Discover deep-fried, honey-covered 'seadas' from Sardinia! | Pasta Grannies

Seadas are large ravioli, filled with melted cheese and flavoured with lemon zest, which are deep fried, then drenched in honey. They are a speciality of Sardinia and we visited Antonietta and her shepherd son Ignazio to learn how they are made.
Antonietta likes to use 'granito' which is coarsely ground soft (ordinary) wheat flour for her sweet pastries. It's difficult to find outside Italy (actually it's difficult to find in some areas of Italy - my local supermarket doesn't stock it). Use plain flour instead. (Other cooks incidentally use a mixture of semola flour and 00 flour, so you can see the choice is up to you).
Antonietta is making large quantities, so you can halve these quantities:
800g plain flour
80g lard (this makes a crisper pastry)
pinch of salt
150ml water, Antonietta said, which I think is too little. Be prepared to add up to 300ml for this amount of flour.
for the cheese filling:
800g fresh 3 day old pecorino cheese
zest of one large lemon
2 tablespoons of flour
lard for frying. (try and get hold of lard from free range pigs - in the UK Pipers Farm stocks it)
A generous quantity of good quality honey for dribbling over the pastries. Antonietta's was from her uncle's bees.

[@LionWriter1012]

I truly believe Pasta Grannies is a noble project. Not only is it often an oral history of a soon to be gone generation of Italians who grew up during the war, but it’s a deep and thorough compendium that shows just how remarkably varied Italian cooking is, and how it was shaped by the war in many ways. What I love most is that even though the reverence for each subject is decidedly warm and sweet, you’re really interested in what they have to teach us as opposed to falling into the tired cliché of the magical little old lady.

[@pastagrannies]

Thank you very much. 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@johnmiller4973]

Pasta Grannies is a noble and wonderful project indeed

[@roanna215]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@HannaARTzink]

Amen to that, indeed.

[@seaeagle8976]

Well-said, and absolutely correct!

[@sharendonnelly7770]

The skills of those who farm, raise animals, make cheese, and enjoy such a pastoral lifestyle in enviable. Antonietta is amazing, and her family wonderful. Great video.

[@alessandropiras9444]

Finalmente la VERA ricetta delle sebadas sarde! Bravissima Sig.ra Antonietta!

[@aris1956]

When you think you've seen everything in Italy, a video of “Pasta Grannies” arrives and you discover something new. And I speak as an Italian !

[@pastagrannies]

Isn't Italy great! I love its culinary diversity! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@aris1956]

@@pastagrannies Sì, cara Vicky ! And then go tell those in the world who say……Italian cuisine: pizza and spaghetti. 😉😊 As an Italian when I hear this I simply say……if you say this, then it simply means that you don't know the Italian cuisine ! Tanti saluti, Aris. 👋 😊 💐❤️

[@Cosmopavone]

lol, davvero non conoscevi le seadas? Non hai capito quanto sono buone.

[@aris1956]

@@Cosmopavone Ma guarda che a volte qui c’è gente della stessa regione di provenienza di una pietanza che dice che non conosceva dalle sue parti quel determinato piatto. Figuriamoci adesso chi viene da altre zone d’Italia, da altre regioni e non è mai stato in quella determinata regione dove si fa quella specialità. L’Italia culinariamente è bella e interessante proprio per questo. A volte basta solo cambiare città o andare nel paese vicino e già trovi qualche specialità non conosciuta magari nel tuo paesino.

[@dpcaw]

Let us all break out in dance whenever we hear the Pasta Grannies theme song :) It's time to celebrate:)

[@mreinstein48]

yp I just do the same! Love it!

[@Dreinthekitchen]

Absolutely!!!

[@prairieskye]

❤️

[@DavidHall-ge6nn]

So kind of them to share their lovely family with us! The cheese making was a big bonus and made the finished product even sweeter. A beautiful Friday afternoon in the Italian countryside without getting on a plane. Bliss.

[@lindaseel8633]

Well said! Well said!

[@didisinclair3605]

SUCH a wonderful episode!!! I love Antonietta's energy. Glorious minutes of joy in our stormy world.

