Why I'm Fully Obsessed with Rome's Secret Pasta

[@saltedllama2759]

Pasta never gets old.

[@legalcake6125]

Its just gets better once u start too

[@gobshite99]

Fresh pasta ages badly

[@HankBukowski]

​@@gobshite99 Depends. Can last for months.

[@TheFootball70]

This speaks to me

[@Vendzor]

​@@gobshite99 Thank you fren

[@void.reality]

Showing when you make mistakes and correcting them is just one more reason that makes your channel pure gold. This is exactly what people learning to cook need to see. Not perfectly curated content, but real cooking, mistakes and all. Keep it up Stephen - fantastic work. One of my favourite cooking channels.

[@jfox7373]

My wife and I just bought a new house and I made this tonight as the first dish in the new house. Absolutely best pasta I’ve ever had. Love the videos and recipes you put out. I just wanted to say thank you from all of us home chefs trying to make great food for the people we love.

[@gxqx797]

congrats 👏 🥳🎊🎉

[@garlicgirl3149]

Congratulations on new home!

[@hmmmhmmm001]

Congrats m8!!

[@griddycheese]

Nice 👍👍🎉

[@grace_chia]

Congrats on your new house!

[@itsregal]

That is one of the prettiest looking pasta sauces ive ever seen. It's got the gloss from the fat, the creaminess from the cheese and egg. SHEESH. I'm totally making this.

[@TsunamiWombat]

I like how all of the ingredients flow into one another - you cook the sausage in the guancale fat, you cook the garlic in the sausage fat, you reuse the fat to make the second sauce, you use the leftover ambient heat to temper and warm that mixture. It highlights how all of these foods were originally peasant dishes, and everything would have been used and reused - including cooking heat, as fuel was something that cost energy or money to acquire as well as the food, and most people would've only had one or two pots and pans.

[@nata6025]

I think you've just explained why I always disliked following recipes, very few follow the flow you've described. I usually just take the ingredient list and make my own method XD

[@llamzrt]

Great observation

[@poncenbysmithe8828]

I'm still living like a peasant

[@giaaaacomo]

probably that has to do with italy's unsaid grandma rule where you don't waste anything and try to make the best use of everything

[@mr.elastomeric1787]

Yeah gonna follow this to a T; only question why cut off all the pepper?

[@vincentmealing4417]

Gotta thank you man. I've made 8-10 of your recipes these past 3 years. All amazing. Love the red pepper and Calabrian chili pasta sauce the best. Before finding you, I didn't even know what carbonara was. I'm 37. My new girlfriend thinks I'm some amazing chef cause of you homie. Big love and keep em coming. Imma make this one next weekend.

[@jamesclayton4122]

Did you make it?

[@papaspooks8531]

this is a really sweet comment

[@Aaron5571]

I really love how you set yourself apart by doing recipes that are not viral. Like, it's common to see some of my favorite youtubers all of a sudden share the same recipe. Keep up the great work!

[@Al-hx6pc]

I hear it's on purpose like that. They all get together at some basement owned by the illuminati and listen to jeff bezos tell them what to cook next.

[@ny2j7]

oh yeah man, there's no one better. stephen is my go-to when it comes to italian/italian-american dishes.

[@barbrothers2]

and then vincenzo's plate went and stole the idea literally a few days later :/ really gross, at least wait a few months so you don't look like you're copying someones idea..

[@phred7534]

as an italian i’m very happy someone is really doing great italian food taking original recipes as better as he can

[@s1mo]

we do zozzona in italy too, this is really just tradition as well

[@facundosilva2449]

I can't put into words how stunning that pasta looks, just beautiful.

[@pompeomagno5916]

Brilliant, like always. Just a friendly advice: guanciale and pecorino are extremely salty, so be careful not to put too much salt when cooking the pasta

[@keenman0403]

This. I accidentally made my carbonara too salty one time. Had to try balancing it out with lots of pepper.

[@dennisd1530]

I love this guy, he's so entertaining. Aside from having the"it" factor, everything he makes looks delicious. You can tell he's the real deal and can really cook!

