The Best Summer Soup You've Probably Never Heard Of
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Today we're making Italian zucchini soup with broken spaghetti. Traditionally this soup is made with cacuzza and its leaves (tenerumi) but this version makes this classic a whole lot more accessible. I hope you enjoy it!
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INGREDIENTS WITH GRAM AMOUNTS
½ pound (227g) spaghetti - broken into bite-size pieces
5 tablespoons (75g) extra virgin olive oil - plus more for serving
1 medium onion - diced
6 cloves garlic - chopped
¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes - optional
4-5 medium zucchini - cubed
1 14-ounce (400g) can plum tomatoes hand crushed, see notes below
6 cups (1440g) water or stock - plus more if needed
salt and pepper - to taste
¼ cup basil - chopped
¼ cup parsley - chopped
Pecorino Romano - for serving
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This was the soup I discussed in The Sip and Feast Podcast episode 1. My Grandmother made this so many times growing up. Using zucchini makes it a bit more accessible than using the traditional cucuzza and tenerumi (the leaves and shoots). Obviously, if you grow them or can find them in the store use cucuzza (also goes by snake squash or gagootz) but I think this version is really nice too. The gram amounts are listed in the description above. As always, thanks very much for liking and sharing our videos!
As much as it pains you, thank you for still including gram amounts in the written description.
You have a podcast?!?! Cool, I'll have to find it.
Definitely doing this at the weekend... but with addition of some pancetta. Out of interest, why wouldn't you put the pasta in the soup to cook so it takes on the flavour?
@glennruss1972 I wondered the same thing.
Jim " How much herbs you gonna put in there?" " As much as I want to " Love it. 😘
HAHAHA!!! “If you cook to the exact gram, you will be a boring person forever.” I LOVE IT!
That was funny!
Actually a bit like those people who strictly stick to a recipe and have no imagination at all.
I get the feeling some people just aren't getting the message.
Me too-that was hysterical!😂
Linda here…that line was hysterical. My husband was walking by, heard that and laughed out loud. He said “Follow the recipe but don’t follow the recipe!” We both cook without recipes but use them as inspiration. This one is definitely inspiring.
One of the best things about you and your channel is NO RIGID RULES. Make it the way you like it. AWESOME.
As the Italian women of my childhood would demonstrate when I asked them for a recipe, holding up a handful of ingredients, "this much". They had made those old recipes so many times, they could do it with their eyes closed and never owned a scale or a measuring cup. Their houses smelled amazing and there was always room for one more to squeeze in at their table. As a kid, I could never have imagined how much these memories would mean to me later on. Thanks for bringing back those days with this great soup!
Sounds like a lovely memory:)
I was raised by my Grandparents, both from Naples. My grandfather grew so much gagootz, we had this for supper at least once a week during the summer, along with a crusty loaf of semolina. (Yes, we ate in the downstairs basement kitchen watching Mike Douglas show at 4:30). My grandmother called it “Jumboth” which I thought she made the name up. I also thought she invented it, pretty much using any vegetable that was laying around. Years later found out it’s spelled ‘Giambotta’. Same recipe as Jim’s, except she used potatoes instead of pasta. This dish brings back many good memories. I’m going to make it following Jim’s recipe, as he never disappoints. Have a great summer everyone! God Bless!
Alternative Sicilian spelling ... cu•cu'•za ... deliziosa!
What is it with the basement kitchens? First time renting after leaving home I rented from Italians and I was first floor and had to listen to them down there cooking and arguing into the late night. WHY not cook upstairs on the second floor? When I mentioned this to friends they would laugh and say Are they Italian? but no one ever explained.
@@PhotoKazLol. I found out the answer to your question when my husband took me home to his home town in Italy. Their homes had working kitchens that were almost a mix between barn and house. All preserving and hard work was done there. When people got enough money they would install a pretty kitchen inside the house. It didn’t necessarily even get used much.
Also, it Might not have even been hooked up to the plumbing.