[@polychronisrempoulakis3588]

It almost brought tears to me, remembered my own late nanna making the same sweet in Crete!The similarity in recipies and general lifestyle between Sardinia and Crete is astonishing!!

[@marialorena2917]

I had seadas 13 years ago in sardina and I still think they're one of the most delicious things I have ever eaten in my life!

[@sarahp1383]

Loved Antonietta. Bustling around her kitchen, in a cheery manner, yet staying away from the limelight , not taking any of the credit for the tough work her strong hands are put to. Bringing up 13 children.... There is pride in her voice , as she discloses this fact, in a shy, restrained way! She is the heart beat of this family. Bravo Nona Antonietta. Love you.

[@HannaARTzink]

Shows the importance of home made food and the value of traditional family and home.

[@DSmith-gs4tr]

Italian living at its best. It's always heart-warming to watch these beautiful nonne keeping the old traditions alive. Thank you, Pasta Grannies for sharing with us.

[@dnmurphy48]

My Friday fix, I always feel more peaceful after watching this,

[@zubaidasmith4551]

Good food, fresh air, and a daily bath of milk. No wonder their skin looks radiant. Clean living. Thank you for sharing.

[@zizzie4081]

Thank you for showing the cheese making and not rushing through it, that was wonderful. The subtitles missed something funny though; while maestro does mean teacher, it also means master, to which she answered, and I am the servant. Lovely relationship between mother and son.

[@va1445]

This was an interesting episode - it's just mesmerizing to watch their magic. Oh my goodness, the finished "seadas" look SO delicious!!! ♥Fernando is so lucky to have a nonna that makes such amazing treats! She looks so happy when he said she makes the best.

[@aina2165]

I have never seen anything like this, fascinating dish.

[@lauracolby6038]

Adorable! How adorable is this family! And the grandson, so cute! “Nonna.” They all work so hard for the family and the farm. My favorite channel ever!

[@pastagrannies]

hi Laura, that's great to hear! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@CharlieC738]

I really enjoyed this episode. Living off the land, homemade and homegrown. Doing things how they did it in the old days. Hard, rewarding work.

[@phronsiekeys]

I always think I've found my favorite granny, and then you do another wonderful episode like this one! Her family, the cheesemaking, her pretty earrings and blue dress. I just love her!

[@kimandersen3423]

This was such a fascinating episode

[@petpot1962]

Would love to do a foodie trip of Italy at families's homes. Hope these precious Nonnas pass their food skills to the next generation as the younger generation are living high pace lives

[@nycdweller]

These pasta grannies are the strongest people I have ever seen!

[@Romafood]

these ladies are an Italian heritage

[@scottamori3188]

Completely unprocessed whole ingredients; a goat from the farm; fresh cheese made on site. And then finally those glorious fried pastries with local honey. I am in love with this episode. Bravo and God bless this family!

[@pastagrannies]

hi Scott, yes it was all zero kilometre food, even though I don't think the family think like that at all - too busy working! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@lisae6725]

I can’t even imagine how delicious everything there is when it’s all homegrown and local. You can never replicate this taste with store bought items. What a beautiful woman and her family.

[@annettecinquemanifalbo17]

How can it get any better than this! Gosh...I want to go back to my great grandparents country... In Sicily... I'd love to travel all over Italy too girl, I wish I had your job!!! I'm seriously considering making the trip to Italy and making it an extended stay... It'll be happening for me within the next 2 years.. This is the me I see, and I've claimed it baby!

[@MonkeyspankO]

13? Whoa! Respect to this lady. Looks like a very happy family, that knows how to live. Thank you for sharing, as always.

[@christinabroadhead3810]

What a precious boy. Sweet. Wow this is cheese heaven. Pecorino cheese is my fave. I loved this mouthwatering video so much. Lovely family. Antonietta's happiness comes through the camera. Always giving us such skilled filming. Blessings to you all.

[@christineb8148]

What an interesting cheesemaking technique - different than what I am familiar with! I bet that sheeps milk ricotta is incredible. Antonietta looks like my maternal ancestors.

[@nealieanderson512]

What a treat to see how they made the cheese! What a beautiful lady and wonderful family! The seadas look fantastic!

