I made this video for my friend Jeff, who was wondering how to use a jar of pesto sauce I gave him 😀 And you, what tips do you have to get the best out of store-bought pasta sauces?
I like to saute onions, garlic, green peppers, green olives, mushrooms before adding to my cheap jarred sauce along with some basil and crushed red pepper flakes. This is a once or twice-a-year occasion.
I have somehow gleaned a lot of this knowledge over the years, but watching you make it made me smile, because it showed me I'm doing something right. The biggest game changer for me has to be using DeCecco or other bronze-cut pasta. Fancy, Double O pastas can be very pricey, but DeCecco is relatively inexpensive. Maybe $2-3 a pound? The flavor and the way it mixes with the sauce are unparalleled. Also, I check my fridge to see if I have anything good to add to the sauce, like fresh garlic, onion, herbs, spices, vegetables, etc. (Cook them in a little olive oil then add the jarred sauce to them.) Next I have to make a massive pot of Mama's sauce, and quit store-bought sauce altogether.
I’m a haitian American .. here I am surfing to find just a nice small spaghetti recipe and that’s literally the first thing I seen her breaking the noddles and I was immediately speechless! lmaooo! I really was going to click off lol Everyone knows this is a big no no! Glad to know it was just a joke!
Cara segnora Allegra, thank you so much for your effort! After seeing the video I was able to make some decent pasta bolognese, finally. Please keep up the good work. Kisses from Romania!
Ciao! Sono contenta che mi hai scritto! I need your help! I was standing still because I moved to a new home! I want to build a birdhouse and put food in, but I don't know where to start! I hope for some of your suggestions! Here are some very small yellow birds that seem to me to belong to the hummingbird family
I always found it was more difficult to try and finish cooking the pasta once it was in the pan.. Just get it out a minute before and drop it in the sauce with a little bit of starchy water..it will still finish cooking, and the starchy water will still make the sauce creamier, but the sauce won't get watery.. which is something might happen if you add too much water. After all, it takes longer for the water to evaporate than it takes for the pasta to finish cooking..
@@hugolachs6620 Yeah. The goal is to cook the pasta in the sauce for the last 5%, while in the video you have to cook the pasta at least 30% of the way in the pan. It works the same, but it's just extra steps in my opinion.
Ciao ! If you buy a ready-made sauce, you just need to warm up it. You don't have to cook it but you just have to keep it hot and ready to add the pasta. So after you have lowered the pasta into the water, put the sauce in a pan and start it over medium heat when the pasta is ready, raise the heat and pour the pasta inside. If you see that the sauce dries up don't worry it will be better because it is concentrated (maybe just help the sauce whit a little cooking pasta water) but be careful not to burn it!
When you put the sauce in the pan, you don't add water then cook it on high until it becomes thick? If I didn't add the water it won't be enough sauce.
It's wishful thinking, but it would be nice if it was that easy to just get all the available kinds of sauce and them being good. In my experience the Barilla tomato sauces are good enough, but only the ones which are just tomato or some extra vegetables. Those with added cheese or meat ate not good at all. The pesto sauces are ok but not great and completely avoid any cream/mushroom store bought sauce. But if you just have a tomato sauce, it can very easily and quickly be made into a great dish with just some spices and easy extra ingredients
Cook the meat and drain the grease then pour the sauce over the meat. You are just heating the sauce up till its warm. Then continue with pasta and a bit of pasta water.
