Discover 90yr old Albina's cheesy mashed potato pie! | Pasta Grannies

90 year old Albina and her friends Elsa and Stella make a savoury pie with humble ingredients. It's called sorta di patate in Italian, and hails from a tiny village called Pozzolo in Emilia.
For the dough: 1 kg flour 00; dry instant yeast 3g, 120ml milk and water
1 egg, 150g butter
For the filling:
2kg potatoes 200g lard, about 200g parmigiano (30months), 4/5 onions
1 teaspoon of sugar, salt, Saporita spice mix (coriander, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, fennel seed)

[@saintninansplace]

I love how Stella is unimpressed by Albina with that eye slide.

[@johnsully3209]

You're so right! Stella is probably fed up of Albina getting/wanting all the attention!!!!She certainly doesn't look too happy. Just think - they've probably known each other for 80 plus years!!!There is probably a 'packing order/hierarchy' !? Let's face it most chefs can be a little 'too much of themselves' - these ladies can sure cook! Luv 'em! What makes this dish a 'cut above' is the great Parm.Regg. cheese - iut is the 'King of all cheeses'

[@joanies6778]

Yeah, I caught that little "side eye", too. 😏🤣🤣🤣

[@BrandyLMilton]

I smirked a bit.... funny. but that pie looks divine!

[@PaulMcGuinness]

I could happily give up my job and travel around Italy having lunch with all these nonne. Ecco perché sto imperando l'italiano - così posso andare in pensione in italia.

[@nessuno1948]

These are no nonsense people. No startups, but real work, real food, real life.

[@thomashovgaard3134]

50 year old danish male here. Started making pasta and ravioli 6months ago and Im absolutely hooked on this channel.

[@pastagrannies]

hi Thomas, welcome to Pasta Grannies! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@paolaferrari1648]

I was there and It was delicious. Albina Stella and Elsa were absolutely fantastic.

[@pastagrannies]

hi Paola, wasn't it a fun occasion! I hope everyone has enjoyed the video. 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@paolaferrari1648]

@@pastagrannies Hi Vicky! Yes , everyone was really impressed with the video. Looking forward to seeing the anolini video too! May have found a few more grannies for you if you're interested . Bye 😊😊

[@grlnexdoorable]

The lady who came up with the idea for this channel is brilliant. This is such a comforting show to watch. I am fascinated by the fact this lady has found a way to preserve this type of knowledge and exhibition of skills even after these ladies move on to their rewards.

[@pastagrannies]

I'm glad you enjoy it! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@journeyandjoy]

Nothing wrong with carbs at all. 90 years old and she is still so beautiful!

[@SabraQueenoftheUnderworld1346]

I would love to try this recipe 😋 but something tells me that it won't be as tasty as the wonderful ladies pie! 😆

[@invinciblecucumber]

Exactly, also lard and cheese... Every food is good if eaten in moderation.

[@desireecoad7557]

Albina is fantastic. She is proud of this potato pie recipe as she rightfully should be. This video is lovely. Thank you 🙏

[@alejandroserrano7755]

This just makes me wonder of all the hidden recipes that are around the world. That pie looked truly delicious.

[@ASoulsHeartbeat]

Oh that looks so good. What a sweet trio of ladies! You have such a great job sampling all the goodies with a glass of wine. I’d love to be that sharp at 90! Again, as always, thank you for sharing these wonderful Grannies with the world! Patti

[@pastagrannies]

Yes, I have the best job in the world; thank you for appreciating le signore! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@lorenaferdenzi1268]

Oggi abbiamo fatto la torta di patate di Pozzolo e siamo di Pozzolo ✌buonissima, una tradizione che portiamo nel cuore.

[@robesparza8947]

What lovely ladies and what a gorgeous pie. I’m so sad to hear what is becoming of their charming village with all the young people leaving. I wish there was something to be done to save these towns for the future.

[@jonesbub1]

That looks so delicious and reminds me of the Polish pagach. I think lots of our cultures and cuisines overlap because good food doesn’t know land boundaries. TFS, Sharon🤗❤️🇺🇦

[@mikeneidlinger8857]

I always wanted to tour the World, but especially Europe. Poland is on the list. I am 45 YO and hope to do it when I retire. I used to be a glassblower and work in a think tank now. I might go back to school to get a Doctorate Degree in Mathematics.

[@elisaastorino2881]

The Polish one is quite sweet, though. My sister married into a Polish family and they make it for holidays - I never had it until then. This looks better, I must admit!

[@jonesbub1]

@@elisaastorino2881 The pagach made in my locale is not sweet at all. It is basically a mashed potato pizza. I’d be interested in the recipe for the sweet one…sounds right up my alley! 😁

[@MyOver50]

@@jonesbub1 I remember my great grandmother making mashed potato pie.. it was always delicious & savory!

