93 year old Clara makes the best crunchy creamy cannoli by hand!

Cannoli are famous Sicilian fried pastries and 93 year old Clara has been making them the same old fashioned way for over 70 years. Join her in her summer kitchen to find out what makes the special.
For the pastry, Clara uses:
1 kilo 00 (all purpose) flour
200ml water
200g lard
50g sugar
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar (nothing too strongly flavoured)
For the filling 500g ricotta, 100g sugar (or to taste), 150g chocolate buttons
A large quantity of lard for frying - this is an excellent fat for frying, but you may prefer to use rice bran oil which is widely available these days.

[@benrichey2593]

Clara got this recipe 70 years ago, from a woman who was 90 at the time. This recipe is a living connection to 1860. Thank you so much Clara and Pasta Grannies for preserving these connections.

[@pastagrannies]

hi Ben, I hadn't done the maths - thank you! It's amazing isn't it. 😊🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@gio7799]

Italy became a united nation the following year.

[@rosegonzalezguitar]

trippy! love this video, she seems wonderful !

[@Dj-ws9rj]

Amazing, i hope someone close to her can keep her wonderful recipe going, & she makes it look easy but its really not lol..

[@BellaLikesFood]

Yeah or the recipe could have been given to the 19 year old from someone else

[@Mosdager]

The fact that she can still walk at the age of 93, makes her own food, doesn't waste any leftovers, and still got some secret tricks up her sleeve. I honestly applaud that. 👌

[@lauraskitchen5706]

Absolutely

[@misshoneynevercame4832]

Seriously. Most would probably sit in front of a window all day at that age unable to move.

[@jordanforbes2557]

Funnily enough my grandma who is also Italian and in her 90s is still running around making the best food. Hardy people those Italians.

[@Saturnia2014]

It's the diet (genes help too) but it's mostly the diet.

[@M.C.P.]

@@Saturnia2014 Also lifestyle. To be active it's very important.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

- chill Italian grandma - cannoli - Shrek glass at 3:10 - continues making a recipe the same way for decades, even in the summer heat This is a masterpiece. She's living the life...bless her. Anyone who gets to try one of her cannoli should be grateful

[@Sportsproet]

Hahaha the shrek glass time stamp makes this comment somehow so wholesome XD

[@alyssawilhoite9551]

This detail made my day!

[@Albanian_traveller]

Hi 😅 you must be a crazy foodie just like me. I encounter your comments in all possible food channels 😊

[@MrSooshki123]

I was just about to mention the shrek glass! Had those same glasses as a kid. Got them from a McDonald's promotion for shrek forever after. Fun fact: they recalled all of those glasses for containing a dangerous level of cadmium in the paint. Love that granny though.

[@concernedkid3262]

LOL, I had to look.... 😂

[@treetopy]

Awww the way your camera guy made sure to get her eye contact before he told her that they were beautiful/delicious..... He is a kind soul. ❤️

[@pastagrannies]

Yes, Andrea is great with all our signore; Clara is very deaf, so it was important to get her attention. best wishes, Vicky

[@teramonte7077]

And quite easy on the eyes I would say😉

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

@@teramonte7077 How many want to taste his cannoli?

[@teramonte7077]

none... don’t be rude

[@mayuribhattacharya5352]

@@nonenoneonenonenone 😂

[@Kimbermoi]

These people should all be declared National Treasures. 🤗😘🙋‍♀️

[@jumanamaher3720]

😚😙😍😘

[@papayetto3700]

Italy is not italy without italian grandparents

[@amyhagen94]

I agree ☝🏻 🇮🇹 ❤️

[@mirkoclay2357]

Agreed

[@MrStrictjudge2011]

If Clara likes chocolate buttons in her cannolis, I like chocolate buttons in my cannolis

[@Evan490BC]

@Laila Julfar I wouldn't argue with any Sicilian granny. They not only cook like pros, they know how to shoot as well!

[@andreaferrigno]

@Laila Julfar Actually, in Sicilia there's one different version of cannoli for each grandmother :-D Mine liked her cannoli with no chocolate, ricotta was forced through a silk cloth for smoothness and cinnamon powder was lightly applied on top of it. Gosh, I miss them!