[@zameshtan]

Oh gosh, we both squeeed over this! So impressive, and so mouth-watering.

[@eleonoraarba246]

Mia mamma con mio fratello ❤

[@lacicalameccanica9612]

complimenti 🥰

[@pastagrannies]

Ciao Eleonora è stato un piacere conoscervi 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@rosannarm]

COMPLIMENTI! ❤

[@TheMirrrl]

Complementi! Sembra delizioso. Voglio cucinare la ricetta. 😍

[@eleonoraarba246]

@@pastagrannies Grazie per questa bellissima esperienza 🥰

[@Javaman92]

OMG those cheeses, and look at the amounts! You would have to take out a loan to buy that much quality cheese here in the USA. ALL homegrown, wow! It can be done.

[@aallpprr8998]

it's incredible how in the USA 77 is the average life expectancy while in italy these grandmas still have at least 10 years of pasta making ahead

[@joypolk3093]

What a delightful granny and her family! Love it when you can include the making of the cheese and the families! Her family is so fortunate to have such a hard working and loving mother❤️❤️

[@elluisito000]

Fried with lard, the way is supposed to be😋

[@Dreinthekitchen]

I’m obsessed with this channel. Love every recipe and the stories we learn.

[@pastagrannies]

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

[@santiagoperez5431]

I'm going to need three servings of that

[@jansmith3158]

❤Grazie Grazie Grazie. Questo è stato un bellissimo video da guardare con 3 generazioni partecipanti. Grazie per aver condiviso la tua famiglia che produce formaggio per il mondo da vedere! ! ♥🤍💚 Greeting from Florida USA 🇺🇸🌴🌺 (I used translation on the internet not sure if you can read this message ~ hope so)

[@hollish196]

These look wonderful, and she has the most wonderful earrings!! Beautiful.

[@ginalouise1284]

Such joy and love in your hard work, Vicki and team - so very beautiful to share food and family through your videos. Many blessings and much love from Carmel by the Sea xoxo Grazie Mille

[@pastagrannies]

hi Gina, I'm delighted you appreciate their stories 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@Getpojke]

Wow, I really hope her son has a milking machine? A really good shepherd/milker can get a sheep milked in 3-6 mins, so either he has help or is doing it all day long with 130 head. Must admit to not being a big sheep fan, cows are okay, goats have great personalities... Sheep... Still not as bad as shearing time, my least favourite job when I was still on the farm. That looks great cheese though & I really have to try making those "seadas" sometime soon, they look/sound fantastic. Another great slice of life that passes most of the world's population by without notice Vicky. The videos are an important documentary of life as well as entertaining. I hope they are kept safe as I can see future generations looking at them years from now as we look at old film taken back when first invented. [lets hope they can figure out the video format like we have to find particular projectors!] Brilliant stuff, many thanks James. 🥟

[@pastagrannies]

hi James, yes there's a milking station 🙂 I did a couple of lambing seasons as a shepherd's assistant as a youngster - and sheep are always getting into pickles in a non entertaining way. And I suspect the ability of future generations to view the videos will be down to the amount of electricity needed to keep the Google servers going ! 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@jilleven67]

The milk acids help the skin, look how wrinkle free her hands and arms are.. beautiful 😍

[@VerhoevenSimon]

A magnificent episode. A delightful family, a superb recipe and even a surprise section on how a lot of the components are selfmade!

[@pastagrannies]

hi Simon, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@debboyea9567]

Love this lady! She is so sweet. And those pastries look wonderful!

[@thuytienlives8487]

What a marvellous and filling recipe! Learning about recipes in different parts of Italy is an absolute joy. Hoping that Antonietta, her family, and the Pasta Grannies Team are safe and well.

[@pastagrannies]

Yes everyone is well, thank you very much 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@SkyeRangerNick]

I love seeing the cheese being made. Thank you for sharing that part of this recipe.

[@katelijnesommen]

'È un bel lavoro, questo, eh?' How inspirational, honestly. They love their life and their work.