This recipe brought back memories of my Sicilian grandfather who grew cucuzza in his backyard in Los Angeles when I was a kid. I was the designated spaghetti breaker!
I think every Italian family had a version of this soup. Hated it as a kid, love it as an adult. Your taste tester was spot on.
Please do a taste test for olive oil.
You are definitely NOT a boring person!
Jim- in your next podcast please explain your separate "apartment kitchen". Is it next door? Is it in a "granny flat"?
I'm addicted to your vids.
The way you don't insist on EXACTLY your ingredients & techniques....love it!
Lisa in San Diego
I agree on the olive oil tasting. That would be amazing
Tara's idea of heat from peppers is a great idea. Nice summer soup.
I cannot believe that you're making this: I have this cooking on my stove as we speak! The only things I do differently is I also mix yellow squash in for color, I use fresh tomatoes instead of canned, and I don't put in pasta due to carbs. But otherwise, this was handed down from my Sicilian grandmother and has been a hit my entire life.
Kind of sounds like a different recipe😬
@@mangot589 Same recipe MY way lol
I LOVE zucchini, although it may be a while until I get any ripe, I will be ready when it is!
@@cyann410 They were $.99/lb. this week at Stop&Shop, so I grabbed a few of each color! I love them, too!
I was thinking about putting in yellow crookneck squash, becauseI love them with zucchini.
You are the first cook in the history of CZcams that nailed the percentage of salt for cooking pasta 9:25 (and I am old enough to be your father and have witnessed the entirety of the internet, Luke :-) The sea is 3.7% and above, which is much too salty. Meats and veg need about 1%, but pasta water is 1.5%. Jim, you have won my "Grosso Paisano" award for today!
My Nana and Papa had a massive garden and grew the cacuzza, along with a million other things. This soup was a staple any time we stayed over with them, or when I'd go over for lunch between twice-a-days for football in the summer (they lived about 2 mins from the high school). I had such warm memories watching this video because of that. Another thing I wanted to say; I just love that you guys are hitting your stride with the channel. The podcast, the new kitchen, Tara's deeper involvement on camera lately. Keep doing what you're doing. We're loving it!!
looks like a new house - a new pot - but still great recipes - loving this one.
I make a soup like this pretty regularly (usually ditalini is my go-to pasta in soups), and a can of cannellini is a great addition to add more protein without something like sausage whose flavor can overpower the vegetables.
I love the addition of the cannellini!
Agreed.
3:50 absolutely based
5:27 also I love your dry humor. “Weighed to the microgram” made me actually lol
I grow my own squash, zucchini, and tomatoes so I'm saving this one for later in the summer once I can harvest. I'm very tempted to add the turkey meatballs from your wedding soup recipe too since my family loves that recipe.
Mmmmm good idea
My wonderful Polish grandma's first husband was from Italy. His mom taught her how to cook Italian. She made a version of this soup in the summer but she did it half Italian and half Polish. I don't remember what she put into it but I remember loving it as a little kid which was a miracle 'cos I hated veggies at that time! I know she put in a bunch of veggies since me and my brother would demolish a couple bowls of this stuff for dinner! lol I wish she would've written down the recipe though, even my mom doesn't remember what she put into it.
Kielbasa maybe???? Not being wise......Then I thought of it and was like....THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
I love this recipe with orzo ! Thank you for bringing back lots of memories of my Nana 🥰
Do not question the man's herbage, people!! He does what he wants!!
I agree about the anchovy and more red pepper flakes. I also would add a rind of cheese to flavor the broth (you can take out the rind when ready to eat). And, maybe cook pasta in the soup?? It would thicken the broth as well. Well done!!
Aye, and I would use something easier to get in a spoon, like fusilli.
We always fo
ught over the rind used in the soup ....
I cook this all the time but use zucs and yellow squash, and use cilantro and one jalapeno and it is so good, and texas style.
My sisters family is plant based. I could eat this with them, and have no problem
Literally getting ready to make this exact recipe the instant i get off work in like 30 minutes. I'm super excited!!!
