Pastiera di Riso - Italian Rice Pie- Very Popular Neapolitan Italian dessert recipe for Easter.

[@sabatoleo29]

Un'altra bellissima ricetta delle specialita` delle nostre terre, grazie Alessandra per la bellissima presentazione, !!

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Carissimo Sabatino, le tue parole mi toccano il cuore. 💖 tutte queste ricette mi ricordano zia Tina e mi sento felice di mandare avanti le nostre tradizioni. Buona Pasqua a tutti voi e spero di poterci abbraccio presto. 💖

[@lauralee2514]

I've been watching your videos every night for a week... I love hearing your accent I feel like you're family! My parents grew up in Corona.My dad's side is from Sicily, but he loved pastiera, I made it once for him years ago, with the wheat berries. I want to make it again, your way. Glad I found you!

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Apologies for late reply. Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing your story. It means a lot to me that my videos have resonated with you in such a personal way. I appreciate your support!

[@Jilli-yb2tn]

ah..... my mouth is watering!!! What a wonderful vlog today and beautiful recipe!

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

You my friend always leave me the nicest messages that melt my heart! You give me the drive to keep going. Thank you so much! 💖💖💖

[@vitarotella7043]

With Easter coming early this year, I am looking forward to making this recipe for my family. As with all your recipes, this will be another addition to a family favorite for sure!

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you my darling Vita.

[@mativaforzaitalia5638]

Grazie Alessandra per le belle ricette tradizionali, Questa torta e' squisita! BuonaPasqua!❤

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Grazie di vero cuore, buona Pasqua a te e tutta la famiglia. Mi trovo in Italia in questo momento ed è una grande emozione vivere tutte le processioni di questa settimana santa. Spero presto di poter mettere tanti altri video.

[@lauralee2514]

I love that you don't cut the dog out and kids yelling...its like being in the kitchen with you!😘

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Haha, chaos is my secret ingredient! Thank you for watching!

[@anncastoria9042]

BRAVO....YOU JUST PUT ME IN THE MOOD TO START THINKING ABOUT EASTER.....LOOKS SO DELISH.

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

So totally agree but we can’t forget to make the St Joseph’s Zeppole first. 💖💖💖

[@maryjanew20]

Beautiful!

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you so so much!! 💚🤍♥️🐣

[@lucillecarnevaletourville8014]

Brings back so many memories of my Aunts, Grandmother and Mother making this for Easter. My mother’s family also was from the Campania region but she called it Grain Pie. Thanks for your easy to follow recipe.

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you so much! They made pastiera di grano. That’s one of my favorite. I will link the recipe too. It truly is all about the memories. 💖 I usually bake about 30 plus and give them all away so we can keep the traditions going. 💚🤍♥️ buona Pasqua cara Lucille. 🐣

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

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[@lucillecarnevaletourville8014]

@@alessandrasfoodisloveThanks so much for linking the recipe. Looking forward to trying it for Easter🐣

[@tommyammo6135]

Well I did make this yesterday and it tasted wonderful, there's just on thing though, I cooked it way too long. I did the 1-1/2 hours you said but it was very dry. I checked the ingredients and they were correct so it had to be cooking time. The dough came out perfect and I even put the leftovers in a pan in the oven and they were very good, bu the outside, and the top after cooking was very hard to eat and the bottom was fine. The sides and top were hard like a store bought cookie. I will try this again and shorten the cook time a little and see what happens. Thanks again for all your recipes and I will keep watching and trying new things you make.

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Hi Tommy, Did the top get very brown ? For a softer crust add 1 tsp baking powder. Thank you so much for trying my recipes. 💖

[@tommyammo6135]

@@alessandrasfoodislove top looked fine just like yours. I’ll try again maybe next week thanks for the tip on the baking powder.

[@user-tn9eg6qm8v]

Can you post links where to get the citron that you use and the millefiori Oil? I want to make sure I get the right ingredients. We had this at a restaurant last night and my sister wants me to make her one for her birthday!