[@matteomariani5160]

If anybody was wondering, this video is Italian approved. Amazing explanation and yes, even in Italy very few people know pasta alla zozzona, I wasn't expecting to find such a good video about it made by a non Italian person. Gricia as well is less known than the big 3 for some reason

[@igorjuricek5683]

He cuts off the peper layer from guanciale - seriously? Why does he not cut off and throw away he fat layer too? ;)

[@azdr7482]

Thanks!

[@MikhailTantserev]

Just cooked it with my son - amazing recipe. Just wow! Did couple steps wrong but it didn’t spoil. Top 3 pasta recipe!

[@joshsos5541]

I love how you simplify Italian dishes and explain exactly what you are doing and why

[@aldeonuwu2634]

Simplify? What?

[@Leo-ez1cr]

Italian dish are simple

[@lastorianostra8173]

BRAVO! As an italian chef, I have to say you are one of the very rare american fellow in grade to understand our cuisine!!! BRAVISSIMO! If I had to observe one stuff, I'd complain about the fact that you got rid of the guanciale spicy side. I really did not understand why you cut that part off. All the rest is an outstanding oeration extremely well done! Top! Arrivederci mio caro. Andrea from Roma.

[@sergejisd]

E' italoamericano ed è orgoglioso delle sue radici, per questo motivo ne mantiene le tradizioni e conosce i piatti.

[@Locomaid]

@@sergejisdda vero

[@bobbymaldini7653]

i thought italians would have insulted him rofl, most gets offended by food

[@lastorianostra8173]

@@bobbymaldini7653 probably you're talking about the rudest part of the population... it is the same everywhere you go, some are some aren't.

[@SimoneGianni79]

@@bobbymaldini7653we get offended when americans do shitty stuff and call it italian food.. not when americans do real italian food

[@Nick_C1997]

I tried this pasta dish a couple weeks ago, before I tasted it, I expected it to just be okay, when I took my first bite, I was blown away by how good it was, immediately became my favourite pasta

[@jamesclayton4122]

Made this today for the first time. I added MSG which might be a crime in Italy but it was absolutely superb. So rich and tasty. Solid 9/10

[@tcoudi]

i ve just made this one without the sausage, one of the best pasta sauces i ever had, absolute banger.

[@Lapsed_Skeptic]

As someone whose family is Italian-American(great grandmother being 1st gen 102yrs old and still kickin) from the northeast this channel is nostalgic childhood gold. So happy to have stumbled upon this channel. Subscribed 🫡

[@geckolor]

Your great grandmother was Italian, her family are subsequent american.

[@Lapsed_Skeptic]

@@geckolor hence the “American” in the “Italian-American” description of my family as a whole.

[@mondryfacet3767]

Just a tip I got from an Italian chef. Cook rigatoni much less in water and finish in sauce a bit longer. 3-4 minutes in water is fine, add more water to the sauce, this way pasta will absorb even more flavours and will be less likely to break apart. Now your pasta looks like it didn't break, which is good, but it can break so be careful with rigatoni.

[@heavenlee1965]

Thank youuuuu because it kills me when I see people boiling all the pasta in plain pasta water, when they can just add water to the sauce carefully and let the pasta boil while the other stuff is boiling. Sooo much more flavor.

[@SorrentoShore]

That is a well known technique Welcome home

[@realtalk675]

Agree

[@gennaroacanfora1161]

I mean this is just perfect. Really grateful for making our food culture clear to the world!

[@patrickhicks9880]

I love this recipe my friend's Italian granny didn't speak much English but her cooking was out of this world your style of cooking reminds me of her

[@jack.teaching8809]

Man it s an honor to see someone not Italian cooking these traditional pastas so perfectly. Unique 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@banaanaapje4510]

Wow! wouldn't dare to call this dish filthy in my wildest dreams. ! I generally dont make dishes I see online, but this is just right up my alley. I will be trying this next friday using nduja sausage, because I have a beautiful date to impress and this will probably help me out. Thanks a bunch and wish me luck!