Will definitely be trying this one out this summer.
OMG!!!! I keep forgetting to tell you this: I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way you have an EASY link to print your recipes! You wouldn't believe how many CZcams cooking vids that don't even have the recipe in the description box. Drives me nuts! Or some that make you copy & paste. But your recipes just have a single 'print' option. You're first class all the way! Lisa in San Diego
I know and it makes me nuts, fortunately one can google the recipe and find other good ones that do give the recipe John from Youngstown Ohio
Plus if you Google a recipe....the amount of ads inserted every few sentences & the actual ingredients are waaaaaaaayyyyyy down at the bottom of the page! Sheesh!
@@Lisasandiego1 thanks lisa!
I have watched this video 4 times now and still laugh every time you remind us to go with the flow and enjoy the process depending on ingredients we can get, what we like, the size of our pans, the personality of our stove top and oven, etc... Until sip and feast, I was much more exact and running to the store at the last-minute when I was missing the exact ingredient. Thanks to you and ur family, cooking is now so much fun and I think the love of family and relaxed attitude makes my finished product better. I am probably imagining it...but, hey, my family and guests are always happy...so 3 cheers for sip and feast and all the nonnas out there.
My dad used to call my brother “Ga Gootzs” when my brother did something goofy. Now I know what it means! Thank you and your grandma’s soup; it looks delicious! 🙏💃🏻🥰👏
Tony Soprano called AJ the same thing .
My Nonna made this same soup with zucchini, or kohlrabi, or broccoli or cauliflower. Whatever the garden was giving, she made this soup out of it. Thanks for the great memories, and this is dinner tonight!
"I'll put in as much herbs as I want" 😂
It’s super hot here (Phoenix) and I wanted something light for dinner. Made this soup. Added in some green beans chopped in pieces. Put a couple anchovies in the olive oil. It was the PERFECT summer soup. Refreshing, green, healthy. We all ate 2 big bowls. Thanks ❤️!
Love the simplicity of the ingredients and allowing the zucchini to be the star of the soup. Will be putting this soup on the menu - thanks for sharing!
my grandma used to make this----I miss it so much----she never used recipes or measurements so a lot of her recipes died with her.... therefore I love your channel!!!!
Very cool...my mom (0 parts Italian lol) used to make a veeeery veeeery similar dish when I was a kid and she was trying to figure out what to do with all the zucchini from the garden.
From memory the only differences at all was that yes she used chicken stock, macaroni noodles and also no onions since I can't eat onions. I think she called it "cheesy zucchini soup" and I imagine she called it that since I love cheese and zucchini...looking back it was a dish you wouldn't call "cheesy" but anything with cheese in the name I'm all in for even now lol
I've literally never thought of this until watching this week's recipe thanks!
Zucchini season is Fried Zucchini Flower season!😋
I love how you two talk at the end. You give additional possibilities. Great show. Thank you again!
This is a great recipe. I make a similar soup and serve it as a side dish with simple meals and sandwiches. Warm in the cool months and chilled in the summer. I add lemon zest in the summer version, which brings a tanginess that enhances the chilled veggies.
Looks delicious. I'm always looking for a way to make lighter summer fare more interesting for my wife and sons. This looks like a winner, but I will take your advice and add italian sausage and a loaf of crusty bread. Yummmm!
It's been raining for days. I'm making this over the weekend.
This is so like the Italian vegetable soup I make every winter. I'm looking forward to doing this zucchini version soon!
As a born-and-bread Philadelphian, I cheered when you got out the Locatelli Romano cheese wedge. THAT RULES! Living in the southwest, it's not easy to get it. Had my brother FedEx me some one time because I couldn't stand not having it. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your grandmother's recipe. I can't wait to try it!
Not sure what I love more, your amazing talent at showing us great recipes or how very “real” you are! Wish everything online was a good as your videos!❤
I love that your recipes are the actual meals you’re making for your family in your kitchen. Feels so accessible and doable for ppl who don’t have a ton of time to devote to meals. Please never change ❤️
Your podcast is great!