[@arthurboehm]

Extraordinary! How alienated we are from the traditions celebrated in this video! The centerpiece of family life is the production of (sophisticated) foodstuffs that both employ and sustain its members. I'll think of this video next time I pass the frozen food case at my local supermarket and see the industrially produced "cooking" within.

[@athebaar]

Che meraviglia di famiglia e che super Nonna.

[@diccha9946]

seadas are a staple in my household, they’re just so yummy and i’m so glad people from all over the world can discover them thanks to this video!

[@Marty_S89]

Seadas have few ingridients but they are one of the most delicious desserts ever!

[@souadghazal2533]

The cheese stuffing is very similar to a very popular dessert in the Levant/Eastern Mediterranean... prepared with melted cheese, cooked together with semolina flour (I think that's what Antonietta is using as well) then shredded into different forms/sizes/shapes by hand, then doused with sugar syrup flavored with rose water and orange blossom water and topped with some clotted cream; then garnished with either rose petal jam or ground pistachios... it's quite YUMMY ! Antonietta started her big family very early ... love that cute tiny one watching and learning .... great video.

[@pastagrannies]

Hi Souad. The sweet you describe sounds amazing!🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@gio7799]

Phoenicians arrived in Sardinia and they built ports to trade, probably they brought in my island this recipe and the bottarga too.

[@souadghazal2533]

@@gio7799 Correct ... those were my ancestors :) they built their ships and travelled the world and brought with them many other foods and much more.

[@embe5692]

It's a recipe from the inland that was inhabited by Nuragic people. The Phoenicians settled on the coast, in the south. It's a recipe linked to the world and traditions of sheep-farming. But who knows? World has always been interconnected.

[@PaulMcGuinness]

I so look forward to retiring to Italy and being able to eat locally produced food like this (and learning skills from the artisans). I just wish I could retire today!

[@pastagrannies]

hi Paul. The dream is half the journey - I hope you are having fun decided where to retire to 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@PaulMcGuinness]

@@pastagrannies I know where I *want* to retire, but it's a case of being able to afford it 😂- Seriously though, I *love* the Villasimius/Castiadas area (south-east of the island)

[@annesteinbach4515]

13 children! Wow. That always amazes me. I come from a small family.💜

[@camlo1562]

Wonderful seeing all this beautiful food being made without toxic seed oils

[@lindaseel8633]

So very true. All natural is best!

[@ellemelbaus1129]

I’m glad someone else picked that up! To think we’ve been duped for decades that animal fat is bad for us and we’re using industrial seed oils that have to be deodorised, bleached and processed to make them “fit” for human consumption.

[@carbonara_lover]

this is something else.... this is something else!

[@angelamancini4244]

Complimenti alla Signora...bravissima cuoca...massaia...Possiede un Agriturismo?

[@RK-ue6sv]

Big families are an investment! Hard work but worth it in the long run!

[@artycrafty9209]

You had me salivating at the goat and then the wonderment of those seadas, that is some meal. Thank heavens those skills are still happening and let us make sure that we never loose them, lets all drink to that!. Thank you Vicky and team PG. Ramon.

[@pastagrannies]

hi Ramon, It was a great meal that Antonietta and her family produced, all zero kilometre ingredients! Goat is a popular meat across southern Italy - something that non Italians don't always appreciate. 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@1ACL]

Beautiful.

[@marionw8423]

Eine Super- Idee, die Rezepte und die Damen dahinter bekannt zu machen. Sieht alles lecker aus

[@rosannarm]

Fabulous. Amazing. Traditional ways so beautiful but back breaking hard work.

[@maddyf8398]

Yum. This makes me want to move there and have sheep and makes cheese. (Sigh)

[@Benni777]

Woah what a large family!! I wonder how many grand children she has, if she has 13 children! 😍

[@pastagrannies]

Antonietta told us that at Christmas there are 64 members of the family sitting down to lunch. 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@michelabianchi9010]

Fantastico! Thanks for sharing!!

[@carlacabiddu1808]

I am from Sardinia and this was so lovely to watch, it reminded me of my grandma, also called Antonietta :)

[@elisaastorino2881]

What a lovely family. It's beyond a shame that the EU and its stupid regulations make it so hard for these small scale cheese producers to make a living.

