Manicotti Kitchen Invasion: Da Flora Restaurant
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- For my first invasion, I'm visiting Da Flora, my favorite North Beach restaurant, and show you their recipe for manicotti (or "manigot" as I learned it as a kid). I’ve been eating there for over two decades and never had a bad meal there. When my friends and I want to share a leisurely family-style 4-course meal we always head to da Flora on Columbus.
Jen McMahon, the genius in the da Flora kitchen, scours the local markets to find the best local organic ingredients. Jen is a master at giving her Italian inspired food a Bay Area Slow Food twist.
This dish will certainly be controversial with my fans in Italy. You will not find manicotti (little sleeves) on a menu in Italia. Italians call this dish cannelloni (little pipes) made with either crespelle (crepes) or pasta.
Jen and I both grew up on the East Coast immersed in southern Italian immigrant food traditions they brought with them. But now our Italian ancestors were cooking in America using ingredients available in their local markets.
So here is Jen’s San Francisco version of manicotti for you to make in your kitchen. It’s a simple dish featuring the best of the early spring bounty, broccoli di rape for the delicate ricotta filling and early sweet red spring onions, mellow green garlic and fresh oregano for the marinara. The aged provolone grated on top makes this simple dish soar.
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we just prepared this...ready to go in the oven! tremendous fun to prepare...the video makes it easy...never made crepes before, but just got that pan sizzling, and only ruined one out of two dozen...gotta go now, guests arrive any moment. Thank you Gianni, and thank you to your talented friends!
Ciao Alan. Bravo! I hope you all enjoy your meal. Let me know how it goes.
Buon appetito!
--Gianni
Another recipe from your channel that I'm excited to make. Looks amazing 👏
It is amazing and not that hard to make. Give it a go. You won't be disappointed. Let me know how Jen's recipe works for you.
Keep on cooking!
--Gianni
Nice. now I am going to change tonight dinner menu. Keep them coming.
+D Beney
Ciao. Let me know how they turn out.
Buon appetito!
--Gianni
Another fantastic lesson in authentic Italian cooking... Thank you very much...
If only this was released before my weekend birthday trip in North Beach! It was great not being the only young person around who could speak Italian, can't wait to go again!
+beatlebabe1969
Ciao. Buon compleanno. Happy Birthday. We're still here come see North Beach again soon.
A presto.
I love it.
Love your Direction Gianni Your a true free spirited Artist. Just like me. Love it.
Good to see you on YT again! Fun, informative video.
Gianni, I'm so happy I found your videos. I'm not Italian, I'm Irish, but I love Italian food. I hope to see many more videos from you! 😊
Looks amazing.
what a lovely episode!
My family is from Napoli and my mom made the crepes for the cannelloni every Christmas Day. We never heard manicotti mentioned. And even in Italy today cannelloni are always made with crepes, it's not a pasta. I really enjoy your video recipes!! :-)
Gianni is a class act! Love the style. Not a shitty meal! Lol love it!
Hi John,I remember going to Da Flora when Jo Anne and I were visiting with Breanna. One Sunday mom made manicotti and mom and Al had a contest to see who could eat the most. I think mom won with 12. I am going to try this recipe when Kylie and Chris comes to VT on Memorial Day weekend.
Thanks for the updated version of a family favorite.
+Rose Juliano
Ciao Bella. Yes, this is the place where we shared a wonderful meal. Mom ate 12 of her manicotti? That's a feat.
Let me know how the kids like this version of manigot.
Buon Appetito!
--Gianni
+Gianni North Beach Will do!!
Looks fantastic!
Looks great thank you.
ciao gianni - i am loving every second of it - i of course love me some manigot / cannelloni myself big time - and look at those extremely thin delicious crespelle.....i think one of the biggest gifts you got from your parents is keeping the italian heritage thing alive in you, making you wanting to keep it alive.
+Hubert Shitmeyer
You're right. Some of my earliest and best memories are sharing food around my immigrant family's table. As a first generation American, my Italian heritage and family food culture has always been a big part of my life. My recent trip to Italia was another wonderful opportunity to enhance my appreciation for Italian culture and food traditions.
Buon appetito!
--Gianni
Gianni North Beach me being a german, you being italian heritage - i guess we both represent the biggest european influence on americas culture...
What most people don’t realize is that the real tomato 🍅 to use is the San Marzano, always.
Gianni, I am so happy to see you videos! I like your work so much!
+Li Simionescu
Grazie.
I am from Romania and I am very found of Italian culture because is so similar to ours, Romanians and Italians are like cousins, Trajan's column from Rome its all about our connected history. And i LOVEEE your American-Italian accent,Gianni! You are one of a kind. :) keep uploading!!!!!
+Li Simionescu
Stay tuned Li. 2 more new episodes cooking in North Beach restaurant kitchens coming soon.
