In this video I just want to show you how we Italians treat food and I want to recommend 10 things that you are better off not doing in Italy and especially with Italian food!
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0:00 10 Things not to do in Italy
0:09 Introduction to the 10 Things not to do in Italy
0:32 1 – Always Mix Pasta with the Sauce
1:22 2 – Don’t Serve Pasta and Steak in the Same Plate
2:46 3 – Don’t Serve Cappuccino with Pasta
3:57 4 – Stop Using Shredded Mozzarella
5:08 5 – Always Make Soffritto for Red Sauces
6:44 6 – Don’t Put Wine in the Sauce
7:30 7 – Don’t Put Steak on Top of Pasta
8:32 8 – Stop Frying the Gnocchi
9:56 9 – Don’t Serve Coffee Hot
10:55 10 – Coffee Culture
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Here is a list of 10 things that you don’t want to do to Italian food please stop serving Italian food the wrong way I’ve traveled the world I’ve been to five continents and I get angry when I see my Italian food served the wrong way and in this I’m including
Pasta pizza coffee and anything else that is related to Italian culture you can do it the way you want it in your own house but in a restaurant you don’t the first thing you don’t want to do is not to mix the pasta And the sauce
Always mix the sauce when I see the pasta put in the plate and then you put the sauce on top no that’s a big no no you kill the pasta the pasta will die in the plate by the time you mix it with the sauce it’s too late the pasta will
Start to dry the pasta will lose all the benefits and all that beautiful combination it’s gone think of this when you make love you want to be connected right if you’re not connected there’s no enjoyment right it’s the same thing for pasta when you make your pasta mix it
Together serve it in the plate put some cheese if you want and then you eat it it’s very important remember you make love together not by yourself number two please do not serve the pasta in the same plate as a steak and some sometimes salads I see people serving spaghetti or
Pasta whatever then they have a steak or chicken next to her in the same plate and sometimes the salad too please don’t do that please that’s enough first because Italian food does not deserve that second you deserve more in life don’t tell me you don’t have plate in
Your house if your pasta first nice and warm and enjoy it we come then you get up you go to your stove and you get the chicken or the steak which is nice and we kept it warm in there and you put it in the plate and you have it with salad
Okay so you have pasta in a main course you want to have the steak first great and then you finish off the pasta after okay but do not put them together do not be lazy I’m not offending you here you can do I know you do it I’ve got I’ve
Got friends and some family members here in Australia doing it I don’t get angry I just say why you do that they like it don’t like get up and have your meals it’s about respecting your food it’s about respecting your belly it’s about enjoying appreciating life a little bit
More don’t sit down on the table and rush you should be an enjoyment when you eat and again do you rush when you make love nobody likes to rush when you make love do you something else I want to talk about do not serve cappuccino with
Your pasta I don’t care what time of the day you can have pasta for breakfast at 8:00 you don’t have cappuccino why not because cappuccino is made with coffee and milk pasta normally is made with with sauce but even Alo which is called extra virgin oil and garlic doesn’t go
With a cappuccino you cannot put coffee milk and sauce or Al o or or creamy in your bed at the same time like it doesn’t make sense if you do that it means there is something wrong with your taste bad and I’m sorry I’m not offending you here I’m just trying to
Share my point of view and I try to make you think about what you do okay think about it you don’t drink alcohol there are so many beautiful drinks out there you can have but what’s wrong with o water beautiful o water it’s good for you and at the same time if you’re
Having a beautiful plate of pasta you enjoy the flavors of the pasta you don’t have coffee killing the flavors of the pasta maybe the water will keep the flavors in your mouth but the coffee will kill everything you just ate all those flavors will go away and honestly
I think you will go to the toilet very quickly after a lunch like that something else I don’t like you guys need to stop using shredded mozzarella which I call fake cheese stop stop stop going to the shops and buy the shredded mozzarella it’s not mozzarella it’s it’s everything apart from mozzarella okay
It’s fake it it’s not good just buy a real fresh mozzarella which you can buy anywhere if you can’t find mozzarella use bonini okay that’s the closest you can get get the mozzarella you cut it and you put it on the pizza or in the lasagna or Candon whatever you want to