[@lottie5346]

Then you should get chocolate buttons in your cannolis.

[@righteousrebellion90]

😂 same.

[@jengable4888]

👍👍 Right !! Personally, I do not know if I could tolerate it fried, maybe if they were baked in an oven ..at any rate, they look delish !!

[@leonardostucchi8391]

That pot was already frying when Garibaldi came to Sicily in 1860.

[@beatrizpr8076]

I almost vomit when I sal it

[@beatrizpr8076]

Saw

[@leonardostucchi8391]

@@beatrizpr8076 That crust on the pan is like a cancer.

[@Jeppelelle]

That pot will start the next pandemic (too soon?)

[@leonardostucchi8391]

@@Jeppelelle At least cancer should not be transmittable 😉

[@silviojacovelli663]

Wonderful, what are the chances of me meeting an italian lady with 93 years old and watching her cook on a small island next to Sicily? Never. so I love this channel, it's exciting. My mother is 81 years old, is a granddaughter of Italian and has the same cheerful spirit, makes pasta for the whole family and keeps everyone together with her spirit. I love Italy and Italians. silvio, 57 years old, brazilian.

[@silviojacovelli663]

Meraviglioso, quali sono le possibilità che io incontri una signora italiana di 93 anni, che abbia il privilegio di entrare in casa tua e guardarla cucinare, su una piccola isola vicino alla Sicilia? Mai. quindi adoro questo canale, è emozionante. mia madre ha 81 anni, è una nipote di italiano e ha lo stesso spirito allegro, fa la pasta per tutta la famiglia e tiene tutti insieme con il suo spirito. Amo l'Italia e gli italiani. silvio, 57 anni, brasiliano.

[@pastagrannies]

hi Silvio, I'm delighted you are enjoying meeting our lovely signore. best wishes, Vicky

[@hi-ww3ij]

3:11 DID YA’LL SEE THE SHREK NUTELLA CUP IN THE CORNER LMAOOO! That’s one more reason to support her.

[@giuliab8484]

Italians love nutella

[@jabberman3000]

@@giuliab8484 and shrek, apparently

[@madapigi1]

in italy we always reuse the nutella cups like that as normal glass. I still have one from when i was little with tom and jerry on it lol

[@andrewf4623]

@@madapigi1 ah that’s awesome, I’m from England and my mother always used to save them too, I thought we were the only ones!

[@OoOoOo-we3dn]

She protec the recept she bake de cak but most importantly she love da shrek

[@iTzark]

I'm from Russia and I have never been in Italy, but I adore all italian grannies!

[@26chiapet]

We love your babushkas too!

[@lauraskitchen5706]

My father came from Russia. Wonderful foods. I'd love to go and see relatives

[@ОрландоМосковиш]

мамаира никагда нидарила мньэ красных стрингаф, кузьа тожэ трусоф нидарила. авот абильанава дарила кузьэ красныйэ икаричнивыйэ стринги, а анньэмарии зильоныйэ ижолтыйэ кальсоны альа мартынава шоб кричать пагромчьэ намужэй

[@tommasorucci8441]

Clara at 93 : cuts bamboo and makes enough cannoli to feed Sicily Me at 21 : out of breath after one ramp of stairs

[@The1stClassVillain]

I know right. Me at 21-Why do I have to work?

[@rosannapizza6402]

hahah i know right me too

[@footyfan101ful]

Omg yes!!@

[@andreaalmazanmora3669]

Me at 19 🥵

[@jamie6192]

lose some weight then.

[@ChristineHMcConnell]

This episode was so much fun to watch :D Clara is beautiful!

[@dawniepants]

She's so gorgeous I love her spirit!

[@agustinortega5688]

@Soul Star ?

[@roaristhesound]

Crazy to see a KZbinr I like comment on an unrelated page

[@elinax5330]

Very beutiful eyes, clear as the sea in Sicily

[@littleme3597]

@Soul Star YES. STILL. You have to look past a bit of age. You have no soul. Funny you say that.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I like how the narrator uses measurements while the grandma doesn't. She just puts in whatever she feels like Reminds me of the Malaysian aunt Gordon met who kept telling him "agak-agak" in regards to him asking about the measurements for rendang

[@beth12svist]

The Czech version of that "přiměřeně", which is "adequately" or "in proportion". :-)

[@helenmarshall5705]

Clara is the most beautiful, youngest looking 93 year old I have ever seen!