Just bring the sauce to the boiling point at any temperature of the stove. Then you can turn off the stove until the pasta is cooked. Turn it on again before putting the pasta in. I hope this helps
@@anngee2189 🤣 I'm honest I stopped the video at the "crack" at the beginning. Maybe better to inform users in advance ;) Nice video anyway (after the "crack" 😉)
Oh Mamma Mia! I'm so happy this was just a joke but if people wanna know how to make pasta here it goes... Never put oil in the boiling water, never break your pasta. Use salt in your boiling water, wait for your pasta to be (Al dente) then put in your pasta sauce, the tomato sauce is hopefully homemade from a Nonnas garden...if not use the (Nutti pasta sauce) or (Raos) sauce...or Cento sauce. Please use a jar cup to dip into the hot boiling water...to save in the side to use very small portions on to the pasta to help cook the rest of the pasta in the pasta sauce, never use sink fossit water ... you'll kill the cooking. Use the hot pasta boiling water you used for the spaghetti pasta. Have a jar with that pasta water in it. Then have some fresh basil and break them with your hands to put into the pasta, and a little bit of salt, then turn off your stove fire after cooking Then put tiny bit of peperoncino aka red pepper flakes....then some extra virgin olive oil. Then put Pecorino cheese or Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. My heart hurt when she put oil in the boiling water and she broke the pasta...my can feel my Nonna from the afterlife cry.... blasphemy. And have fresh Basil and use Parmigiano Reggiano OR Pecorino cheese...fresh. I am an Italian/Mexican from Sicily...I panic when I see some AMERICANS desecrate Pasta. But watching this video through I realized this lady was joking and And My nerves calmed down...my eyes popped out when she broke the pastA and she but oil in the water😂😂😂
I always break my spaghetti. It doesn't affect the taste, so why not? I have been cooking for 52 years so I guess it's OK. And I am not Italian, I am Cajun/French and we cook different. I cook spaghetti at least 2 - 4 times a month. Usually from scratch, sometimes I doctor up a good store bought sauce. I usually make my own meatballs. Anyway! Go make you some spaghetti!!! Enjoy
I know it's not Italian, but what's your opinion on Classico sauce? It's what my family always used, and I'm only three generations removed from actual Italians so I've just kind of assumed that it was high quality, but now I'm not so sure.
@@TheMathias95 no I know you don't magically get more spaghetti. Basically think of it this way. One pack of spaghetti could share for 2 people, when you break it even thou the pasta string is shorter you double the serving to 4. That's what mean. Just like how you share something between to people you break it or share it. The serving becomes but it now can share betweeore people 🙂
I made this video for my friend Jeff, who was wondering how to use a jar of pesto sauce I gave him 😀 And you, what tips do you have to get the best out of store-bought pasta sauces?
you out here saving a college student!
🙃🙂nice to hear that!
I was about to skip the video when you said to break the spaghetti. Nice that I followed.
As somebody who just wants to keep it simple, I appreciate the guide at the beginning!
I like to saute onions, garlic, green peppers, green olives, mushrooms before adding to my cheap jarred sauce along with some basil and crushed red pepper flakes. This is a once or twice-a-year occasion.
0:06 I was shocked 😂😂
I wish people made how-to videos (and no-nos) like this video for other world cuisines. Much appreciated on covering the basics, ma’am.
This realy saved my spaghetti because I didn't know how to use cold sauce thanks so much❤️
I have somehow gleaned a lot of this knowledge over the years, but watching you make it made me smile, because it showed me I'm doing something right.
The biggest game changer for me has to be using DeCecco or other bronze-cut pasta. Fancy, Double O pastas can be very pricey, but DeCecco is relatively inexpensive. Maybe $2-3 a pound? The flavor and the way it mixes with the sauce are unparalleled. Also, I check my fridge to see if I have anything good to add to the sauce, like fresh garlic, onion, herbs, spices, vegetables, etc. (Cook them in a little olive oil then add the jarred sauce to them.)
Next I have to make a massive pot of Mama's sauce, and quit store-bought sauce altogether.
AMAZING VIDEO!! Exactly what I needed.
no offense but the moment she broke the spaghetti in the beginning, many might have closed this video without knowing that it was a joke
I'm glad you didn't close this video before!
😉
@@ToniAllegra ya I'm glad too
I’m a haitian American .. here I am surfing to find just a nice small spaghetti recipe and that’s literally the first thing I seen her breaking the noddles and I was immediately speechless! lmaooo! I really was going to click off lol
Everyone knows this is a big no no! Glad to know it was just a joke!
Agree
Glad didn't close it
My bck bone
Nice and simple, my pasta turned out nicely with this instruction!
Cara segnora Allegra, thank you so much for your effort! After seeing the video I was able to make some decent pasta bolognese, finally. Please keep up the good work. Kisses from Romania!
I feel like I never cook store bought sauce well. Thank you fir this, I will give it a try the next time I have some!
Thanks Toni. Love from Egypt
So nice to see you are back on CZcams :) The pasta looks delicious :)
Ciao! Sono contenta che mi hai scritto!
