tv! 🥰

[@sigridmecklinger110]

Ja wie geil ist dass denn!!!! Mit 95 Jahren, da kann man nur gratulieren, hohen Respekt🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗😘😘😘

[@aris1956]

Und wie sie das Smartphone benutzt, wie ein junges Mädchen ! Es gibt viele in dem Alter, die nicht einmal wissen, wie sie es halten sollen.

[@sigridmecklinger110]

Das stimmt😄😄😄

[@misspomerol]

My husband is Abruzzese and one of his grandmothers lived to be 98 ! They do it right here. I’m trying my best to follow suit.

[@aris1956]

8:16 At 95, she uses her smartphone like a girl. Brava Provvidenza ! 👍

[@DBurgg]

Provvidenza was a beautiful young woman! She is very cute with her phone and Facebook! Her dish looks incredible and I think I will try adding eggplant slices to my baked pasta!

[@nealieanderson512]

I wish i could sit and eat at her table! It looks fabulous!

[@rosannapizza6402]

OMG ! 95 and using the phone and facebook! What an amazing thing.. remember many of these beautiful Nonni didn't go to school and can't read! WOW..

[@MarkMertens1]

I love her videos so much, makes my being a single father less more stressful lol, how long have you been following her videos?

[@axion8788]

Endless tales of the beauty of life!

[@roberthennel]

Goat meat is something of an acquired taste, but once you get to like it, you love it. There is a regional specialty in my country, something between a ragout and a stew, made from Ram meat with sour cabbage and a local variety on gnocchi, me and my dad are the only two people in the family who like it, but there is one restaurant that does it like no other, whenever we get the chance to get there, that is what we get, very hearty dish as well.

[@TURGUTFERNET8169]

Hermosa mujer, con sus años y su hermoso carácter, que rico plato de pasta ha preparado!!! que hermoso canal es este que destaca la importancia de las personas mayores y sus recetas maravillosas. Muchas gracias a todo el equipo!

[@carmelagiamboi5869]

Thank

[@pastagrannies]

gracias, nuestro placer, best wishes, Vicky

[@tigressachinesa1543]

Can she be my granny? She's so adorable! ♥

[@gizmo7877]

She is soooo adorable! Wish I could hug her! Makes me miss my grandma I called Ma! God bless her! 92 and still going strong! Young kids today can learn a lot from her and her hard life. And she was a BEAUTY!! So can you please explain what a Nonny knife is and where I can get one?

[@pastagrannies]

The' Nonna Knife' is the name I have given to a very cheap, serrated tip, plastic handled knife, which is widely available at the weekly markets found throughout Italy. Our signore use them to chop vegetables in their hands, not a chopping board. best wishes, Vicky

[@robertsterner2145]

If I make it to 95, I won't be worrying about cholesterol, either.

[@swissfoodie3542]

What a great video, thank you so much ! Provvidenza looks like an amazing sicilian nonna and her dish looks very interesting. All those ingredients. P.S. the cheese rolling festival looks really fun

[@spatzspatz]

Eine so niedliche Oma, direkt zum knuddeln und ihr Rezept schön ausgefallen.❣😋😊

[@artycrafty9209]

Wow what a a lot of work but how very worth it for the result.Provvidenza is wonderful and she would cheer up the the most sullen, her lovely face says it all and the sparkle in her eyes, that is some chilly day dish. Thank you everyone. Ramon xx

[@pastagrannies]

hi Ramon, I am glad you enjoyed meeting Provvidenza! best wishes, Vicky

[@HopeLaFleur1975]

I want this now!!!! Italian food such comfort... no sushi for me thank you😂

[@desireecoad7557]

I love Provvidenza. If I had people to feed I would make this recipe for sure. Buon Appetito!!

[@islandnowhere4703]

I am french and that rolling cheese contest is something I deeply envy. Great job Vicky, as usual!

[@pastagrannies]

haha yes - free range pétanque on steroids! best wishes, Vicky

[@rwatts2155]

Brava! Brava! Bravissima Nona! I send you big hugs!!!!!

[@CatherineNaples-yr7xr]

Thank you so much for this episode. I am a huge Pasta Grannies fan, as well as a Montalbano fan. I have been waiting for this one. Grazie!!

[@koristalava]

Provvidenza is amazing! :) So much life!

[@alliesmom2946]

You could see her body start to sway long before the music video started playing! 💖😊

[@chevypreps6417]

When it comes to pasta and pasta sauces these women are brilliant.

[@samanthabirkett4819]

Absolutely bloody brilliant video.

[@cathyggill]

What a dear! She is just so lovely!