[@lauraskitchen5706]

Beautiful comment

[@ОрландоМосковиш]

канон каноли канапльа сасниудзипмуслим

[@dougwhite3680]

Nice one , actually I’m really depressed right now, lost a coworker. very devastating , Needed someone to talk to...

[@dionw82]

Us Sicilian do look quite Young for our age. You would never guess that my Nonna is 80

[@littleme3597]

Helen. Yes, I saw her beauty too. Can you imagine her as a young woman? MY GOODNESS. Still a beauty. Some can't 'see'.

[@loisbruce]

Clara is the spitting image of my dear Scottish grandma. It fills my heart to watch these videos because they're a link to simple no-nonsense lifestyles, and these ladies (bar a handful) don't need designer kitchens to make fantastic meals. As for this recipe, it probably goes back even further than the friend who passed it onto Clara! Much respect to you all xxx

[@valenesco45]

I'm italian and I'm 24, but I gotta say one important truth to y'all, these old and precious people are the REAL italians. The italians who are genuine and hard workers, who do everything with passion, sweat and smile, who truly believe in family and union, who represent the old values and virtues that most people now have lost. They are the last italians, and I'm lucky to live on their teachings.

[@userl697]

What are modern Italians like?

[@extremathule982]

@@userl697 Debauched!!!!

[@userl697]

Extrema Thule that’s sad..

[@charin951]

User L watch jersey shore

[@userl697]

@@charin951 those are american italians right? I'm curious about the Italians in Italy

[@AirrowRocket]

This is almost too good to be true. The spirited Clara, the oven, the pot, and the nearby crucifix...so much to take in. Thanks Vicky.

[@pastagrannies]

It's a privilege to glimpse slithers of their lives 😊🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@AirrowRocket]

@@pastagrannies You do a great job bringing them to us Vicky!

[@j.criquette3334]

What? You didn't notice the Nutella glass with Shrek?

[@EricaNernie]

Yes. I, too, have a good old squiz at their kitchen.

[@valenesco45]

@@j.criquette3334 lol

[@__seeker__]

This is what love looks like, in case anyone was wondering.

[@smtuscany]

The phrase that shows you someone cares about you is not "I love you" but rather "did you eat?"

[@lauraskitchen5706]

Absolutely

[@ОрландоМосковиш]

купил фситсылии 6 кг каноли ивыслал 4 кг афчиникавай и 3 кг ейонаму йуристу вадику, тот фсьо бизработы сидит, хатьа кончыл захалусный кэмбриджский тьэхникум 56 льэт назат, но работы йуристам ньэт, унас фсьэ ийух чесныйэ ищэдрыйэ, дажэ незашто привльэч, сразу всьо атдадут, настайащыйэ красныйэ стринги

[@joybmassa]

I'm amazed by the self sufficiency of Clara! Cuts the bamboo every February and knows how to clear the interior...All for her specialty dessert! Wow! I imagine she makes her own lard for the pastry & frying, as well!? I laughed at the (large) number of cannoli shells laid out to fry - "for her family and friends" - for an Italian family & friends ALWAYS a big number. LOL! I also LOVE the use of 'summer kitchens'. Here, in the U.S.'s hotter climes, a summer cooking space would be so nice!

[@kenjiyamaha2879]

I remember my German Granny used to save bacon grease from breakfast in a folgers coffee can on the stove. She saved up all year for Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday baking. Nothing beats her pie crusts made with these pan drippings!!

[@KSWfarms]

@@kenjiyamaha2879 My father did that when I was growing up. And I still save the bacon grease to this day!

[@shaylaster1607]

@@kenjiyamaha2879 thank you for sharing . My grandmother did the same! I sure miss her…. Her generation is almost gone !!