[@zubaidasmith4551]

I love Albina. She is so happy despite the other woman with dark hair. She just doesn't look happy at all and a bit ticked off at Albina. Doesn't stop Albina though! 90 years old and a genuine smile is hard to come by these days, and with a sparkle in her eye too! Gotta love it! Thank you so much for sharing the wonderful dish. It is on my bucket list for sure!

[@justinrad5073]

Let's get pasta grannies to 1 million subs 👌🏻🇮🇹🍷

[@pastagrannies]

thank you - wouldn't that be great! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@scottamori3188]

Three ladies for the price of one! They all consult with each other until the filling is just so. I love them all. Another gem!

[@erosamuk]

*_I LOVE THIS! THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER SO BEAUTIFULLY, AND EVERYTHING LOOKS SO GOOD!!_* All our lives are short but we are so blessed to have the opportunity to make such close friends. Can I have a slice, please!! 👍🏻👍🏻😊🧡

[@MarcusAgricola]

I am so happy I found this wonderful Channel! Not only that one learns such wonderful new recipes... but it is so refreshing and relaxing to watch these treasures of Grannies!

[@JinJinDoe]

Oh my cheesy, potatoey goodness! It looks incredibly delicious. Well done to Albina and friends!

[@TouchBud]

Wood burning oven right in the kitchen. Just spectacular

[@stevelogan5475]

Ms. Vicky, Albina & her friends are such dear souls, great recipe & hugely popular in Appalachia but made with any cheese, another is sauteed' onion pie, for the most part any root vegetable with any cheese in a filling pie crust is popular & too many recipes to mention, we waste nothing & can eat about anything & make it palatable or even delicious, lol, God Bless you all & please stay safe.

[@pastagrannies]

hi Steve, there's nothing like pie! I love all the variations around the world. Have a good week 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@stevelogan5475]

@@pastagrannies Ms. Vicky, thank you Ma'am for your kind words, I agree with you 100% on pie variations.

[@stevelogan5475]

👍👍👍

[@sammyhakimvlogs5608]

This Albina's Mashed potato Pie recipe looks so delicious. This was the very first time I heard about this particular recipe.

[@pliny8308]

My grandmother, also from around Parma, often made a version of this. Ours is made in a big, round, high sided torta pan, and the filling is made with sauteed leeks, the riced potatoes, butter, milk, eggs to bind it, and lots of parmigiano, so more like savory mashed potatoes. It's divine.

[@craftfairy1]

I am from A village between Bardi and Bedonia and we make it just like yours. Each place has its variations.

[@pastagrannies]

Delicious. I love how recipes change from one village to the next. best wishes, Vicky

[@campari4467]

I love Stella's facial expressions 🤣🤣

[@garydell2023]

My Aunt use to make this pie when I was young. Thank you for sharing.

[@sevenoctobers7471]

What an honor to have watched them make such a treasured town recipe!! Their mothers and nonnas (may God have mercy on their eternal souls) must surely be proud of them. 💗 Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@rolfingegypt2209]

I love those long table filled with happy italians loving good food. Those three ladies are so lovely.

[@David-lr2tj]

Wonderful! Trade the lard for butter or vegetable oil, and it's a family sized knish! So much less work, brilliant!

[@giuliasartori3243]

😍 super nonna 🔥🔥🔥❤

[@alextilton2677]

This looks doable. I may hit the market on the way home.

[@pastagrannies]

hi Alex, hope it was a success! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@DBurgg]

This a very imaginative…work with whatever you have! Lovely ladies…looks fantastic!

[@carlam.2459]

Evviva le nonne/mamme italiane che ci hanno insegnato le tradizioni e come cucinare il buon cibo!

[@AmarthwenNarmacil]

You had me at 'cheesy mashed potato pie'. Everything I love! I will definitely try this. Molto grazie dalla Svizzera!

[@kitchenmom]

I loved watching them work together, and this potato pie looks just delicious. Will have to make it.

[@RRodriguez1904]

Bellissima!! Wonderful recipe, wonderful chefs ! It just doesn’t get any better, eh? 😉

[@Getpojke]

Beautiful! Must be a favourite combination across many lands that; though all looking slightly different. I was talking with a friend the other week. Traditional favourites like cheese, onion & potato pie came up. Though we usually make it in a pie dish not having a lovely wood oven like that. I like to sneak a little 'nduja into mine these days to ramp up the umami & colour. A really good supper dish & one my friend is happy to break her "double carbs" rule for. 😀🧀🧅🥔🌾 Lovely seeing all that knowledge & experience enjoying life around that long table together. Let's all hope Albina and her friends Elsa and Stella can do it for many more years together. Many thanks for that Vicky.