[@ivymoore1610]

Always a great video when we get to learn about cheese

[@WinstonSmithGPT]

Sicilian food is always so restrained 😂😂😂

[@timothyshortnacy7550]

What a beautiful lady!

[@laraleonardi1860]

Che dolce nonnina ❤️ mi ricorda la mia nonna 😢

[@lindawills291]

Vicki what wonderful ladies you find. 95 and still spry enough to dance and make this complex pasta dish Is there any reason you know of why so many senior Italian ladies are able to continue to be able to cook for so long?

[@pastagrannies]

Hi Linda, I'm planning a video collaboration with Dr Karan Rajan about the Pasta Grannies' secrets of healthy old age - it's will take a couple of months to organise, so keep an eye out in the summer. best wishes, Vicky

[@ishouldtestit8904]

Respect for the lady!

[@pennygrimes8425]

Wow, delicious, thank you for sharing your recipe Provvidenza!!! 😍

[@JamesJacksonFraser]

Yeah, would love to have a taste of that 😋

[@Getpojke]

Aww, Provvidenza is a totty wee thing. She can hardly reach the back rings of the cooker. Size wise she reminds me of my paternal grandmother, she too, though small was mighty. Bet that ragu tasted great with the lovely fatty lamb or goat in it. Big pasta bakes like that are just so satisfying for a family to sit down to. Living alone most of the time I've gotten out of the habit of making them so much. Though I could easily make them up & portion them out when batch cooking thinking on it. I like the addition of the egg slices in it, always little treats in a pasta dish, I like to hide halved or quatered boiled eggs in the bottom of my macaroni cheese. As always many thanks to the grannies, the team & your good self Vicky.

[@pastagrannies]

hi James, I have a completely unscientific theory based on the Pasta Grannies - the smaller you are, the longer you'll live! Hard boiled eggs, hmm. A divisive ingredient in my household - I think grated with tons of herbs (and evoo to keep it together) alla Paula Wolfert is a really good way of celebrating them so even the haters like them. best wishes, Vicky

[@Getpojke]

@@pastagrannies You could be onto something with shorter people living longer. The shorter people in my family, well mainly the female ones all outlive the taller ones. Maybe less strain on the heart? I don't know what I'd do without eggs, such a versatile ingredient that can be used in many tasty ways, boiled, fried, shirred,. One of my favourites are little egg filled coquette dishes, they make such a quick, tasty supper. some folk laugh, but as a child when I was asked what I'd lie for my birthday tea it was an eclectic mix: clootie dumpling for pudding. Figs; though in rural Scotland in the early 70's that meant a tin of figs in syrup as fresh ones were out & my favourite sandwich of the time, egg salad [with salad cream instead of mayo] & snipped chives & cress mixed in.Still love egg salad sarnies, though now I make my own mayonnaise.So saying you'e method is good too.

[@pastagrannies]

yup, an proper egg mayo sarnie is a wonderful thing!

[@EricaNernie]

What a wonderful lady. And what a feast of a dish!

[@j3annie1963]

I love her! How to live and keep busy and love life! Bless her!

[@purplestarowl89]

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[@art_see_shan1849]

I’m sending a Facebook request Bless her heart ❤

[@sledgehammer24]

08:17 telefona gözlüksüz bakiyor😮 ben 12 yildir gozluk takiyorum ve yaşım 57 gözlük numaram 4 😢

[@super_populr]

She's so sweet

[@seaeagle8976]

Another outstanding video!

[@flarica64]

This looks amazing! I am trying to make this... Thank you Providenza for the lovely recipe. Blessings.🥰

[@RestorativeRenaissance]

Just subbed - can’t believe I haven’t done this already. These videos always have me smiling with tears glistening. So beautiful and moving ❤

[@mikecap5124]

I call this baked pasta my mother made this a bit different as she was from Frozinone area Villa Latina to be exact. When I brought these to company potlucks it would disappear quickly and mind you a pound of penne goes a very long way in a dish like this. I had tonite the last of the leftovers of some I made a bit ago freezing part of it before baking. It makes me remember my mother who passed at the age of 87

[@nath6374]

aww what a cute nonna

[@michelletribble7327]

I think I missed what happened to the meatballs when they came out of the sauce - put aside along with the other ragu meats for another meal?

[@alessiabil4theplayers8]

We cut the meatballs and put them inside the pasta itself with eggs, ham, cheese and all the other ingredients ❤

[@EkaterinaKulinich-g7r]

Your videos always make me hungry...

[@VerhoevenSimon]

That looks lovely, It's always nice to see another oven recipe.