[@giordanamarini9379]

Italian grandmas are the sweetest in the world ❤️

[@deborahdieter4978]

This came out 2 years ago. I hope she's still going strong and making her wonderful cannoli

[@knitter4years]

Clara's recipe is genius and more than 100 years old. I haven't seen one like it and these are the tips this pro shared that revealed how to make her traditional cannoli that are outstanding: 1. Clara uses a large cutter for her cannoli. Most recipes use very small cutters and make cannolis less than 2 inches long or so. 2. After Clara lays the bamboo form on the dough, she dabs water just to the center of the dough where it will join together. The only part of the dough she connects is the very center. Because she uses a large cutter the bulk of the cannoli flares out on either side. That allows her to fill the cannoli with a knife, so there is no need for a pastry tube to fill the cannoli. Most recipes seal the cannoli dough all the way down the tube. 3. Clara's recipe uses only a few ingredients in both the shells and the filling. This lets the flavor of the high quality ingredients shine. She uses a natural lard, natural vinegar, a little sugar, and flour in the dough. Most recipes also add one or more of egg/yolk, marsala, cocoa powder, cinnamon to the shells. 4. Her filling is just whole milk ricotta and a bit of granulated sugar. Most recipes add vanilla, glaceed fruit, and have instructions to drain the ricotta over night in a sieve in the refrigerator. Or they say to squeeze out the ricotta in a cheese cloth to remove liquid. Removing liquid from the ricotta in most recipes is to help keep the cannoli shell crisp. Clara avoids all the complicated steps by mixing a litte plain granulated sugar into the ricotta and pressing it through a sieve. Ricotta is a lot like cottage cheese, in that it's milk curds (straight protein), in some cream or milk. By pressing the ricotta through the sieve, she is breaking up the curds (protein), which are much drier. This process gives the curds a larger surface area which increases their ratio to the liquid, (cream or milk) in the ricotta, effectively creating a drier filling. As Ben Richey commented beautifully, I quote, 'Clara got this recipe 70 years ago from a woman who was 90 at the time. This recipe is a living connection to 1860. Thank you so much Clara and Pasta Grannies for preserving these connections!' I wholeheartedly concur. I am thrilled to have this recipe.

[@rl1111rl]

I had to sift thru a hundred or so comments to find yours - which is about the recipe itself. Thank you. Did you actually make it? I tried another recipe from Italia Squisita that was terrible. They were not clear or incorrect about ingredients, weight, or the process but the end result was a terrible cannolo shell.

[@ryanweliver565]

I followed the recipe and I don't think that the woman narrating gave proper measurements. Obviously the wonderful woman cooking is a master cannoli maker. But I followed the shell recipe to the t only to have the shell fall apart in the oil and turn to dust.

[@marlinmonrow2989]

انها رائعه. ارجو ان تكون بخير واتمنى ان تكتب لنا المقادير والطريقه لل كانولي مع الشكر ❤

[@TheWotsa]

God bless her with happiness and good health for as long as she lives

[@jaiso434]

93 years old, no glasses, able to walk, do housework, talk. blessed.

[@EskenRock]

This woman should be teaching online to every student on earth. I'd climb over a mountain of dry ice to help in her kitchen for half a day. Magnifico.

[@patsymccown2766]

Sooo wonderful! Made me think of my beautiful, Italian grandmother 😇

[@CoastalCrafterUK]

My favourite channel ever!! Why has the BBC or Channel 4 not picked this up? It is amazing!!!!

[@maryjaneplaza4971]

I know! I’m totally addicted!!! My little granddaughter even has a “pasta grannies “ dance!!!

[@CoastalCrafterUK]

@@maryjaneplaza4971 haha...well I'm 48, my mum is 68. We also dance on the sofa to the pasta grannies theme tune...lol We are nutters

[@billy4072]

Coastal Crafter not diverse enough..

[@pastagrannies]

I would love to see her dance ❤️😊 best wishes, Vicky

[@pastagrannies]

It might be a bit niche? 😀 best wishes, Vicky

[@willrogers1023]

I Love All italian Grandmothers! Mine past in 2016 at the age of 96! I feel humbled and highly blessed to share her love of family and passion to feed others and share her recipes! Pasta Zuggu, sfingis, cannolies, breads, cookies, italian sausage everything home made from scratch and with Love!