[@arianemariano3807]

I’ve never made this with rice. We usually use wheat berries. I’ll definitely be making this for Easter! Thank you for another sublime recipe! ❤️❤️❤️

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you so much always for watching. Yes I too love the wheat berries pie. 💚🤍♥️

[@daniella1044]

I truly enjoy watching you. Thank you for this amazing demonstration. Love the fact you didn’t cut your adorable puppy In this video. Happy Easter to you and your family

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you so much! The doggies are a part of our family. 💕 buona Pasqua 🐣 to you and family. Just last night I used Strega in my casatiello cake. Hope to do a recipe. Now off to making Pastiera 🐣💕🙏🏻✝️

[@daniella1044]

@@alessandrasfoodislove looking forward to seeing any videos you share

[@BaggioItal]

Mille grazie. My mother used to make this and it was one of my favorites at Easter. She woukd make one with macaroni too. They were from Avellino. Thank you for this. I will make it today. Ciao!!

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Dear Baggio, Yes the sweet pasta pie! I’m from Vico Equense not too far from Avellino. Hope to visit Avellino on my next trip to Italy and maybe do a video recipe. 💚🤍❤️ buona Pasqua 🐣

[@chrislocke2267]

Dear Baggio, my parents were also from Avellino, a place called Squillani. It's so nice to find people from all over the world that came from the same area.

[@sheilaruggerio7537]

Alessandra, thank you so much for making this video. I had requested it because the recipe box with my mom and Nona’s recipes was lost in my last move 5 yrs ago. I really enjoy my rice pie at Easter which is about the only time I make it each year. I can’t thank you enough for this!! 🥰👼🏻👍🏼

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Truly my pleasure. I hope it’s as delicious as your nonna’s. 💖

[@jeanniemariecaruso2853]

So beautiful ! So sweet about your father-in-law. I’m currently taking care of my dad, he’s napoletano, and I’m half calabrese from my mom. I can relate, he drives me crazy too and I need to remember not to yell so much and laugh more. Who was that adorable visitor you had so cute. I hope there is a book in the works for you. I definitely would buy one.

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Dear Jeanniemarie, I know it can be easy but you’ll look back at these beautiful times. Hunter is our weekend dog, he comes to visit on the weekends. Not a quiet house here. lol But I scream and yell but I love it. 💖 So you understand me when I speak napoletano? Was your daddy born in Italy? Thank you so so much for watching. 💖

[@jeanniemariecaruso2853]

@@alessandrasfoodislove My Dad is second generation. His grandfather came over when he was 16 alone and stayed with friends of the family who happened to be his nonna’s family. She was thirteen fell in love and they were married. My father’s nonna raised him while his mom and dad went out to work. He spoke Italian first before learning english. I learned this recently. He’s kept that a secret throughout his life. He always talks about her cooking and says “ nobody cooked like my nanny”. I love the stories, she did everything from scratch making pasta, baking, He likes my cooking and tells me I’m like her. But when I ask him if what I made was good like his nanny he says, “ not even close”. LOL

[@mariadisalvo9059]

Buonissima deve essere ♥️

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Grazie cara Maria. 💖

[@debragallagher8658]

Yum yum I will have to make this💕💕💕

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you always for watching! 💖

[@teresapapaioannou6703]

Found it. Looks amazing ❤

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you. You’re faster than me. lol

[@sylviaseri4235]

My northern Italian family, Piedmontese, make this pie with rice and golden raisins. My Napolitano family make it with grano like you did in another video. Delicious either way.

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you Sylvia, you’ve had the best of Italy, north and south. Yes, I have the wheat pie recipe up. That’s one of my favorite. Hope you’ll make them both and thank you for watching always. 💚🤍♥️💚🤍♥️💖

[@sylviaseri4235]

@@alessandrasfoodislove thanks! I love both pies! I did make your Pizza Rustica for my daughter and she loved it!