[@pastagrannies]

hi James, a commenter called Pliny says in their village they use leeks instead of onions which also sounds delicious. 'nduja, being Calabrian, is an addition only a non Italian would do but it sounds a good one with all that lovely pork fat. 😀🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@Getpojke]

@@pastagrannies Would that be the Elder or Younger Pliny? 😁 Oh yes, leeks would be lovely, have to swap the onions out & try it next time. I suppose the 'nduja isn't really the done thing in the video dish, or the UK version, wouldn't want to cause an international incident like the Sorted chaps did with their "paella burrito" 😆. Best wishes James.

[@aris1956]

It looks really delicious ! And then inside the wood oven……an even more special flavor. 😋 They should also serve it in pizzerias ! :)

[@MyOver50]

I've seen a few places around Boston that offer something similar lately. I might order one when the family's together for the holidays, otherwise I'd eat the whole pie. 😅

[@aris1956]

@@MyOver50 👍😉😀

[@mariadestro8546]

Albina looks so much like my mommy!

[@sharendonnelly7770]

I saw cheesy mashed potato pie and my reaction, after doing an immediate double-take, OMG!!! I HAVE TO SEE THIS!!! Now, I have to try it! What better combination than potato, cheese, and pie! Is drooling allowed when watching Pasta Grannies? Hope so, as that was absolutely delicious looking. Great video, and great recipe Albina!

[@SabraQueenoftheUnderworld1346]

O my this looks amazing and delicious 😋!! I love all of the pasta grannies and grandpas!!! I miss mine, but this helps!! Thank you so much pasta grannies team!! Stay safe and have a blessed weekend 💕💕 much love from the USA

[@nealieanderson512]

What an interesting dish! Albina reminds me of my Granny so much it was like visiting her again! Love this!

[@violetapam3308]

Μπράβο μπράβο γλυκιτατατες η γιαγιάδες υπέροχες συγχαρητήρια πολλά υποκλίνομαι με σεβασμό 💯💯👏👏

[@backwoodscountryboy1600]

Such a lovely and beautiful recipe I'm honored that she shared it with us I will be making it and passing this knowledge down to my children and I have her name so I can give them the name of the person that created it from down here in South Alabama in the United States thank you for sharing again

[@kellee1609]

Beautiful to see the people all working together to get the job done, many hands make light work. Beautiful to watch all sit together to enjoy to fantastic looking pie!

[@themagicalherbvegetablegar9077]

These look amazing and Albina is so dang cute! Thank you to all three for showing us this.

[@AirrowRocket]

Now that is killer good! Great job by all!

[@nightcatslair107]

Oooh I want to try this, it looks delicious 💕

[@RosieGoat100]

Oh, how I would love to visit the area these Grannies are from!!! Looks amazing! Keep up the good work Pasta Grannies!

[@justme8108]

What great people, and what a great house! Such a nice pie.

[@nebbindog6126]

That must have been lovely to eat. The wood fire must add so much flavor. Wonder what the lovely ladies would think of cheese potato pieroghis?

[@elisaastorino2881]

Oh, eastern European ravioli? 😉 I'm from Pittsburgh and everyone loves pierogies, even us Italians.

[@MyOver50]

Haha... love this!

[@deb8105]

Oh my, that looks amazing, how I wish I had a wood oven so I could have a go at making this.

[@artycrafty9209]

Albina how wonderful your pie is, I am soooooooo jealous not to be able to be there to taste it! Buona salute! Ramon.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

That was precious, here the parmigiano is a river😂! I think my wife and I will make this! We are looking forward to the next pasta grannies cookbook!

[@VerhoevenSimon]

Interesting, it's the first time that I've seen this dish. It look delicious.

[@karenno]

Loved listening to them say, "potato." As always, Pasta Grannies video never fails to leave me craving the deliciousness featured. Thank you so much for these videos! They're wholesome and lovely.

[@tonychorley4936]

Wow, they look lovely,

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

A great kitchen and even better Cooks !

[@russellrobinson505]

Wow! Looks great 👍 bet being around those ladies was a hoot!!!💕💋

[@bonnietreitler2044]

Love watching these Nonna's. There just amazing. Their passion for food and there traditions are inspiring.

[@StupidRobotFightingLeague]

I love this show...

[@joseph0425]

This channel is just so awesome. Thanks for sharing another great story. Bravissimo!

[@MyOver50]

This was beautiful...

[@Darscm]

Delicious as always. I love the way each generation learns from and helps the others.

[@innocentnemesis3519]

What yummy heritage!

[@mikecoffee100]

Another Awesome Video I'll hop on a plane and be there in 9 hours lol

[@sydmonteiro6189]

Mais que trio Hilário! Mais um maravilhoso vídeo.

[@lyndaturner9294]

Lovely!