[@nancyfairbanks8646]

OMG she is so cute! And it’s almost a 200 year old recipe, she is 93 and got the recipe from a 90 year old

[@sagapoetic8990]

That impressed me so much, too -- that it is a 200 year old recipe almost. What that recipe has lived through

[@dionw82]

That recipe is a lot older than 200 years old.

[@princesacoatta]

Grazie signora Clara.❤ Questa signora rappresenta la semplicità, l'umiltà e la bellezza della nostra Italia e della Sicilia.❤😍

[@gical70]

Viva l'Italia e tutte le sue bellissime tradizioni.

[@Duskbear]

Hahaha, she reminds me so much of my own gran, these people are treasures

[@bachershire3693]

I cannoli alla siciliana sono una pura delizia ! Non sapevo che si potessero friggere con il bambù 😳. E non só se avete notato gli occhi azzurri e vivacissimi di Donna Clara...😍.

[@galgar5660]

Traduzionalmente si devono friggere con la canna di bambù, ecco perché si chiamano CANNOli😀

[@siroppo8218]

C'è un equivoco, quelle sono canne nostrane, non è bambù. Anticamente si usava la canna, oramai sostituita da cilindri metallici.

[@bachershire3693]

@@siroppo8218 grazie per la correzione e precisazione 👍😍❤️!!! Peccato peró che non si usi più la canna....i cilindri metallici fanno perdere un pó di poesia a questo fantasmagorico dolce 😊.

[@joanneborelli7586]

I just adore Clara!!!!!!! She reminds me of my Grandmother who was from Italy!!!!!! Her pot, her linens hung up in corner of the room her beautiful eyes & smile!!!!! I just wish I could be with her for a cannoli!!!!! They look fabulous & I can’t wait to try her recipe!!!!!!Please thank her for sharing such a special special recipe of hers!!!!!! The pot is still good if she has been using it for soooo many years & she is shining with such love!!!!!!! God Bless you Clara!!!!!!!❤️🇮🇹❤️🇮🇹❤️🇮🇹❤️🇮🇹

[@pastagrannies]

hi Joanne, I am delighted you enjoyed Clara's episode; the pot has developed a nice patina which keeps the oil at an even temperature 😊 best wishes, Vicky

[@usa2342]

Thank You! Grandma so adorable!

[@DiamondsRexpensive]

Clara is an inspiration to us younger generations. I hope I age gracefully like her.

[@jantralee5800]

Simply the best cannoli makings in the entire KZbin videos.

[@tomthomas4666]

This reminds me of my gramma so much I couldn't keep from crying.😍😍😍

[@lauraskitchen5706]

Awwww sweet

[@cor-z8m]

These videos bring tears to my eyes . Love these women! Salt of the earth!

[@Loulou-sr3tk]

For her age, she is so vigorous... wonderful lady. Long live to her, and all the pasta grannies.

[@JusaKiki]

ohh grandma recipe...so lovely to have someone like her in the family...gonna miss her cook everytime...

[@marcoricotti7359]

Cannoli’s are incredibly good, still remember the first time i ate them in Sicily, life changing

[@lauraskitchen5706]

Had my first one last week wow!

[@exactly150]

@@lauraskitchen5706 come to arthur ave in the bronx!!

[@mrbeankate]

Which bakery has the best?

[@dionw82]

We do make the best cannolis here in Sicily. The American version is ok but not the best. 🤷‍♀️

[@diego80mi]

La signora Clara è un patrimonio della nostra splendida Italia: quella autentica, genuina e semplice

[@caterinaclemenza8971]

Favignana Is AMAZING. I'm lucky enough to live reallyy near to it, and enjoy its breathtaking sea from time to time

[@dukemd69]

Clemenza: "Leave the gun; take the cannoli"

[@renebrown7394]

Clara has a pep in her step and a gleam in her eyes..she is the true definition of happiness.