[@aris1956]

Can you find the Nduja where you live ? Then you are quite lucky ! ;)

[@hermestrismegistus3962]

Nice! Good luck!

[@jonathanbowen3640]

@@aris1956 Nduja has quickly become popular in the last 24months. Its available in normal medium to large size supermarkets/stores in the UK now.

[@aris1956]

@@jonathanbowen3640 And I, on the other hand, as an Italian living here in Germany, have never seen it in supermarkets. The Germans, in supermarkets, unfortunately don't even know what it is !

[@IvyMaeInReno]

@@aris1956 Chef John has a recipe for a quickie home-made version with pancetta and several kinds of salami and the Calabrian chile peppers that looked really promising. Not the sort of fermented effect as the real nduja, but I bet it would be faboo!

[@nyitmakhivo]

I've been watching your videos since the lockdowns, when learning about cooking was my main comfort. I'm so happy how your following grew ever since, you deserve the success ❤

[@benjiblanch7878]

Made this for me and my lady today…possibly the best pasta dish I’ve ever eaten. Thanks for the recipe mate!

[@AlessandroPollace-f8w]

As an Italian…really well done!! Keep as close as you can to the original recipe…bravo!

[@txdieselkid]

You're cooking video's are unquestionable some of the best on youtube. Simple, easy to follow, and good explanations of everything involved. Your video's from the past have helped me learn, and cook the Roman pasta dishes to where my mom requested my carbonara for Mothers Day this year, and a LOT of it was from learning it from you sir. Well done, and thank you for being so good at this stuff.

[@AArdW01f]

Wait - I watched all your 4 core pasta videos and my ancestors just unlocked this recipe in my head. I've been making this on my own for years now 😂😂

[@jeffreycooley2032]

As always, his works are great. His passion for this is contagious. Thank you

[@brunoroedel]

this pasta is perfection.

[@larsnordstrom364]

brilliant! You have a very straightforward way of showing how easy it is to do all these great dishes at home. It's so inspiring, can't wait to try this one out.

[@sroc524]

Made this tonight while watching football. So delicious. I substituted pancetta for the guanciali simply because I like the taste of pancetta better. Appreciate the channel. Your delivery and the recipes are great.

[@LexWick]

THANK YOUUUUU as a pasta devotee this is a revelation I CAN'T BELEIVE I have never heard of this. Never seen it on any menu in Rome (or neighbourhoods)

[@tannerherridge1618]

Had this in Rome over the summer and have been trying to find it since then, thank you so much!

[@thehungryjack1]

Honestly one of the best ideas I've tasted on the internet

[@aetfggdgdfgret]

Great job. You and Vincenzo are the only cooking channels worth watching.

[@johnrillo6758]

From another Food Lover, the passion you cook with comes through in.spades in your videos. My parents have cooked with passion like your for years....and thus the great food and awesome memories with family and friends lives on forever. Thank you.

[@loml95]

my husband made this tonight. as good as it gets!

[@mrd3863]

I appreciate that you don’t waste our time with long intros and useless banter. You get to the point and show us how. You give enough info to decide if we want to dive deeper but you give enough if we choose not to dive deeper. Another excellent video.

[@miroslavisikiyski4876]

I really love Rome's pastas, thanks for showing me this one - a must try!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Food is my life. Every channel I subscribe to is either a vegetable gardening channel or a cooking channel. I'm Italian American, most of what I watch are Italian food channels, and I have to say yours is the best I've found. You cook very traditionally Italian and do your best to hold true to original, authentic recipes when that's what you're cooking, but without the pretentiousness of some of the Italian cooking channels that look down upon anything Italian American. I like how you respect the Old World while also viewing Italian American cooking as simply another region of Italy but with very different ingredients that necessitated change. There is a big difference between Italian American cooking and "Americanized Italian food" and I wish more folks got it like you do. You do such a great job.

