Italian Grandma Makes Fresh Pasta/Fettuccine
Fresh Pasta
8 extra large Eggs
8 cups Unbleached All Purpose Flour (APF)***
2 Tbsp Salt
½ cup Water (approx)
***For a firmer pasta, substitute 1 cup of the APF
with 1 cup Semolina Flour
Pasta Machine is available on Amazon:
This fresh pasta dough can be cut into:
Fettuccine
Spaghetti
Linguine
or used to make Lasagna or Ravioli
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FAQ:
Who is this lady?
Gina Petitti was born in 1935 in Faeto, Italy. Her family ran a farm in Italy and she met her husband, Vito, in the same town. In 1970 Gina, Vito, and her 4 children immigrated to America. Gina’s husband passed away in 2012, but she is surrounded by a large family, which includes 9 grandchildren, and lives 5 minutes away from her eldest daughter in New Jersey. Gina spends her time cooking, gardening, and being an active member of her local Church.
Where does Gina get her recipes?
Most of these recipes are from what she learned growing up in Italy, but some of them have evolved over time. She has also learned new recipes from friends and family in America. She is always eager to try new things.
Why is no one helping her in the video?
Grandma Gina doesn’t want help! Usually, it’s because we will slow her down or not do it “her way.” For the videos we only show her, but when the camera cuts we jump in and help form the cookies or prep for the next step.
Why don’t we buy her a new…?
Grandma Gina has a closet and garage full of new gadgets, spoons, forks, pots, etc… but she doesn’t like them because she is used to doing it with her old tools. She has fun getting her hands dirty!
Who is behind the camera?
Her retired son-in-law films, her daughter helps her prep, and she usually has one or two grandkids in the kitchen.
Does Gina read the comments?
We print out and show her how much love she gets from all her viewers, and she is very thankful and hopes you enjoy her cooking! Your comments bring her lots of joy, laughter, and inspiration to make more videos to share with you.
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Love your videos. Thank you for your wealth of information. May be my favorite person in the world to watch cook!!!
nona è il migliore. Che Dio la benedica. Nona is the best. May God bless her always…
A treasure! A wealth of information.
81 years old. What a treasure! You're family is so lucky.
This was very enjoyable🥰🥰 Thank you for sharing. God bless you and your grandma ❤️
How long does the fettuccine need to dry before cooking?
I love watching all of your videos! Thank you for sharing. I follow your guidance and recipes often. I have a quick question, can you store this pasta dry? And for how long? Thanks again
I loved this!
And she doesn’t stint on the kneading….like I am prone to do.
It is so helpful to see how she works the dough. Reading instructions from a book just doesn’t cut it.
Makes my arms ache just watching her knead this dough…🤪
a Q&A at 1 million?😀
Omg I can’t stand this video!!
Love these videos! I can just see me trying to crack eggs that way and ending up wearing them.😂
They don't make them like they used to and I don't mean the pasta. God bless you Nonna Gina and all the hard work you do
I appreciate all cultures of grandmas and their home cooking. They are the best chefs.
Made my first homemade pasta last night, and I was shocked at just how easy it is. Dry pasta has its place, but fresh pasta takes it to a whole other level. This is great.
I love the way you teach. The love you put into it shows and now you share it with others,this is priceless. Thank you mamma Gina, bless you n your family.
Omg I really appreciate the hard work and will eat my food with more appreciation because this is hard work 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Yes Lord please bless our food and bless Grandma
How long does she cook the fresh pasta?
Omg !!!! This is exactly what I remember from my Nonni !! Everything is exactly right including that rolling pin and the way she dusts the board. Memories !!!
❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍
How sent to Faeto! Pure il mio bison no e' Faetano! Auguri!!!
Where in Italy are you from? Hai fatto benissimo! Complimenti signora!
I’m making my homemade lasagna with Bolognese sauce and pasta from scratch.Nonna Gina, you taught me how to make fresh pasta. It’s so delicious. I only make my lasagna about twice a year because as you know, it’s an all day process. And it’s my labor of love.
Wishing you the best! I’m obsessed with your videos and I LOVE when you sing in your videos. ♥️✝️ God bless you, Nonna!
I made handmade pasta for the first time today and I'm surprised how filling it is! Store bought pasta I can eat a whole plate full.. but handmade pasta is so filling I ate a few forks worth of pasta. Not to mention how amazinhlgs it tastes
Thank you so much grandma,God Bless you more…😘🙏🙏🙏😘
She's an Angel ❤️
I love making homemade pastas! It is work and I am amazed you are 81! You look fabulous! I am 65 and still pushing myself to learn the best cooking methods and I love what you do! God Bless you!
I love all your videos and I’m tracing my 2 year old to make pasta with our machine now. I wanted to ask what thickness do you finish your pasta sheet on for spaghetti and is it different for fettuccine? Much love x
Did yoo store it in a freezer or did you actually eat all that pasta?
♥️ Hi grandma…. I love all your videos & I miss your singing!
How do we prepare & cut if we don’t have pasta machine?
Thank you!!!
It’s sad to see how society has diluted our many cultures and traditions. It’s no wonder everyone hates each other these days.
I absolutely love videos of the older generation sharing their methods of cooking. Without these videos their knowledge may be lost.
This is an older video, so I hope the comments are still being read. I don't need very much pasta. In the video, it is one egg for one cup of flour. Does that scale down well? Can I use 2 eggs and 2 cups of flour?
Brilliant, I was amazed at the spaghetti at the end of the video. So wonderful, thank you!
Thank you grandma. I love all the internet parents and grandparents. Especially traditional cooks like this queen.
Grandma Gina! I love your food, I love your Italian accent. My grandparents came to this country from Bar, Italy. I miss them, I miss kitchen time, especially with my Aunts, too. Please keep cooking!!! 🙏
Very imformative. I have a paste maker too. I will try this.
Gina. When I was 7 i was with my grandmother ANGELICA..helping Her mix the dough and used the machine to roll out the dough..she let them set…then put them back in the hand machine and the fettuccine roll out…
There’s something so elegant and classic about Italian food. I’m Mexican so I didn’t really grow up with it, besides spaghetti and lasagna on rare occasions, but I’ve always loved Italian food whenever I’ve tried it in my adult life. I’ve even learned the 4 classic Roman pastas and that spread to making other dishes as well. Whenever I have kids, I will teach them what my abuelita taught me, but also all the Italian dishes that you and so many others have taught me through videos and articles. Thank you so much and have a blessed day
Thank you! I wish I would have learned all these recipes from my grandma, but she left the world too soon.
How do you store than cook the pasta?
If I didn’t want to make a big batch, then could I cut the recipe? Say like 2 cups flour and 2 eggs? For two ppl that is
81 wow you look good love you Josephine 💜
Great video she is so talented ! ❤️
I love watching your videos. I feel like I have my own grandma in my kitchen showing me.
Grazie