[@Tony-112]

Miss my Grandmother (Nonna) ❤️❤️❤️ Hope everyone is ok over there in Italy 🙏

[@romainlefranc3760]

Mimi comme tout !!! Je l’adore 👍👍👍🙏😍

[@AlmondAngel]

Why I always end up with tears? Obviously, it's because these kind of warm-telling-ambient short films fill my heart with bliss and love for life... which is very rare these days. Love you all! 💖

[@pastagrannies]

hi Katerina. Glad you enjoyed Clara's video! best wishes, Vicky

[@vekkimheng8766]

Don't know why but the Italian countrysides always have a.... calming vibe to them

[@ambycakes]

We're meant to live long and work hard doing what we love to make others happy in our communities. All of these lovely ladies on this channel have so much energy!

[@dougwhite3680]

Nice one , actually I’m really depressed right now, lost a coworker. very devastating , Needed someone to talk to.....

[@fredpearson5204]

All my grandmothers have been long dead for years and I want to give all these grannies in these videos a big hug. And eat her cannolis, too!

[@MaeV808]

Another treasure of Italy shared with the world. This channel is consistent wholesomeness! 😊

[@pastagrannies]

Thank you Maen 😊🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@janslehmann05]

What a beautiful nonna. I like this series, especially when they tell stories and interact more with the people there filming.

[@saraf6977]

Love this channel, I'm learning Italian and I love hearing them speak the language

[@bomberdj9617]

I am italian, if u wanna be kind,when u go to somewhere say buongiorno and after tsht say porcodio

[@aauroraax]

@@bomberdj9617 non insegnare agli stranieri le bestemmie dai lol

[@alinao87]

This is quite hard to understand, this lady speaks a very poor Italian with a strong Sicilian accent

[@bomberdj9617]

@@aauroraax smh

[@tanibd6156]

@E ...

[@mominetti]

Look at that patina on her frying pot, she made a lot of cannoli in it. Great tip using a bamboo rod for cannoli moulds, I’m going to use it for sure. Thank you for documenting Italian tradition with all the nonnas and their recipes, please, never stop filming them! ♥️

[@carlacristinasilva3278]

Brava Nonna Clara! If She made those cannoli in a different pot...they wouldn't taste so Good! Grazie Nanna!

[@genevieveis2838]

These granny's are amazing... I love these...⚜️🥀🙏

[@littleowl1458]

Loveeee this channel. Italian food is the best and I'm so glad this channel has shown the beauty of it.

[@ioannakefaloniti7054]

I want to hug her! Cannoli look delicious.

[@mariangelesesquerdo106]

Adorable Clara! I could smell these canolli from Argentina. God bless Italian nonnas, the best by far, as mine, who died at 97 still cooking for the whole family 💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@pastagrannies]

That's a good age to still be cooking 😊🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@nonchalant5315]

Finally! A canoli recipe I can trust! Thank you Clara!

[@whitneyweiss5465]

I’m supposed to be in Favignana right now, and seeing this has made my day. I didn’t think I could love Pasta Grannies more than I did already, but filming my favorite dessert made in my favorite place did the trick. Thank you for so much for preserving and sharing this almost 200 year old recipe!

[@pastagrannies]

hi Whitney, I hope you can make it to Favignana at some point - it's a charming little island. best wishes, Vicky

[@whitneyweiss5465]

I go every year and was supposed to have my wedding there this October! I plan to move there someday, it fully has my heart.

[@BsBucWiLD]

How well she is moving around in this video, i hope she is still around making these cannolis!!!

[@ASoulsHeartbeat]

I so love this channel. To get to step into these kitchens and watch such wonderful cooking take place is just fabulous. These looked so good! I hope someone in the younger generation keeps this family recipe alive, such a sweet Grannie, Patti

[@dougwhite3680]

Nice one , actually I’m really depressed right now, lost a coworker. very devastating , Needed someone to talk to.....

[@eolobrontolo9117]

​@@dougwhite3680Talk to the door of your kitchen. 😏

[@delishme2]

A world without Cannoli, is not a world I want to live in. Thank you Clara, two Aussies will be eating these this week 😁

[@sO_RoNerY]

🙄🙄

[@mjrussell414]

I really like how you go to these out of the way places to meet these wonderful people, who should be recognized and appreciated for their talent and artistry.