[@noocone7051]

I adore your 6 - 7 minutes videos, clean, educational and straight to the point. Nice fam

[@bradh74]

I really need to start working out but I have to say after growing up in a town with Italian food (typical stuff you find at a carryout restaurant), this video made my mouth water. The combination of all those things sounds good. I enjoy your videos, you do a great job producing/editing them. Of course that's why you have so many subs. Kudos man! Hope your success continues!

[@M6Cabriolet]

Fuxk working out. You only live one life man. Pasta over muscles any day lol

[@katc2345]

I swear you are the best thing g I've found onyoutubein ages. Your k owledge,recipes, techniques are invaluable.

[@TheKamikaze1997]

Hi there, i'm italian I had never heard of this dish, I will definitely try it thanks. anyway the way you cook the carbonara is perfect unlike many other videos on youtube.

[@SorrentoShore]

Just ONE minute in, I know this is one hell of a great cooking video, but not just another cooking show

[@msmiller57]

This is absolutely the most succinct explanation of the four Roman pasta dishes I've ever seen. Well done and thank you!

[@bobbrown6430]

thank you. you have taught me how to be a pretty decent (for an American) person who cooks authentic Italian dishes. I have stopped going to Italian restaurants since they do not offer authentic Italian dishes (but hey they do have to make a living and serve what their customers want). please keep up the great work. It is sad that these basic dishes are not even on the menus here in America. Ok if you are lucky enough to have a true Italian restaurant in your area, I envy you.

[@PantheraLeoBoston]

Grand slam. I'm never disappointed with your recipes. For this one I used pancetta instead of guanciale (wasn't in a position to second mortgage my home), and it was a bit too salty. Next time, less pancetta but otherwise, this was effing amazing. Keep 'em coming sir!

[@Ray209]

I watched this video last week and had to make this dish. Had 3 friends over last night and I made this. Worked out well because I just doubled the recipe for 4 people. It was absolutely phenomenal and everyone freaked out how good it was. I wish I could upload a picture as a comment on KZbin!

[@jamesoakley3952]

Made this tonight and yeah, was brilliant! For sure making it again. Was really fun to use so many processes. The tempering of the eggs with the bowl over the pasta water is genius. My partner was very happy also lol. Thanks!

[@Natalie-health-wellness]

Millions of pasta recipes… mama Mia I never get tired of pasta Looks Devine … can’t wait to try this 💜

[@WhoFramedMSG]

Cacio e pepe was the first meal I had when I lived in Rome. I still remember the first bite. Great food memory right there 😢

[@danonck]

I absolutely love this recipe, will definitely give it a try!

[@gregorywesley7456]

You aint just some KZbinr, youre an actual chef!!!!! Great skill!

[@GunGlutton]

Bro I made a hybrid of your recipes tonight! This plus your roasted red pepper sauce. Just alla zozzona with the roaster red peppers no cream just the egg and pecorino mix! Best pasta ever

[@thejulieb]

Ooo my goodness! Just when I thought I had seen it all, I hadn’t seen it all… also: supermarket Italy is the best! So much selection and some great sales! Plus, some of my staples are cheaper here! Glad you found them to share.

[@aceplayer555]

Really? You've never seen a pasta sauce with cheese, spice, tomato, sausage, and bacon? What Italian rock are you living under?

[@mcol3657]

I love supermarket Italy 💙💙💙 I get extremely ill from American pasta but organic Italian pasta is a god send.

[@DCohan66]

Wow..just made this tonight...now I know why my caccio e pepe always broke. Great video. Amazing dish.

[@davidcardinal9900]

Holy Moly! I made it tonight and absolutely fantastic! I was told it is better than our favorite Italian restaurant pasta. VERY filling, bit so satisfying. Surprised everyone it was the spicy sausage. Was suggested bigger pieces of sausage next time. Thanks so much! Wonderful!

[@mikaelpyka7702]

My godness, this looks like pasta heaven! Thanks Stephen, you always deliver!