Put it but please do not buy shredded stop buying shredded mozzarella you putting a fake plastic cheese in your mouth no God I can’t even call it cheese it’s plastic you’re hurting yourself okay look at the ingredients there’s nothing natural there a beautiful fresh mozzarella which is more natural if you
Get get it from a trusted Source you don’t go wrong with that please listen to me on this okay I’m not attacking you I’m just trying to help you here please okay see me as your angel giving you advice I’m not the devil I’m your angel The Shred the mozzarella is the devil
Something very important guys like this is such an important topic for me always make S Frito before you make the red sauce soito sofo Sofrito it’s so important a Sofrito could be just onions diced or you know finally chopped onions uh that you sauté in extra virgin olive
Oil for 5 7 minutes a Gent temperature even 10 minutes or could be just garlic my Sofrito which normal a normal Sofrito is carrots celery and onion chopped into uh finally finally chopped and you cook it for about 10 minutes together in extra version EV oil some people like to
Use garlic some people want to use carrots and onion some people don’t like carrots and and celery they just use onions and garlic that’s okay but carrots make your soul sweet and full of flavors okay you don’t need sugar in your sa do not put sugar never carrots
Is the sugar is a natural sugar my secret I blend myof Frito I blend onion carrots which I put more than onion and a little bit of celery not the same amount I put more carrots then onion then celery I blend it with extra VG
Olive oil and then I cook in the pan slowly for about 10 minutes when I put the sauce in there the so Frito kind of disappear in the SS the kids won know they’re eating celer and carrots they would like it it gives the flavors there’s definitely no need of sugar and
It makes it very sweet and I hope the Tomato peel tomato you’re using it’s already Sweet another point that I need to talk to you about is do not put wine in the sauce I see people cooking they make the beautiful sauce I see you doing
The Sofrito right then you put the meat then you put the the tomato sauce peel tomatoes and then you add the red wine no you put the red wine with the meat so the red wine gives flavor to the meat okay it Cooks it nicely meat nice and
Moist and when the wine evaporates you put the sauce could be Pata could be peeled Tomatoes or crashed tomato whatever you want to use but do not put red wine in the sauce you understand it’s wrong it’s completely wrong A lot of people do it I see famous chefs doing
It online please do not do do that please this point is very similar to the point number two please do not put steaks or chicken on top of the pasta this is different no no this is actually you you have the pasta in the plate kind
Of dead cuz that’s how I see it and then you have the steak on top or even sometimes even cut cut chicken or cut steak why why you do that first if you have a good pasta It’s got enough proteins and fiber so you don’t need
Meat but if you want meet every separate with a salad the pastor leave it alone enjoy the flavors of the pasta once I went to a restaurant you know they did they noi to potato served with gravy and steak someone next to my table ordered
It you know what we was it was noi served in gravy I’m talking about not Italian tomato sauce gravy what you use for a turkey was a gravy and a steak on top was like a big steak if I’m not wrong was a steak it could have been pork knle or something I
No was something big I remember another point which I need to talk about is please stop frying the noi please you make the potato potato noi or rot noi you boil them then you put in the fried pan and fry them please that’s not Italian food I don’t know what cuine it
Is okay it’s a different Cuisine it’s not Italian food do not do it do not do it I see chefs on social media doing that frying the noi you go through such a big effort making noi even if you buy the Yi from the shop you didn’t make
Them there is someone who made the noi thei don’t deserve that boil them and straighten the sauce do not fry them please why not because you kill the the the craftmanship of the noi they have beautiful soft pillow boiled they go in the so that you enjoy if you don’t know
How to make noi don’t do it but don’t fry you know why someone fried the noi because they were not right they were still the consistency was hot because they didn’t make a ride so the chef said oh you know what I’m going to fry them
So if you don’t not make noi do not make it but buy goodi boil them and put it in the sauce and I guarantee you they will taste good they will be nice and fluffy and full of flavors when you fry them it means that you didn’t cook them right
Didn’t boil them right or you you or you didn’t know how to make it and if you follow Gordon Ramsey who puts the potato in the alen on the microwave to make noi that’s completely wrong the potato needs to be boiled so you can make the Yi now
Please I want to let you know I’m not a coffee drinker I do enjoy some times uh but I’m not an expert in coffee so I’m the last person to give advice to coffee but please stop stop serving coffee hot it’s not tea coffee is not tea a