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

@@sylviaseri4235 I’m so very happy! Food is indeed love

[@Batlady]

Omygosh my mom used to make this for Easter.. I have never made it but I’ll try to … I just have to get in the frame of mind lol…. Ty for your recipe it looks pretty close to my mom’s since I don’t have her recipe but from what I could remember it looks close to hers…Grazie millie ❤️

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you so very much! It’s all about the sweet memories. Not super crazy ingredients, the essence you can get orange blossom or orange essence. If you can get STREGA you can use any citrus based liqueur. My nonna would always say “se non ce l’hai non ci vuole” “if you don’t have it you don’t need it” I guess it was a way to make fo with what we had or getting a little creative. Happy Easter but first happy at Joseph’s day. Hope you’ll make Zeppole. 💖

[@doro.scientist.artist]

Hello Alessandra, I like your videos! In europe eggs are not washed before selling so you need not to put them in the fridge (up to three weeks). In the US I heard that they wash them (because there is perhaps popo on them) before selling. Eggs have by nature the cuticula on the surface, that keeps bacteria and salmonella outside the egg. 😉👍

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you so much! Yes and I do remember that my nonna kept them in a dish on the kitchen counter. Even the supermarket don’t refrigerate them. I hated when they made us drink raw egg by poking a hole on top and bottom of the egg. I did love uovo sbattuto with sugar a little coffee or VoV. They sent us to school with giving us raw eggs, alcohol and caffeine! 😂😂😂the good old days, now you can get arrested. Lol Thank you for watching and sharing your knowledge.💕

[@susanbaglino2144]

I can’t wait to try this!!

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you Sue!! Pastiera season is upon us.

[@relaxationmeditation5291]

@@alessandrasfoodislovecould you tell me what does the vial of fior darancia smell like? I have a bottle of Miele fior d’arancia I opened the bottle, it smells more like flowers than oranges. Is that what it’s supposed to smell like? Thanks in advance Love your videos!

[@roseferraro6248]

Hello and Happy Holidays to you! Have you tried freezing this Italian Rice Pie? Thank you for your reply.

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Hi Rose, I usually cut it in individual pieces and freeze so that I can enjoy it longer. Happy baking and buone feste a te. Thank you for watching 🎄💫💕

[@GohAhweh]

Perfect! I will try this in the next week..💋🇮🇹 My grandmother would give us a bit of strega and tell us we would in her words "dream of the one you will marry" Your loving puppy.. what a cutie..💙

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you so so much! I like what your nonna did with you kids. Their lives were simple full of love and so many incredible stories. Sometimes I feel like I’m 100. Thank you for watching my cooking. Ti abbraccio forte 💖

[@marygallinger648]

Hi 👋 Alessandra Looks so good 😊 better than rice 🍚 pudding ,thank you for sharing this recipe with us very nice 👍. You make it look so easy .All good tips ,he wants to help my dog 🐶 does that too it smells good mom can i try to help? You got to just 💕 Love ❤️ those fur babies they want to be part of the action too , soon this cake 🍰 looks delicious 😋. Xoxoxo Thank you 🙏 once again you never disappoint. Mary.

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Hi Mary, How are you! So so happy to find your message. How is your Dad doing? Hope all is well and preparing for Easter. The dogs are really too funny, always hopeful that I drop something lol Thank you always for your beautiful words. 💖💖 sending you lots of hugs 🤗

[@marygallinger648]

@@alessandrasfoodislove Hi 👋 Alessandra Buona serata ,my dad is doing well he is excited for spring time he has already been spending time in his green house watching his plants grow.we are all doing good looking forward to Easter 🐣 .My dog 🐶 Asher is always hopeful too that food will land his way lol they are 😄 funny ,keep us smiling .Ihope you and your family have a good Easter 🐣 I need to catch-up on my video watching I have been busy trying some of my new recipes enjoy 😊 the rest of your weekend cara Mia . Xoxoxo Mary.

[@maxbang1813]

Pure ❤

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you so much Buona Pasqua 🐣

[@vjgarozzo]

Hi. I love this recipe. Cant wait to try it! Question, on the millefiori essence water... Can orange essence extract be used as a substitute? Thanks.

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you so much for watching! Yes you can certainly use it. Also try if you find Fior d’arancio. Sold in italian specialty stores. Happy baking 💚🤍♥️

[@Maria220759]

Lovely recipe Alessandra. Do you have a recipe for ricotta pastiera?

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Hi Maria, the pastiera with the wheat? Or just ricotta with candied fruit and chocolate? Thank you for watching 💖

[@Maria220759]

@@alessandrasfoodislove the one with ricotta only

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

@@Maria220759 you’re not going to believe it, we just finished taping. It will be out by Wednesday. I do have other ricotta cheese cake recipes up.