I need your help! I was standing still because I moved to a new home! I want to build a birdhouse and put food in, but I don't know where to start! I hope for some of your suggestions! Here are some very small yellow birds that seem to me to belong to the hummingbird family
@@ToniAllegra sound like the bird could be a gold finch? What region are you in? I really like tube bird feeders or tray feeders :)
It looks so tasty!
you almost had me choking in the intro, thank goodness i saw it was just the intro!!!
So good to see your video again
Great video, and might I add, you look like such a kind and genuine person😅😁
thanks for the video. these tips help me a lot :-)
Absolutely brilliant tip! Tante grazie!
Iam a beginner you helped me a lot thanks!
You had me in the first half. 😅 Thank you for the video
Looks amazing!
I always found it was more difficult to try and finish cooking the pasta once it was in the pan.. Just get it out a minute before and drop it in the sauce with a little bit of starchy water..it will still finish cooking, and the starchy water will still make the sauce creamier, but the sauce won't get watery.. which is something might happen if you add too much water. After all, it takes longer for the water to evaporate than it takes for the pasta to finish cooking..
Does dropping with starchy water mean no no extra bowl with water?
@@hugolachs6620 Yeah. The goal is to cook the pasta in the sauce for the last 5%, while in the video you have to cook the pasta at least 30% of the way in the pan. It works the same, but it's just extra steps in my opinion.
Ur amazing
Thank you for teaching me miss ❤
I was today years old when I learned to cook spaghetti!
Great video thank you!
thanks for sharing these tips! can we know why we cant add fish based dishes(4.04) ? thanks
Italians never add cheese in fish dishes 😊
I was gonna stop watching the video when I saw her break the spaghetti....then I heard her accent and stayed
Thank you!
Thank you for the tips ^^ ★
I don't care what looks better, what tastes better is the one for me.
How long do we have to cook the pasta sauce before we add the pasta into the sauce?
Ciao !
If you buy a ready-made sauce, you just need to warm up it.
You don't have to cook it but you just have to keep it hot and ready to add the pasta.
So after you have lowered the pasta into the water, put the sauce in a pan and start it over medium heat when the pasta is ready, raise the heat and pour the pasta inside. If you see that the sauce dries up don't worry it will be better because it is concentrated (maybe just help the sauce whit a little cooking pasta water) but be careful not to burn it!
Great video!
Thank u ❤
When you put the sauce in the pan, you don't add water then cook it on high until it becomes thick? If I didn't add the water it won't be enough sauce.
Amazing
Great
I'm no italian but the first 20 seconds triggered me on a whole different level😄
I almost fainted when i saw that pasta snap
Can I do this with penne pasta
You got my sub and like
Closed the video after the breaking of the spaghetti and don’t add oil because the sauce won’t stay on the pasta
That pasta break at the beginning was to trigger folks right?? 😂
thank you Italian aunty ji
I almost clicked off the video within the first 10 seconds, I can't believe you broke the spaghetti
It's wishful thinking, but it would be nice if it was that easy to just get all the available kinds of sauce and them being good.
In my experience the Barilla tomato sauces are good enough, but only the ones which are just tomato or some extra vegetables. Those with added cheese or meat ate not good at all. The pesto sauces are ok but not great and completely avoid any cream/mushroom store bought sauce.
But if you just have a tomato sauce, it can very easily and quickly be made into a great dish with just some spices and easy extra ingredients
What about the meat? When and where should I add the chicken or beef?
Cook the meat and drain the grease then pour the sauce over the meat. You are just heating the sauce up till its warm. Then continue with pasta and a bit of pasta water.
Barilla used to be really great. I can't believe that they changed and IMHO is not that good anymore.😢
How high should the heat be when heating the pasta sauce and how long should you heat it for?
Just bring the sauce to the boiling point at any temperature of the stove. Then you can turn off the stove until the pasta is cooked. Turn it on again before putting the pasta in. I hope this helps
Almost had me in the first half 😅
Subscribeda for dee akcento
Do we add salt in the water?
Yeah
Had me in the beginning
I was waiting for your new video :-)
New videos are coming soon, in my new kitchen! :)
🤩
Did you move?
Or renovated?