Cappuccino here they have a latte H flat white they call it espresso it’s not hot it’s not tea serve it warm so you can enjoy you don’t want to burn yourself if you’re a tea heater coffee is different it’s not the same okay if you want to
Have soy latte almond white almond latte do whatever you want but when when you make a coffee you want to enjoy it okay so it need to be warm if it’s too hot you burns your lips you burn the coffee you burn everything even if you go to
The coffee shop and then make it too hot don’t go back anymore make it at home the next press machine I’ve seen it myself it’s a lot better the coffee is perfect and it’s not too hot you don’t want to burn your lips when you have
Coffee you want to enjoy it last point we’re going to talk about is the Coffee Culture that’s the last thing I’m going to talk about I know I’m not a coffee drinker not a coffee lover but culture lots of countries I here say oh a country he loves coffee The Coffee
Culture is incredible I’m not mentioning these countries okay but some countries charge a lot of money for coffee what Coffee Culture you do take away cups everywhere you go coffee in the cups you walk around drinking coffee like a psychopath I’m not offending you I know
You I know you’re a that person please don’t get offended but listen listen to what I’m saying coffee cup take away hot coffee because it’s burning in your lips so you look like this on the street with a coffee with a with a takeaway you look like someone who is on
Addicted in a bloody take away cup which is not good instead go in get your coffee and enjoy it there I went to Naples and in Naples I think they make some of the best coffees okay this I’m talking about Italian coffee so if you have cap Chino latte flat white espresso
These are Italian coffee okay they’re not Americans Australians or English they are Italian okay so do the right way make it warm not hot in napl you know what they do the coffee is done perfectly they serve the espresso in a very hot tsina or cup espresso cup you
Have you drink it standing up it’s so hot that you can’t even touch it but it keeps the coffee the RO my everything in there okay if you want to burn your lips burn your lips with a cup anyway like I said I don’t drink coffee that much so I
Wait a little bit for the cup to get cold actually use the settes and I think the Barista looked at me funny usate quickly drank it and that coffee was beautiful that coffee was full of flavors it was done right was done beautifully and if I have coffee it’s my
1 minute 3 minutes or 5 minute of pleasure I put in a cup take away cup what pleasure is in the cup I drink the carton I drink the the plastic what what’s what’s pleasure about that and the coffee inside is burned what pleasure is that what Coffee Culture is
That do you understand I’m not offending anyone here I’m not offending anyone but when you have your coffee if you really out a coffee lovera sit down or stand up and enjoy it in a nice cup in a nice mug or whatever you want to call it made
With ceramic okay drink it enjoy it and then you start the day go out a little bit earlier but don’t run on the street some coffee shops now don’t even have mugs anymore they’re just have take away cup cups you know what I’m saying just put more culture into your coffee if
That’s what you’re talking about but don’t talk to me about Coffee Culture if that’s what you do okay Coffee Culture you learn in Italy I’m talking about Italian coffee here espresso cappuccino latte whatever you sit down or you stand up at the bar you enjoy maybe with some
Biscuits some chocolate and when you finish the pleasure you go it’s the same example if you make love do you make love and at the same time you do something else when you make love you go on your laptop you do this you do the washing at the same time you’re making
Love you don’t the same example enjoy the pleasure enjoy the moment that’s all I have to say guys I hope you enjoyed this video please don’t be offended please take it the right way I’m saying this for you to make your life a little bit more enjoyable especially when you make
Love thank you guys I will see you in the next venzo play video recipe your reaction baby coffee CIA
23 Comments
Thank you for this educational video. I am not Italian but I totally agree: DON’T PUT THE SAUCE ON TOP OF THE PASTA 😅 🤭
I sometimes wish I had not come across your recipe for tomato basil sauce with the sofrito and combining it with the passata (which I also make from a whole peeled tomatoes). Now when I want to make anything that needs a red sauce like spaghetti and meatballs or lasagna, I cannot bring myself to use jarred tomato sauce, so if I don't have the time (or will) to make it, I won't make the dish at all. Nothing beats the freshness, the flavor of homemade sauce without any of the sugar and preservatives that comes in most jarred sauces. When I make it for family and friends it has always been a hit, they can't stop raving about it.