[@pastagrannies]

hi Marilyn, it's true, we follow food trails not the routes through famous architecture and history. 😊🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@kristin4840]

This makes me miss my grandma!! She died when she was 99 in the exact same room she was born in. Best cook ever. 😢😢

[@JP-yw4wx]

Looks like Clara's frying pot has been used more than a couple of times. My favorite cream. My birthday cakes are still made with cannoli cream and I'm now 60.

[@jibrilnito]

I love more grandma Clara,, she is so cute and sweet. God bless Her 💞

[@neilshrinath6119]

“Leave the cannoli..take the grandma..”

[@Rugby2200]

This comment is so underrated

[@peppy619]

@@Rugby2200 not everyone is a man of culture like him, it seems.

[@Jaystro_texn]

I was looking for this 😅

[@VedicDesi]

Good comment bro

[@1968harmony]

I absolutly loved watching Clara♥ here in Melbourne Australia, its amazing she has lived there all her life. I love the history of Clara’s recpie I love how italians are so close to their families and I believe this love and the love of good food, and get togethers is what gives them longevity , thank you for showing us this wonderful lady Clara making her yummy Cannoli’s. ♥♥♥

[@pastagrannies]

Thank you for your lovely comment x

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Further proof when you add cheese to anything it turns to gold. I should know, I've been in love with cheese since I lived in Switzerland

[@Dotthel]

Italians know how to cook. The world thanks you!!

[@darthlaurel]

Very interesting about the bamboo.

[@alec984]

Cannolo is slang form of diminutive for of "canna" which in Italian mean "reed". Bamboo plants don't grow up in Italy/Mediterranean area.

[@vbrotherita]

@@alec984 Cane plants can grow in southern Italy and they do.

[@alec984]

@@vbrotherita lo so, crescono anche dalle mie parti, in italia centrale. il bamboo è un'altra cosa rispetto alle nostre canne (comuni o di palude) anche se appartengono alla stessa famiglia.

[@bee-pg6zg]

Bravissimo Clara delicious crunchy Sicilian cannoli !!!

[@celbismarketing3133]

That would make perfect partner with brewed coffee or tea for afternoon snack. Clara preserve such a delicious traditional snack and shared it with us. Such a wonderful lady 😊❤

[@Articoz89]

This is by far the best advertising for our country, you cant get wrong with food when you come to Italy, cheers! ;D

[@gweebs824]

first of all: OMG this is an amazing channel... Reminds me of my grandmother... I remember we made the filling sweet: ricotta, sugar and chocolate chips... never heard about bamboo, granny used stainless steel tubes... love these videos... these woman are treasures! thanks for this channel!

[@thekitchenprescription1821]

We should all live to 93 to make Clara's canoli recipe. Bless her sweet heart. You can tell that woman worked hard in the kitchen all her life and loves food and her family.

[@angrybees8122]

She’s an inspiration

[@estebanciccarelli7516]

Enjoy your granmas every possible minute and keep her recipes alive always

[@natasham8076]

How gorgeous!! I’ve been waiting for this since you posted about it on Instagram. This is the first cannoli recipe I’ve ever seen without eggs (which I’m allergic to) so I’ll definitely be trying it!

[@ivyfabrigasnaval33]

Me too, so happy to find this, cause my son is allergic to eggs

[@natasham8076]

Ivy Fabrigas Naval isn’t it great how many of the traditional recipes don’t have eggs!

[@gwagner1380]

@@natasham8076 yeah, it is. Time changes and it's incredible. Like for example there was a time where tomatoes were thought to be poisonous due to being acidic and back then most old recipes didn't used them either for not existing in the region or crazy ideas. Nowadays it's almost everywhere. This recipe has been passed down for almost 200 years and I really love the alternative to not using eggs in order to get such an exquisite dish.

