Enjoy 91 year old Anna's fusilli with spicy tomato sauce | Pasta Grannies

91 year old Anna has been making fusilli by hand for over 80 years. She dresses them with a tomato sauce made entirely with ingredients from her farm. Anna was nominated by her chef grandson Michele who you meet at the end of the video. If you are London based, check out his cooking at Trivet Restaurant. Meanwhile here is Anna's recipe:
For the pasta use 300g semolina flour (semola rimacinata), 1 egg, and about 90ml of warm water to make a dough.
For the sauce, you will need
500g fresh tomatoes
400ml tomato passata
1 onion, 1 teaspoon black pepper, salt
four 20x 20 cm squares of pork skin. These add richness to the sauce and is a way of honouring the pig by using all of it. Each square is rolled with a teaspoon of dried mint, 2 tablespoons grated pecorino cheese, 2 slices of garlic, a pinch of black pepper and as much fresh red chilli as you feel like.
I think it's probably quite difficult for most of us to track down pork skin. I suggest you add the mint, garlic and chilli directly to the tomato sauce. Vegetarians can omit the meat altogether, omnivores can add 100g of diced pork belly along with the onion at the beginning of the process.

[miroslavisikiyski]

living up to 90+ years is respectable but looking 65 and being so alive and energetic and fully functioning is mind blowing

[JorgeSpina]

I loved the final message from her grandson!

[fabioborgogno]

Pure poetry. Every friday at 6 P.M. I have a meeting with Pasta Grannies

[hollyjaw]

I can easily see why people in Italy live long healthy lives. I mean those products are like the best of the best of the best.

[trexfighterpilot]

I swear, every person that you feature on this channel is like watching a master at work.

[Javaman]

She puts almost everyone to shame with how sufficient she is. I'm sure, as it should be, that her family is very involved. ❤️

[GrandemagicoWall]

"Me magno pure le prete"
means "I can eat even stones".
"Prete" means "Priest" in Italian, but she's not speaking Italian. In this case, "Prete" means "Pietre" in Italian, which is "Stones".

Anyway, I think this is the most authentic cooking I ever saw in my life.

[marclegarreta]

The narration of the videos is so beautifully done! Very well written!

[freudvibes]

What a medicine against my sadness today! Thank you ❤️🙏🙏🙏

[nealieanderson]

Oh my gosh! This dish looks incredible! She’s a gem and amazing at 91! So much energy and such love and skill in her food. What a wonderful meal!

[rpowling]

I love their home! What a strong, vivacious woman! Thank you

[GiovannaBelliaLaMarca]

Carissima Anna, i fusilli sono meravigliosi e le cotenne ripiene un altro capolavoro. Tanti auguri! Dear Anna, the fusilli are marvelous and the stuffed pork skins are another masterpiece. Best wishes!

[davidhynd]

Who could have imagined just how uplifting and entertaining it could be to watch elderly Italian women cook pasta! But then who doesn't like to eat good food? And everybody loves their Grandma :)

[ManpreetSingh-zgum]

The kind of wholesome content that will result in world peace ☮️

[LIONTAMERD]

the amount of work that goes into making a proper meal is not lost on these people

[rarafarara]

Seeing this I remember the kitchen in my home town. To be honest, visually, I don't remember much since I was a child, but I remember the smells there. Smell of charred wood and oil stove, smells of something bubbling, curry and what not, the whole kitchen has this aura of just... you can't have that in the city. I can't say that I miss it since I didn't grew up there. But curiously, seeing her cook in her traditional kitchen with her old utensils and pans and what not, I wonder why I can imagine the scent there aha, videos like these are truly magical. Thank you for making them.

[Cupcakeme]

Wow 91. She looks amazing, so does the pasta 🍝

[albatrosone]

Unfortunately, we can never replicate this, look at the quality of ingredients, utensils and cooking facilities. Fantastico!!! ❤❤

[thecebuanofoodie]

Italian cooking is so close to the gut: home and grandma recipes. Hearty ingredients always build it all up.

[patriciavincent]

Beautiful Grannie. And such a sweet grandson. And that pasta and sauce look divine.