I've been drinking and making coffee since the 90s and only after watching this i realized why i subconsciously leave coffee to "rest" for a while after i've brewed it in a cezve: so it's not scalding hot when i drink it!
To be fair, if we're talking about coffee-drinking culture outside Italy or Turkey, then it's appropriate to have a hot coffee. I can't explain, it's just extremely lovely to feel how the cup warms your hands, the steam washes over your face, the hot liquid warms your inside. Coffee that's just "warm" doesn't give that sort of feeling, it has to be hot for that.
Hot beverages should be 60°C more or less. OK, high end tea you'll brew at 50°C, so it will come out at maybe 40°C already.
High-end espresso at championships is often brewed into chilled cups or over iced metal balls to chill it down immediately.
Because unlike what you said, hot doesn't preserve aroma. Chilling down immediately reduces evaporation of volatile compounds, and taste reception is stronger with cold coffee.
Ok I understand your concern about putting sauce on top of "dead" pasta. However in China, especially Beijing, there is a famous noodle dish called zhajiangmian (thick noodles with fried bean sauce) served like this. The sauce is made from ground pork mixed with fermented soya bean paste. Depending on which restaurant you go to, this dish can be served either sauce placed on "dying" noodles or in seperate bowls. You just mix the noodles and sauce by yourself before eating.
I agree with anything besides the nespresso point. If you really want to drink a coffee like an Italian you make coffee with a bialetti. Or better with a industrial coffee machine.
Unfortunately all recipies of the world are Bustardized😂😂😂
How do you know when to use olive oil vs ev olive oil?
I think coffee in a real cup ☕️ or a takeaway cup 🥤tastes exactly the same. People have coffee in takeaway cups because there’s no time to really enjoy it when they’re going to work. People are addicted to coffee though so that’s another reason 😂
Every year I purposefully serve my Italian friend a bastardized version of Italian food to see his reaction. It makes for a wonderful party
I actually prefer cold brewed iced coffee…yes sugar and heavy cream.
Unfortunately it doesn’t dry my clothes 🤷♂️
Coffee comes from Aftica, just saying 😉
Have to push back on some of the coffee stuff Vincenzo.
First of all you say "espresso" while showing a video of a Moka Pot. Not knocking Moka pots, if you use them right they produce good results, however it's not espresso. Moka pot coffee is about 1/4 the strength of espresso.
Now despite being half Italian myself, I am not that big a fan of Italian style coffee, it's too darkly roasted for me, I prefer light roasts that give more floral or fruit tasting flavours aside from the roasted dark chocolates of (good) dark roasts. Aside from Italian food and barbeque I'm also a coffee nut, I roast my own coffee beans and everything at home.
That's like how we make Indonesian food, We're just as passionate as Italians when it comes to food and main reason i and many Indonesians hate Gordon Ramsay how he calls Rendang a curry grrrr there is not pinch of curry in Rendang and it does not belong in fried rice. That's why i truly understand Italians to how they make food and i truly respect Italian cuisine and when i cook Italian food i do it the Italian way and respect the food.
One important thing about the coffee temperature – serving coffee at lower temperature doesn't just have a benefit of not burning yourself, but it significantly benefits the flavor. It's a lot easier for a human to taste things that aren't too hot, when the coffee is very hot, it won't taste like anything.