[@nysavvy9241]

Providenza is such a sweet, lovely lady. She prepared a wonderful meal. I pray our Lord gives her many more years of good health, love and happiness.❤❤

[@sandrajohnson2832]

What a beautiful name 🌹.My Sicilian Mom ❤️ is named Concetta .Pelegrina is another name within my family .🥰

[@filipponseele7346]

Brava Provvidenza.Saluti da Belgio. Fabbro Filip Ponseele

[@MyrtifoliaLimblinii]

Thank you for sharing❤❤❤watching these grannies makes me peacefull and all of them look like my mum and my granny❤❤❤

[@Hexcaliblur83]

Wow my tummy is rumbling and my mouth is watering..❤

[@josegalotti2932]

Love love love this beautiful nonna❤. What a spirit👏👏👏. And her food...mmmmm mamma mia buonissssima!!! Thank you pasta grannies for these moments of happiness❤❤❤

[@sheteg1]

Whenever I get down about the state of social media I see videos like this and snap back. ❤️. I would love a big bowl, eating it with these pasta grannies of course 😍

[@alexanderk.3177]

Such a tremendous lady! Greetings from Houston TX! 😎🥂

[@MsJavaWolf]

I peel the aubergine the same way. Every time I think I have discovered something new, I realize someone has done it before, lol.

[@sulis7997]

OMG this pasta is magnificent, make me drooling and sure that pasta is need a lot of labor,...

[@aina2165]

Aah that looks scrumptious 🤤

[@nickciccone8079]

2.16ish.."Chop some parsley with her nonna knife" 😂

[@abhilashbhardwaj5966]

Provvidenza..What a beautiful name.

[@jordinner]

I miss my granny

[@matev4786]

Aw that makes me sad. I’m lucky, I’ve still got all 4 grandparents alive & healthy. I dread the day they’re gone.

[@spatzspatz]

Me to.

[@Jetsi79]

​@@matev4786 Take many pics and videos of them and with them. I only have a voicemail of my grandmother (abuela) that she left on my birthday 7 years ago 😢 I miss her.

[@jordinner]

@@matev4786 make sure to enjoy and love them to the fullest

[@fluffin4bean]

I miss my Grammy, too. I don’t have any living grandparents and I’m only 42. Gone way to early. 😢

[@domenicoscopelliti163]

Nobody knows that pasta ncasciata in Sicily and south Calabria is a poor and ancient sunday dish, like Lasagna is for the North siede of italy

[@sih1095]

All absolutely wonderful. 👍

[@rmgugliara5321]

La cucina tradizionale siciliana e' semplicemente fantastica e le nonne che la fanno sono meravigliose,grazieeeeeeeeeeee ❤❤❤❤❤

[@sarracino5]

La cosa assurda che c'è un programma del genere fatto da stranieri e non da noi! Vergognoso quanto noi italiani sappiamo essere provinciali nella nostra esterofilia

[@Pelure32]

Looks delicious, ....hello from Canada.

[@LauraBellizio]

What a precious woman ❤ She reminds me of my Nonna 🥹

[@Hastdupech8509]

Fun fact: in Novara di Sicilia they speak a Gallo-Italic dialect along with the Sicilian language, due to colonists from Piedmont and Liguria, owned by the Normans, the new Sicilian rulers. Even the name of the town itself tells it explicitly: Novara is quite an important city in the Piedmontese Po Valley, between Turin and Milan. Anyway, they came in the 11th century to "latinize" Sicily after the Normans took it from the Arabs, expelling them and those that didn't convert back to Christianity. And after 900 years they still speak a Northern Italian variety.

[@pastagrannies]

Interesting, thank you 😊 best wishes Vicky

[@paulettoNYC]

How can I get a job at Pasta Grannies? L'italiano lo parlo bene!

[@hadronoftheseus8829]

8:06 Wow, she was very pretty when she was young.

[@alainrocheve1501]

"Ammaccare" means "pousser, appuyer" in French, "to push" (up, down, trough ...).

[@Hastdupech8509]

It's ammuccare in Sicilian. In Italian, ammaccare means to dent something.

[@brmf4346]

Mrs Provvidenza for the win

[@KL_05_Gamer]

Ammachi poli vibeeeaaaaa😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@viktoriap5724]

Sooo much enjoyment of life - I like it 🤩

[@NathalieNoZen]

Bravissima !🥰

[@discokitty2012]

you lost me with the hard boiled egg

[@josephineananda]

I recognized the accent and dialect.

[@sitmengchue4077]

Looks 10 years younger than her age. Beautiful lady. Dish looks divine.

[@bdonlazy]

Top 5 episode of all time? Top 3?