This is a recipe for Pasta E Fagioli that Deana Martin, Dean Martin’s daughter, shared on social media recently. It is a recipe that Dean Martin’s mom used to make often and it was one of his favorite foods. Dean Martin was born in 1917, so he would have been a teenager during The Great Depression. People ate Pasta E Fagioli often during that time because it was very cheap to make and also very filling.
The recipe is from the book Memories Are Made Of This by Deana Martin –
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Now I need to watch the video with grandma and Grandpa's recipe again to see how these differ. I'm intrigued.
Heart warming, but also humbling. I made pasta e fagioli with high quality Italian tomato paste, well seasoned sausage, aromatics, and a very nice olive oil with imported parmagio reggiano, tonight. Dean's Grandmother's dish, however, is very reflective of the lean times in which she perfected her recipe, and a reminder of how hard those times were for those of us too young to have experienced them. I'll be trying this version next. Thank you for bringing it to us. <3
For my family, pasta e fagioli was tomato based with red kidney beans. Pasta cheech was chicken broth based with chi chi (chickpeas). We ate it a lot as kids. We called it pasta balloon. I guess fagioli sounded like balloon to us. And lots of garlic bread with it..might be a cheap meal, but we ate it Ike we were kings! ❤❤
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Never heard of adding cinnamon. Interesting!
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Did she cinnamon in the soup
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I recently saw the TCM bio on Dean Martin. Deanna said she made this for him, and a week later he called and asked her to make it again. She also said the secret ingredient was cinnamon. Thanks for the video.
I'm gonna try this ooooh I can't wait 😁
A perfect dish for cold weather!
My family loves Italian food, so
I can’t wait to try this.
P.S. Dean Martin is dreamy! 😍
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Looks good but id probably use chicken stock if i was going to make it this way
I first heard of pasta e fagioli when I worked briefly at an Italian restaurant that served great depression recipes and meatballs. The owner was a jerk but the food was really good and is one of the reasons I love great depression food
Dean Martin was such a nice man. I have never made this and it looked marvelous. Thank you.
looks great!
So sad that grandpa didn't reply in his usual fashion. My Mom and I crack up every time Grandma says "how's it taste Grandpa"? And he replies "let you know in a minute Ma"😀❤and thanks for pronouncing the Italian! I remember the Dean Martin song, but didn't know how " pasta fahjool" was spelled😀
When you get a chance, post your version too♥️