[@JohnHausser]

My guy is the pasta 🤴 Cheers from San Diego California

[@roselladelrosario]

🤌🏼 Get out of my head!! I came here to ask if you can do a video of pasta alla Zozzona!! And then here you are!! I’m obsessed. Thank you for the inspiration 🤍

[@sandrodellisanti1139]

Delicious, i could eat Pasta every day, had cooked some at yesterday with a pesto.. Ciao a tutti and many greetings from Brunswick in Germany 🙂

[@AlessandroPollace-f8w]

From an Italian…really well done!! Keep as close as you can to the original recipe…bravo!

[@geckolor]

Where in Italy do you live?

[@MrNodebate]

Well, I know what I'm gonna be eating today🤤 Cooked all your roman pasta recipes and they were delicious, bet this one is gonna be the crowning finale😋👌

[@donkordian]

I did this pasta today. And I understand this obsession. 10/10

[@323nut]

Made this tonight for Mothers Day dinner in New Zealand and so glad I did. Lovely and creamy. Will do again if I can find Guanciale as I used speck instead.I will also probably go an extra egg as our chickens are smaller here.

[@GiGiRenea]

Ty for leaving in the mistakes and how to fix them ❤

[@drop_table_music]

This is a winner. We're going to be adding this to our rotation for sure. Thank you!

[@Mkosoglov]

I've never seen a recipe on here which didn't turn out well in my kitchen. Appreciate the work and the ideas. I'm still making your red pepper sauce. It's magnificent

[@samberg1477]

You are a dream man!!! Looks so delicious!!!

[@oxnfrugal7034]

cool guy. good instructions. Awesome recipes. Good food. Life is good. Thx

[@michaelfrietsch8246]

i will feed myself with this!! thanks man!! videos just keep getting better and better!!

[@savageantelope3306]

My Dad introduced me to Zozona a few years ago and I'm surprised it's secret and more people don't love it, it's my new favourite pasta

[@tristan-kb6ur]

I've made this almost 10 times so far, it's sooooooo good

[@DCohan66]

This is spectacular. Thank you so much. My 3 qt saucier is my favorite pot as well.

[@michaelgooden7159]

Love this recipe. Also tried it with pepperoni instead of sausage and it was amazing.

[@Emiliano-ce4xe]

Ottima idea

[@etzool]

This looks _spectacular._

[@planetstarbucks2348]

DUDE!!! This pasta was incredible.

[@sidar2071]

Made this for the first time last night and it might be my favorite pasta. I live in peru and had to make some tweaks. I used bacon because I can’t find the cheek. I am able to buy a large chunk of bacon and cut it myself. Added red pepper flakes because i always like a little kick with red sauces.

[@AegenemmnoN]

Oh this is phenomenal

[@georgewashington4914]

THX Love your show. Keep em coming !! 🤗

[@djkj_]

Tried this a few times and it turned out amazing!

[@jessicawang9170]

It looks good, I’ll try to make it! Thanks ☺️

[@MDS1213]

What a great video! Really appreciate your description and instruction. Definitely going to give this a try!

[@LoriDunbar-on9nl]

Sounds and looks delicious😊

[@robgindc1]

This looks amazingly delicious, thanks! ❤️🙏

[@dusigroch]

BEST KZbinR! HANDS DOWN! LOVE THE CONTENT!

[@Jeedehem]

Oh, man. It’s 2 in the morning, I’m in bed, salivating like crazy. And I’m debating if I should just have a go at that recipe - I have all that is needed! Why did I press this thumbnail!

[@shortshady12]

The video production improvements are not going unnoticed Steve! Beat food channel on KZbin.

[@Kimminseo__]

Thumbnails could use some work.

[@niccinicnic9335]

My favorite pasta ❤

[@owenmccord5078]

This is great! Digging the multi step process!

[@martysoulard7349]

And now I have to make this. Wow Steve. Nicely done.

[@ceolmorjim]

Oh my! I have got to try this. Thx for all your work.

[@timasendorf2920]

Such a simple idea, yet I can‘t wait to cook it myself! Amazing!

[@nataliefromnormandya1135]

Ready to make for our date night at home tomorrow. Thanks!

[@frightbat208]

Jeepers! That even smells awesome through the screen. Going to give it a go