[@pastagrannies]

hi Elisa, I believe some small producers can ask for exemptions, and in some cases officials turn a benign blind eye. 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@kellybryson7754]

Ah, the grandson saying his Nonna makes the besy. 😭😭

[@monicahoward7443]

I love seadas😍💛💛💛

[@maikino8002]

People should decide what is the real STANDARD not the EU which allow practice such as powder milk to make cheese. As result we are invaded with low quality cheese that is also more expensive of the real Pecorino Sardo (best sheep cheese in Italy, one of the best in the entire world). Just showing the effort and the secular practice, people can understand why many people are enduring injustice from the big corporations. Viva la Sardegna. Viva i pastori sardi!

[@joelleurack8590]

Deliciouso i ate them when i visited Sardinia 🙂

[@mariaaparecidamartini9551]

Esse queijo deve estar uma delicia me deu vontade ,de experimentar,

[@lindaseel8633]

Me too. Looks so good!

[@rheidtech]

Thank you👌🌄

[@maranathacristoviene2470]

Squisito!! 🤤

[@stevelogan5475]

Ms. Vicky, another dear soul in Antonietta pastagranny, the closest thing we would have in Appalchia would be a homemade dumpling with real Buffalo mozz( store bought) drizzled with honey, most homemade dough products here are biscuits, dumplings, pie crusts, only cheese made would be cottage cheese & all others store bought if we can find some, many do churn their own cow's milk butter though & many folks do have bee boxes/hives where they harvest fresh honey, the 2 best here are called sourwood honey( not sour) & cloverleaf honey, God Bless you all

[@pastagrannies]

hi Steve, the honey one is supposed to use with seadas is chestnut honey which has a slight bitter back note to it. 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@stevelogan5475]

@@pastagrannies Ms. Vicky, thank you for the info & I have never heard or tasted a slightly bitter honey, very interesting, I would try some but I have never seen any in a grocer, but we do have chestnut trees/chestnuts, God Bless you all

[@sanusala]

Very nice video! My family is from Escalaplano 🤗. One minor critique: the church tower seen in the beginning of the video is not the one in Escalaplano, but probably of the nearby village Orroli.

[@andrevichinheski8170]

Perfect 🇧🇷🇧🇷😃😃

[@sevenoctobers7471]

😭 it looks delicious 😭

[@nessuno1948]

I remember from my sardinian wife.

[@nealieanderson512]

A beautiful lady!

[@SpiritWay]

wonderful! #millegrazie

[@robynkrest8178]

Ignacio was bello bello 🥵🥵🥵😍😍😍😍

[@User_dkffkdrkagfgk]

Nonna seems like a strong lady, can't imagine what it's like to raise 13kids....

[@lifeonmarz470]

❤️😭❤️

[@Patt12]

Antoinette In 23 years she made 13 children she is 75 ,the older kid 56 Means She start at 19 make baby’s , plenty Ricotta cheese 👍

[@alexing86]

Sebadas are the perfect example of how bad Italy is in promoting its regional specialties. This stuff is heavenly good and almost unnkown outside Sardinia, and hence virtually impossible to buy.

[@johnbarry8542]

If I could only find a woman like this

[@alessandroalessandro4656]

Un consiglio per il cameraman quando fai i complimenti a qualcuno perché alla domanda Quanti figli hai ti risponde 13, cerca di metterci un po' più di calore Altrimenti sembra che ti dispiaccia.

[@pastagrannies]

A volte può essere una sfida fare conversazione mentre si utilizza una camera in un ambiente affollato? 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@blipblip88]

Everyone looks well fed, except for the rather emaciated dog they have tied up 3:49. You can see its hipbones sticking out. hmm

[@ginger942]

Nah, the dog is fine

[@Cosmopavone]

lol, animalists like you are just the worst.. That's a sardinian pertiatzu and it is exactly how he is supposed to look like. And that is an aggressive, protective and reactive working dog, that's why they tie him up when strangers are around.

[@jaymathews356]

I had to repeat at 6:05 when you mentioned that Antonietta has 13 children! Great episode, really educational.