Gianni, thank goodness you're back!
+Jason Desjardins
Thanks Jason. I'm excited about what may lie ahead.
There are no more Italians in Northbeach. Worked in SF many years. Many of the food establishments are ran by Indians now.
Looks so yummy!!!
I'm glad you're making videos again!!! You are my favorite!!!
❤❤❤
+blameitonablackstar
Thanks for your support. Two more episodes in this series coming soon--pasta and 3 sauces from The Italian Homemade Company and spring lamb chops and Roman-style artichokes from the Ideale kitchen, both here in North Beach.
Ciao Gianni,
il tuo North Beach è il mio North Beach (da 1870), ma...davvero...non è esiste di più. Tristamente.
Mi piace tuoi video. Grazie.
Gianni sounds like the nicest guy in the world. I bet he's secretly a mobster. Juuuust kidding! Great show I hope you guys stay in San Francisco!
+yannikin
I try to be a nice guy but my friends sometimes disagree. No mobster here though. I just got back from 3 weeks in Italy so I won't be leaving North Beach until my next trip in a couple of months. Come visit North Beach and enjoy all there is to discover.
+yannikin well, gianni is during daytime a very experienced lawyer as far as i found out - so i guess he knows how to bust someones balls when he has to. i doubt he is a padrino in secret though - only a padrino di cucinare....hehe.....
+Hubert Shitmeyer
Ciao Hubert. Good sleuthing. I was a legal services attorney representing low-income clients in non-criminal matters and developing continuing legal education seminars. I like "padrino di cucinare". My friends call me "capo di tutti capi" when I'm in a bossy moodl
Gianni North Beach boss of all bosses then - alright haha!
I wanted manicotti, I ate grilled cheese off the radiator
I did 20 fuckin years!
Hi Gianni, finalmente sei ritornato
Just wonderful! And I can reproduce the dish where I live in Brazil, how great is that?! Cheers, Gianni! Grazi!
+Fortgal123
Very cool. Let me know how they turn out in Brazil. Keep on cooking.
happy to see you smiling and making jokes :)
+justhamer17
Yeah, it was a fun day at da Flora. This is the first of 3 episodes I shot in 2 days just before going to Italy for 3 weeks. Stay tuned for pasta and sauces from North Beach's The Italian Homemade Company and spring lamb and Roman artichokes from Ideale's kitchen.
Buon appetito!
--Gianni
Yes Gianni here in Italy they are called cannelloni. A manicotto in italian is a little sleeve of a shirt or a particul part of the car engine. Anyway these cannelloni of the video look delicious. Bravi bravi bravi questa sì che è la vera cucina italiana!
+gobbi dimerda
Grazie. Keep on cooking, keep the traditions alive!
Buon appetito!
--Gianni
I've never met a crepe I didn't like. And this one looks to not be an exception. On the contrary, it looks delicious! Any ideas where to find green garlic on the SF Peninsula? I heard they're supposed to be in season around this time of year. But when I went to Lucky's (supermarket), to Safeway... didn't see it there. Even my local Asian market doesn't carry them.
+rkmugen
Ciao. Get yourself to a farmer's market for green garlic and early spring onions. I don't think you'll find them on the supermarket grid. Although Real Foods here in San Francisco has them too.
Gianni North Beach Grazie, grazie, Gianni! :D
Ciao Gianni. My nonna used to make cannellonis sometimes based on crepes and tomato ragu, she was from Cuneo in the piemont region Italie. Those looks delicious, i'm gonna try that recipe this week end. Thanks for your videos Gianni. Cheers from Paris ^^
+Philippe Heritier
Ciao Philippe. Did you make them? Keep on cooking.
Buon appetito!
--Gianni
whats a good broccoli di rabe substitution ???? my 8 grocery store town doesn't carry this thank you..
+Dave Fyffe
Ciao Dave. Any leafy green can be used, spinach or kale would work well. Let me know how it works for you. Keep on cooking.
Buon appetito!
--Gianni
THANK YOU
Jonny, go back to the house. Aside of your personality, cooking at the house was the great appeal of your show. I skip these restaurant videos of yours. Remember one thing, many you tube shows fail eventually because they try to become something larger than what they started out as. The one thing that their show had which captivated an audience they loose because their success pushes them to change the show so much, they loose that audience and struggle to stay alive as they are now competing with another beast of an audience with a massive amount of competition. We loved the personal home experience and your personality. We could care less about the restaurant chefs. You want to boost and change the show? Take the cameras to the local markets and farmers. These restaurants mean nothing to us. Please reconsider your ideas and keep the show personal, home Italian cooking using quality local and imported ingredients.
Crobert That is the most closed minded troll comment to date. I love his direction.This is about life and all of us Italian American cooking fans . Grow up.