How Italians Use LEFTOVERS (and make them better than fresh)

Have you ever had a bunch of leftover risotto and been unsure what to do with it? Yeah, neither have we.

In any case, there are quite a few Italian dishes that were invented to use up leftovers, and they're so good that they're worth making even if "leftover pasta" is a foreign concept to you. Time to intentionally make some leftovers!

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[PastaGrammar]

Let us know if you can think of any other "leftover" dishes that might be better than the fresh, original dish!

[SalvatoreSantillo]

With the leftover polenta, we make scagliozzi, very famous in any friggitoria in livorno. you cut the cooled polenta in squares and deep fry it

[channah]

I have never seen the lid trick with the frittata before. I am SO GRATEFUL! Grazie!

[HopeLaFleur]

As an Italian. I really don’t remember leftovers at our home. Everything was devoured like the goblins we were 😂🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🌶️🌶️🌶️✨

[elizabethbartley]

I watch you all every Sunday morning and look forward to it. What a nice surprise to see the picture I sent you. I love to try new recipes and yours is one of my favorite channels.

[danutagajewski]

The more I watch your videos, the more I realize that Polish and Italian cuisines must be kindred spirits! A dessert I loved as a child, and still make from time to time (I'm in my 70s) is Makaron z Truskawkami (leftover pasta with a fresh strawberry cream). Any type of leftover pasta was used, usually kokardki (farfalle/bowties) with chopped or mashed strawberries mixed into sour cream and honey to sweeten the sauce. This was served either warm or cold. Heaven! Of course, other fruits or berries could be used...but for a little girl, strawberries were the best!

[GinaMichellerpm]

This was a wonderful episode. Thank you. When I was a child, my mama would take leftover pasta, risotto or polenta and place it in a little pan with butter and just a little cheese….whatever cheese we had, she fried till a little crispy, flip and plate. Then she would place one fried egg on top for me. So perfect, so simple and so delicious.

[aris]

5:17 Una frittata di spaghetti con la ‘Nduja, arriva a tutto un altro livello ! 😋

[ClaudioLaManna]

Da Lombardo e ossessionato dai risotti: il tuo riso al salto è perfetto. Nemmeno Cracco. Brava!

[darianroscoe]

This is EXACTLY what I do with Mexican chorizo (fritatta). Great way to use up pasta or potatoes or that end of the chorizo tube. I use green onions from the garden, also. This episode is home for me and also a reminder of surviving tough times financially. Thank you, thank you!

[kofManKan]

KerryGold butter. It's the good stuff. From the limestone grassland of the GoldenVale in Kerry. Fair play.

[battiekoda]

Beautiful use of the lid for that flip! 🎉 I'd have never thought of that!!

[MM-kxue]

Thanks for a great video. I am learning a lot. Cause I can’t eat eggs I prepared the leftovers spaghetti with a lot of cheese and Philadelphia cream cheese . It was delicious!!!!

[jamestboehm]

The desert looks most wonderful. I love the idea of fruit and veggies.

[sloopy]

I've never seen the lid flipping method before, but it's the one I'll be using from now on! Thanks Eva for proving I'm never too old to learn, and I've learned a lot watching your channel. So looking forward to the cookbook next month!!

[tpn]

With the leftover rice my grandma used to make polpette (rice balls), same concept in a different shape. Me and my brothers loved them so much!

[joeperkins]

This is one of the very few channels that get an instant thumbs up before I watch the video. I always enjoy the videos and dishes. Thanks for sharing both the videos and recipes.

[gohabs]

I always make extra polenta so we can use leftovers in what we called polenta brustolada, though we would sometimes shallow fry it in olive oil, sometimes char it on the bbq, or sometimes char it in the hot grill pan, it was always as good and sometimes better than the polenta the night before.

[Susan.I]

Great idea to flip the frittata onto the lid and back into the pan.!

[kylesalmon]

I literally had left over pasta last night and wasn’t sure what to do with it lol. Perfect timing.