[@cemreee58]

I'll eat albina and her pie too!☺️😋

[@acecarson3792]

Looks delicious.

[@naticardona64]

Tried it,loved it 🙏 Grazie ❤️

[@cannuccia208]

They say that the cheese is Grana Padano (at 4:14), but the commentary says that they use parmigiano reggiano. Judging from the video, the piece of cheese they show looks more like grana than parmigiano indeed, but you could probably swap either one of the two cheeses (i'm from Piacenza and we have a traditional recipe for potato pie which is really similar) Just wanted to point that out, great video anyway!

[@cannuccia208]

One interesting funfact is that from where i live, there are 2 ways of making potato pie, one is completely savory (very similar to the one in the video), while another one is slightly sweet, so to have a combination of both savory and sweet flavours. They are both very nice and each family has it's own way of making potato pie

[@wellaciccio2362]

They say Grana but in Parma saying Grana and Parmigiano is interchangeable (ironic isn't it). It can be both really. Of course, it may be both. The taste profile is slightly different so make of it what you want :)

[@cannuccia208]

@@wellaciccio2362 Yes i know that very well, being fro that same area i often use them interchangeably, but the one shown in the video looks more like grana than parmigiano

[@clonn]

Great recipe, simple and delicious.

[@loretta_3843]

There really are many types of food in Italy. My parents were from the border with Austria and Slovenia and we'd have sauerkraut whereas my schoolmates who's parents were from southern Italy never had stuff like that (I live and was raised in Australia)

[@pastagrannies]

Italy's culinary diversity keeps me busy! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@hopeperry1474]

That looks absolutely delicious!!!

[@mikeneidlinger8857]

It's cool to see how the Italians do it. I grew up in Hollywood with some of the best Italian-American food. I've tasted the good cheese before. You have to go to the Italian Deli to get it. They have all kinds of great stuff at the Deli.

[@margaritabetancourt1167]

Looks so good 😊

[@mirellavalente5136]

Meravigliose pizze

[@laviniabarsi8477]

“Non è male”. 😂😂😂 Albina sarà del segno d’acquario

[@jody024]

Yummy!

[@venitiaalexandria7168]

BRAVO

[@b.koz911]

This looks AMAZING

[@deb1120]

at 6:30 into the video, they transport the pies on that enormous wooden "tray/table/cutting board"...what is it called and where can I get one!!! (Lovely Lovely video!!...it's so wonderful that so many talented Nonnas are being immortalized in your camera!)

[@art_see_shan1849]

Wish I could taste it

[@davidhynd4435]

Yum! Potato and cheese in a pie. What more could you ask for? And, while the ladies might be careful to consult each other, was that a "look" that Stella gave Albina when she grabbed a finger full of filling for a taste test? 4:38

[@jukoerich487]

This is a dream Villa ❤❤❤

[@bubblegom0507]

wow! looks good i wish i could try it

[@mjrussell414]

Yum!

[@1ACL]

I will make this.

[@lillylarochelle6228]

Love your Video ❤❤❤

[@sih1095]

That looks fantastic. Now.... All I need is a pizza oven.... 🤔

[@marionlisablum7018]

Brava

[@ilsommodante5636]

Beautiful video (as always)! As an Italian, I just want to clarify that "E' una torta che mica a tutte piace." should have been translated "It's a pie that not everyone likes.

[@pastagrannies]

thank you for the correction; I'm getting cloth ears and didn't hear 'mica' correctly. best wishes, Vicky

[@alanthecat59]

gg, will have a go at this thankyou

[@anelisekunrath4028]

Auguri!

[@richardb22]

I don't think Elsa was very happy. Check out the parmisan sequece . More parmisan even more...... " here parmigiano is a river " She had a face like thunder over the profigalcy . I suspect in days gone by there was less parmisan. But it is good to see real life as I imagine it : That Albina she used half a darn kilo of parmisan she is 90 years old and was always like that I remember in "55 she used three eggs........can you believe it she has not changed half a kilo of parmisan wtf . In "65 she had 3 boyfriends........... in "66 she had 4 teaspoons of suger in her coffee............ Village life keeps you on your toes. Another excellent episode

[@VeraLucia-qs1jp]

Que fartura! No Brasil o queijo é tão caro!

[@captainufo4587]

At 2:04 she kinda says the opposite of what the subtitles say: "mica a tutti piace", means "not everybody like it".

[@pastagrannies]

thank you for the correction; I misheard 'mica'. 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@purplestarowl89]

😋🤤💖🧡💓💓💓💞💕💜🥘🥘🥧🥧🥔🥔⬅This pie is supposed to resemble the pie that these lovely pasta grannies made

[@ErnieCG]

Good food

[@tammys333]

I'm pretty sure I'm the Stella in my group. Lol