[@TourmalineDragonfly]

Totally makes me miss my own Italian grandmother.. Love you, Michaeline! This deal lady is precious :)

[@bunznammo]

I used to work at a retirement home for 2 years. The youngest retiree was 64 and they acted like it was time to rest in peace and do nothing all day. Short few years later they had back aches from inactivity and most developed some sort of stage 1 alzheimers. What I am saying here is that this 93 year old grandma keeps it active. Most 90 somethings (even 70 somethings) are using walkers or wheelchair bound because they cannot support themselves standing up. Movement is so important when you get old. You have to keep moving. You never get old. The only thing that will get old is the tombstone that says your name on it.

[@girasolemreeves1063]

She is absolutely precious. She reminds me of my nonna in Calabria. She had a similar way of making her Cannoli, I have the homemade wooden rods that she wrapped the Cannoli pastry dough around before deep frying. I can still remember the wonderful smell in her rustic kitchen. My nonna also had beautiful blue eyes just like Clara. Thank you for such a wonderful video.

[@salishseaquest7952]

Why do I get so hungry every time I watch Pasta Grannies??? I can only wish I was there!

[@addysbeeandgarden320]

When a 93 year old Italian lady gives you the ORIGINAL recipe for cannoli, you listen! Oh my heart! I just want to travel around and learn hands on from these beautiful ladies. You have the best job ever!

[@IronMaiden756]

Oh, wow! These look delicious and the bamboo stick was a really creative idea. Go Clara! 😍

[@lifeisnice23]

The bamboo sticks are just the way cannoli have been fried since ages, it's not her invention, people have always done this way before the arrival of professional kitchen tools.

[@evansnegireff5759]

Can't You See That She's traditional

[@peppy619]

Thank you for sharing this recipe, so it can live on!

[@russellrobinson505]

I can eat a bunch of those and enjoy every one! I love her smiling face!!!💕💖🤗💋

[@jaxxbrat2634]

A bunch?...

[@russellrobinson505]

@@jaxxbrat2634 bunches

[@andreabaldeon734]

What absolute ANGELS!!!! I love each and every Granny 💕💖💕💖💕

[@sorchaogle2246]

Montalbano is a favourite TV show in many countries including the UK. It was a touching moment when the death of the actor (and therefore the character) playing Doctor Pasquano was marked with eating these pastries. Very emotional for fans in particular and a lovely touch. U wonder if Clara was aware of the significance or fans, whether it meant anything to her etc.

[@rl1111rl]

We went to Sicily before the pandemic and accidentally came across the set where they were filming Il Commissario Montalbano!

[@JinJinDoe]

Bless this woman! 93 and in good health and spirits. Thanks Clara, it was wonderful to watch.

[@thecalicoheart7946]

That Andrea charms all the Grannies! 😊

[@IvanTCampos]

Not only the grannies if I say so myself

[@wife97]

What a lovely lady Clara is. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@rmgugliara5321]

Ciao Bellissima nonna, sei fantastica, mi fai ricordare alla Mia nonnina Che non ce'piu ', anche Lei faceva tutto a Mano.. Ti Mando un Forte abbraccio dalla Germania 😘😘😘

[@Pepella]

Guuuuuurl wenn ich zurück nach Italien könnte... Sonne und gutes Essen omg 🥵

[@mylittleworldofvanity758]

Questo è il canale più bello di sempre, grazie per regalarmi queste emozioni, mi ricordano tanto la mia nonna che mi insegnava a cucinare.

[@theinstantproject4983]

When the pot looks like that, you know it's gonna be good food!:)

[@aseelaadossery3378]

Hard working and full of love , no thing more beautiful or more special in this live than a grandmother's giving nature 👑💖

[@MakeTheVid61]

When the pot has miles on the odometer- well, that’s when you know she’s got experience

[@HanzalaRecites]

what? couldn't understand your comment

[@HanzalaRecites]

@union310 ok

[@richardcorsillo9819]

That pot had warts like the dickens

[@Sara-dp5dg]

Lol that's what we say in the south about cast iron skillets. The dirtier it looks the better the food taste and you know that person knows how to throw down in the kitchen

[@EM-dw2yv]

@@HanzalaRecites old pot with grease .

[@Sometimes_Always]

I had the biggest smile on my face watching this.. How many generations of family have had the joy of sharing that same dish.. Such a wonderful moment that we got to experience a small part of that.