First, let me say I am a fan of the overarching message of your channel and the cooking and culture videos you create here on YouTube, but I really do have an issue with you lumping Australia in with America when it comes to coffee, in fact I really seriously do have an issue with it, you yourself should be very aware of how rapidly the coffee culture in Australia advanced forward since the 1990's and how it now even rivals the juggernauts of Europe on the world stage having lived here for a long time now, even in Sydney where the pacing is generally faster for more people than down here in Newcastle where I am.
I'm a barista myself since 2013, it's not the coffee itself that degrades from the heat but rather it's the milk, if milk reaches over 80 degrees Celsius it will curdle and begin to resemble burnt custard which is what is flavouring your coffee and ruining the taste and experience, not the vessel it is served in.
The only way I can see a paper cup affecting the taste of the coffee is if the cup begins to start breaking down from extended periods of time having the liquid substance sitting within it (you can witness a sort of 'soft' breakdown by rinsing a used takeout paper cup with warm or hot water multiple times, the cup will start to soften up from having rapidly heated up along with excess steam permeating from it) and it penetrates in to the paper, at this point your coffee would have already gone cold anyway and you won't be drinking it anymore.
The paper takeout cups are designed to insulate your hand from heat so you don't burn it (much safer than picking up a heated coffee cup like you mentioned yourself using one time), some people simply just do not have the time each day to sit down to enjoy a nice hot cup of coffee before going to work or during their work day; my mother is a good example of this being a doctor and not having the time to take a proper lunch break to have a cup of coffee, should she have to miss out on the pick me up of a coffee because the experience is lost by getting one in a takeaway cup she can drink while working in between seeing patients and being more tired throughout the rest of the day? I promise you, the both of us understand the joy of coffee culture, she's also a trained barista like I am.
Food and drink sadly can't always be a matter of choosing to engage or not engage in the experience and that's where takeout culture is advantageous, it shouldn't replace the experience but it has its benefits that shouldn't be downplayed just because some of the world's cultures have personal disagreements with it regardless of the validity to their arguments.
for the kids ok, but my soffritto needs to be finely diced. sometimes i even make the onions chonky, like in my tuna pasta, because i love onions.. it depends. i like the occasional piece of veggie in my sauce. definitely blending helps with picky eaters. a friend of mine is a tragedy in that regard, dang it, a grown up man that still doesn't eat vegetables and i tell you what, he makes carbonara frittata, super overcooked, because he says otherwise it's slimy. i'm not religious but i start to name all the saints when he comes for dinner🤣🤣
on the other end he's very easy to please, give him pizza margherita or chicken nuggets… or even a ham and cheese sandwich… sorted haha!
that kind of coffee is work coffee, you need to wake up, you need it quick, and it's super hot because you'll still be drinking it 1 hour later hoping that your 4hs of sleep don't fall on you. coffee culture my arrrrrrs* that's caffeine injection. i do it too, don't get me wrong. but my first coffee in the morning is a proper one made with my 12 ys old moka and i wake up at 6 am just to sit down and drink it properly. i fail to do that and i'm gonna be a proper A-hole all day, my morning is ruined.😆
Amazing ❤🎉
You’re hilarious Vincenzo. The coffee psychopath impression had me truly laughing out loud. Your videos make me long for the days before I was a vegan, and could use cheese to enhance my pasta dishes. Tonight, I made a tofu ricotta to help fill a lasagna. Even though it came out really good…..I wouldn’t try to pass it off to an Italian as anything other than a science experiment 😂
Some of these I understand, but most of them are just straight-up whining lol
I will add my own two cents here – We should always be encouraging each other to enjoy good food from around the world and expand our horizons, and if that means altering traditional recipes based on availibility, necessity or taste by all means go ahead – but when taking money from other people DO NOT use the authentic name of the dish unless the dish is authentic!
And this goes for every culture
😍😍😍😍 Great advice!!!