Thank you! I made in a wrong way😂.
breaking spaghetti like that is a crime
As soon as I seen her break the spaghetti my jaw dropped
NEVER break spaghetti 🤦
She didn't
@@anngee2189 🤣 I'm honest I stopped the video at the "crack" at the beginning. Maybe better to inform users in advance ;)
Nice video anyway (after the "crack" 😉)
Why? Does not affect the taste and easier for my grandkids to eat. I break mine. Been doing that for 52 years.
He he he I used to do so till IT friend told me
Watch me
Break What?😱
❤
wwwwhhhhhyyyyyyyyy break spaghetti
Wait a frickin minute 😳 did u just break the pasta :o
What?
oh nouhhhh COLANDER again haiyaa
Did she really fkin break the noodles in half!?!?!!
EDIT: She did that for effect (phew!)
Ehehe. Glad you did not click off immediately 🤣
I'm fairly certain you made thousands of Nonas turn in their graves by calling them noodles lmao.
Can you please tell us who is the singer of the song right at the beginning of the video?
Was about to exit video until I heard the accent. Knew its gone be good.
Oh Mamma Mia! I'm so happy this was just a joke but if people wanna know how to make pasta here it goes...
Never put oil in the boiling water, never break your pasta.
Use salt in your boiling water, wait for your pasta to be (Al dente) then put in your pasta sauce, the tomato sauce is hopefully homemade from a Nonnas garden...if not use the (Nutti pasta sauce) or (Raos) sauce...or Cento sauce.
Please use a jar cup to dip into the hot boiling water...to save in the side to use very small portions on to the pasta to help cook the rest of the pasta in the pasta sauce, never use sink fossit water ... you'll kill the cooking. Use the hot pasta boiling water you used for the spaghetti pasta. Have a jar with that pasta water in it.
Then have some fresh basil and break them with your hands to put into the pasta, and a little bit of salt, then turn off your stove fire after cooking Then put tiny bit of peperoncino aka red pepper flakes....then some extra virgin olive oil.
Then put Pecorino cheese or Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.
My heart hurt when she put oil in the boiling water and she broke the pasta...my can feel my Nonna from the afterlife cry.... blasphemy.
And have fresh Basil and use Parmigiano Reggiano OR Pecorino cheese...fresh.
I am an Italian/Mexican from Sicily...I panic when I see some AMERICANS desecrate Pasta.
But watching this video through I realized this lady was joking and And My nerves calmed down...my eyes popped out when she broke the pastA and she but oil in the water😂😂😂
What a joke that a lot of people wanna stop watching bc someone breaks pasta. Why the heck does it matter what someone does with their own pasta.
She break the pasta, she use the cheap bad quality pasta, she use the store bought sauce... she kill the spaghetti.
I always break my spaghetti. It doesn't affect the taste, so why not? I have been cooking for 52 years so I guess it's OK. And I am not Italian, I am Cajun/French and we cook different. I cook spaghetti at least 2 - 4 times a month. Usually from scratch, sometimes I doctor up a good store bought sauce. I usually make my own meatballs. Anyway! Go make you some spaghetti!!! Enjoy
It's disrespectful to the pasta. 😛
I believe it has something to do with religion
Its because there is a 100 year old lady who straighten and measures all the pasta noodles and it would be a shame to vandalize her work of art.
Adopt me please italia mama
Closes video as soon as she broke the video. Rubbish!
Offensive video.. next!
I know it's not Italian, but what's your opinion on Classico sauce? It's what my family always used, and I'm only three generations removed from actual Italians so I've just kind of assumed that it was high quality, but now I'm not so sure.
that pasta break just discredits everything this women does after💀
She didn't break it are u okay bro
NEVER break spaghetti 🤦
I break it cause am poor 🤦🏾♀️
@@miamor4058 what does breaking pasta have to do with money?
@@thanos1532 when we break pasta it shares for more people. Without having to multiple packs
@@miamor4058
You don't magically get more spaghetti by breaking it, so you didn't really answer the earlier question 😂
@@TheMathias95 no I know you don't magically get more spaghetti.
Basically think of it this way.
One pack of spaghetti could share for 2 people, when you break it even thou the pasta string is shorter you double the serving to 4. That's what mean. Just like how you share something between to people you break it or share it. The serving becomes but it now can share betweeore people 🙂