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

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[@sheilaruggerio7537]

I don’t remember any liquor in Mom’s recipe; also, can I use orange extract or an orange liqueur such as triple sec for the millifiori?

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

I remember you asking for the recipe. Yes you can. Maybe you can buy orange blossom water called fior d’arancio 🍊 One of the viewers felt the cake was a little dry and crust hard. You can add a tsp baking powder and maybe cut the oven time done a little. Let me know how it turns out.

[@Jess34999]

Would love to make this recipe. Do you have an Amazon link to the flower essence extract? millefiori?

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you for watching. I don’t have one. If you’d like I can mail you one. I usually stock up when I go to Italy. You can privately send me your address on my private emalil and I’ll send it to you. Www.alessandrasfoodislove.com

[@Jess34999]

Thank you for offering. I found an Italian market in our area. Can't wait to try your recipe

[@sandy4jesus11]

This is great! What can I use instead of the Strega? ❤️

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

You can use Cointreau or grand Marnier. Any orange flavored liqueur would be great!

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you so much for watching! 💖

[@rosemariaprovencher6940]

Hi Alessandra, What brand of Ricotta do you buy?

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you for watching and fir the great question. I’ve been reading labels and ricotta should be 3 ingredients. When it has more than that I refuse to buy it. It makes a difference. I get whole milk ricotta Calabro brand and get it at Whole Foods. My local deli Carries Lebanon brand that’s local in NJ. The third choice is shop rite, they carry a natural ricotta not sure if it’s Galbani. I promise I will check and let you know. My next step is starting to make my own ricotta cheese. Lol. Thank you always for watching

[@Navygrl58]

I really want to make this pastiera for Easter this year, but making rice always makes me nuts, I just cannot make rice properly! So a quick question, are you following the instructions on the package as far as the amount of time or are you doing something different? It’s an expensive recipe and I don’t want to be messing it up from the get-go…lol!🤦🏻‍♀️☺️. Help me out my friend because I really want this to come out as good as yours if that’s possible! God bless and thank you!

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

sorry for the late reply. I usually don't follow the package rice directions but I don't see why not. Hope this helps.

[@thinkmirror8507]

Love the ruler comment! ❤

[@lilycohan5791]

Is this the same recipe as grain pie or are they different? It looks amazing! Thinking of when I can make it.

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you Lily. Very similar but wheat pie is more intense in making. Have you seen my recipe. I put so much love in the pastiera making because I share with lots of family and friends. I make about 30 and it’s not enough. Lol 💖

[@lilycohan5791]

@@alessandrasfoodislove You're amazing! I wish I lived closer to you! God bless!

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

@@lilycohan5791 me too!💖

[@clementerapesta3863]

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[@mariamanganiello5952]

That’s where I was born…. Naples Avellino

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you for watching! Did your moms make the rice pastiera? Buona Pasqua 🐣

[@tommyammo6135]

Nice!!! Think I gained 10 lbs. just watching. 😀😀

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Lol I guarantee you you didn’t lol please do make it and enjoy it. Here’s my recipe for the pastiera di grano. Another great Easter 🐣 tradition. Buona Pasqua kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKCXk6agZ85mecU

[@mariamanganiello5952]

Mine is in the oven as we speak but I do have to say the dough is horrible. I had to redo it three times. Followed your instructions exactly….. so I thought the first one was a measuring error. Tried again… came out crumbly like the first. Then I said let me try the gram measurements…. A little better but falls apart to easily.

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

I’m so sorry Maria, did you try adding an extra egg? It really must rest in the fridge to get cold before stretching. If you want to do a zoom call to make it together let me know. Thank you so much and happy Easter. 🐣💖

[@mariamanganiello5952]

Hi Alessandra…. Yes I let it rest the full hour in the frig. I have no clue to why but I’ll try again another day.

[@valerieleuba]

No Crust

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

I love it no crust too. Thank you for watching. 💖

[@autoliv4]

Easter is around the corner . Was wondering what happened to you?

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

Thank you for reaching out. Life got very busy but I promise to be back soon. 💕💕💕💕💕

[@autoliv4]

Am glad to hear you are doing well

[@whocares0692]

Can you please give your recipe and everything else. Grazie

[@alessandrasfoodislove]

you can print recipe on www.alessandrasfoodislove.com