Discover a tuna with basil pesto pasta from Sardinia! | Pasta Grannies

This is called Pasticcio alla Carlofortina, it's from Sardinia, but also has its roots in Liguria. We went to Isola San Pietro to find out more about this recipe. Carolina shares her recipe.
For the pasta dough: 500g semola rimacinata (semolina flour) 250ml water, a pinch of salt ( or a mixture of bought pasta)
For the ragu: 500g fresh or tinned tuna, 500ml passata, 1 onion, 4 basil leaves, one glass white wine.
for the pesto: 1 garlic clove, 5 basil leaves, 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. 2 tablespoons of Italian pine nuts.
If you wish to find out more about Carolina, her Instagram handle is @ricettedicaro

[gregsantamala]

I’m Sicilian. Made that often, but instead of pesto add a spoonful of plain yogurt. Incredible. BTW, interesting to note how quite a few Pasta Grannies add oil to the water, yet you hear some people scream “Italians don’t do that”. Yes, some do. Thank you

[michelnormandin]

Last Sunday I had unexpected guests. Four hungry young adults. I did a povere version of it. 1 can of sprats from Poland 106g, 1 can of light chunk tuna 120g, 50g chopped black olives, 20g capers, 500g dry tarantella, 250g industrial pesto, une échalotte finement ciselée, 80g almost parmigiano from Norway 60g (I'm serious 6, 99$ CAD 300g), 15g unsalted smashed cashews, olive oil, un peu de beurre, évidemment, pour l'échalotte and more fresh basil. The first five ingredients came from the $ store. Aujourd'hui c'est la Fête Nationale du Québec. Bonne Saint-Jean !

[souadghazal]

Love her cute little mini Tajine salt/nuts .... dishes; also her multi-purpose trays .... Carolina seems to be a great cook. I can imagine the flavors of this dish; but since it's three different shapes she is making, with different amount of dough for each, I would probably cook them separately for even cooking. Sardinia is on my list, hopefully some day soon :)

[ellengrace]

Beautiful lady making a beautiful pasta meal! 🥰 I love this channel, not only for the grannies and their recipes, but also because of the lovely comments in different languages from all over the world. Thank goodness for the translate button! 😁

[Gredinus]

If you're using canned tuna for this recpie, I'd suggest adding the tuna to the sauce towards the end of the cooking process.
Since canned tuna can get a gritty texture from overcooking.

[Company-]

I just love it when you tell a little more about history and the morsel of land you’re visiting. As always, thanks a lot!

[aris]

Here it should be noted that the lady speaks in standard Italian. If a Sardinian spoke in his local language (because here we have to speak more of the language than dialect), no one outside of Sardinia would understand him.
In addition there is also to say, if in a couple the husband comes from one area of ​​Sardinia and the wife from another area, to understand each other they must speak in standard Italian. Because (as a Sardinian once told me) if everyone speaks in their own dialect, they don't understand each other.

[scottamori]

Another gem! I had never heard of this island. That’s part of the joy of this channel. Food and new places. That fresh basil pesto must have been heavenly. You can never have too much basil. Thanks, again!

[roberthennel]

Must have been reading my mind, just yesterday I bought some fresh tuna and fresh pasta and was thinking about a recipe for the weekend. This might become one of my favourite summer pasta meals 😊

[junguusdaisd]

I was sceptical of making something this simple, but it ended up being so good :))

[violetapam]

Μπράβο σας συγχαρητήρια πολλά πολλά πόσο χαίρομαι που σας βλέπω να μαγειρεύετε η εκπομπή σας είναι καταπληκτική μαθαίνω πάρα πολλά από εσάς συνεχίστε της όμορφες εκπομπές συγχαρητήρια πολλά καλή επιτυχία σε ότι κάνετε καλό σαββατοκύριακο 💯💯💯👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰

[Hickamfield]

that is one of our old family recipe's, i think i will be making tuna sauce tonight :)

[SabraQueenoftheUnderworld]

Ooooo yum! That does look delicious 😋 and it's a great way to eat tuna! I will have to give it a try! Grazie nonnine della pasta!!!!

[nightengale]

I am so delighted to have discovered your channell!! I guess you could now call me at 65 a pasta granny too but I am norni to my 4 grandkids ages 9, 12, 16, and 21. My husband and I are American Italian with my maternal grandparents from Manfredonia, and my husband's paternal grandparents coming from Naples. My maternal Italian family were in the commercial fishing industry which began in Manfrefonia and then brought to a coastal town R.I. in the US, and my husband's paternal family were farmers and owned a restaurant in Italy and went on to establish one in the US also in R.I. Needless to say we were a match made in Italian food heaven, an according to our grandkids their norni makes the best lasagna on the planet, and their papa puts out a great "pasta fazoole" better than Olive Garden LOL. Your channel brings back so many fond memories of watching, cooking, and collecting dandelion greens and wild mushrooms with our grandparents, as well as late night fishing for smelts which was a must have for our Christmas Eve Feast of the 7 fishes. The days that feast has been scalled down to 3 fishes which is now red clam chowder, stuffed clams, and linguini with clam sauce which the grandkids love as long as the meal includes garlic bread. Times and foods change, but as long as we can gather our family around a table from time to time to share a meal we consider ourselves very blessed.

[michaelquinn]

The Ligurian roots are displayed in the name of her first shape, the cursetti. In Liguria there are corzetti and come in different shapes, but are usually a flat disc, often stamped with a wooden stamp to create a pattern. And, of course, the standard basil pesto....

[artycrafty]

What an incredible dish, and very unusual, it looks absolutely delicious, I must ask my butcher who is from Sardinia about this this dish. And I love those baskets, how can we live without one! Thank you Vicky and team, Vicky the look on your face says it all. Ramon.

[HopeLaFleur]

This is a gold recipe absolutely delicious although we can get the fresh ingredients...my family makes this often! HOW blessed is she to get these ingredients so fresh...Italy I want to live there💕truly beautiful lady🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕 I wonder how much that amount of tuna costs! Here in Canada a little tin of three costs a lot!

[stevelogan]

Ms. Vicky another great recipe by a dear soul Ms. Carolina, we do not have this recipe here & the 3 main tuna dishes are all canned chunk light tuna here in Appalchia, 1) tuna casserole= tuna, egg noodles, frozen peas & carrots, diced potatoes & onions, milk, s&p, garlic salt, fresh lemon juice, baked in the oven in casserole dish 2) tuna melt sandwich = tuna, swiss cheese, on fresh baked sliced bread then mayo, 3) tuna salad = tuna, small diced onion, celery, mustard powder, garlic salt, diced boiled eggs, mayo all mixed together, then spread on white bread or toast, God Bless you all.

[VeraLucia-qsjp]

Nem sei dizer de qual das moças gosto mais, uma comida mais deliciosa que a outra. Obrigada

[shawndurbs]

This is my mother in laws go to quick lunch. Obviously she uses tin tuna though but it’s yummy. I’ve done it with fresh tuna and there’s a big difference in texture. Buon appetito