I just made this tonight and the family loved it! Made a few additions and the flavor was fantastic.
I’m going to make this later this summer when zucchini is taking over the world. I think I’ll try cooking the pasta directly in the soup…I like having the pasta starch add its texture to soups. Love your videos.
When I was a kid, back in the early 70"s, I lived in Rome NY. I remember we had an Italian neighbor who made this dish but, it also had broccoli in it. I remember he would give some to our family and my mom LOVED it! But I hated it! Didn't like it at all. I didn't like the broccoli in it. ... But, in retrospect, I do remember that the broccoli back then had a very bitter taste, which was very unpleasant to me. And, for the record, I absolutely love the broccoli that we have today. .... Nice one Jim. Thanks for posting. 🙂
Jim you and your wife make such a good combination. I am loving it
As a new member of this group I have enjoyed ALL of your shows, can't knock the smart's of it at all. Now as a soup man myself I will make this and write ya back. Houston, TX. 🤠
I laugh out loud when you yell at us..
"It's not a fake door, it's a real door... it's a real window over there too!!" 🤣🤣
I'm Sicilian. We called it gagooz. My mother used to make a version of this when I was a kid. making it now. Thanks.
Really enjoy the presentations. Thanks!
Soups can be pretty forgiving allowing to add other things to it to make however someone prefers. I love recipes like that because I am so picky about food. I replace ingredients a lot when I cook because I’m such a PITA 😂
This soup speaks to me…can’t wait to make it! Thanks for your guidance.
Thanks Jim! Love watching and learning new ideas. This is another must try this summer 😊✌🏻
Im going to try this once my garden zucchini is ready.
Why do these videos bring me such comfort? Because of the joy this family takes in relishing the whole process. I am learning so much and have told friends and family about sip and feast❤🍅🧅🥫🥖🧀
so stoked to try all your recipes. Thank you for making cooking fun and obtainable.
My Mother was always breaking spaghetti for A lot of dishes and I`m sure she made this and we loved it.
I love zucchini when it is on the smaller size verse large and seedy. I usually make something similar but I like your recipe better. I will get a lot of use of your recipe, fresh from the garden except I don't grow cheese. I DO have it in the house most times. Thank you for sharing this.
Great summer recipe Jim.
Outstanding feedback and modification ideas Tara
I love zucchini. I will be making this. Tip for you..when your pouring liquid or other things into a pot, a bowl whatever..pour it over a spoon that's turned over. Hope you understand. It prevents splattering. Thanks!
This is by far my favorite!!soup..summer soup. The Feench have the same and it's called 'Pitso' ....with a very pronounced flavor of basil!! delicious!!!!❤
Excellent video, I learn so much from you as well from these wonderful healthy Italian dishes. Thank you for all the great information as you cook . You cook as I do, nothing really precise but to taste and to always improvise add and take away …whatever you may have at home at the time . Thanks for sharing your memories too…so cherished!!! I ‘ll be making this as soon as I get some fresh zucchini and or kuguch …have no idea how to spell it haha!!! You have a beautiful kitchen as well.
I love all the parsley and basil! I’m going to make this this weekend,looks delicious!
I remember my Italian mother in law made that soup many times but she was using tortellini for the pasta. Thx for your good work guys!
Thanks for this. Always looking for a good vegetarian meal! Much appreciated! Love watching your channel. You and I cook much the same except I’m of German background so loving adding these Italian dishes (which I love) to my repertoire!
A must make. Looks so good. Thanks for the recipe.
I love anything with zucchini!! My favorite veg during Hot weather. I think I'd make this when we have a cooling wk or a down pour rain in July!! I'd be tempted to add cannelloni beans too. Thank you for sharing this!! Memories are priceless!!
Thank you! So good more recipes like this please for us vegetable people. Thank you I have afternoon watched one after the other and huge thank you
Quote of the day: "You know what......I'm gonna put in as much herbs as I want.....That's what I'm gonna do!!!!!"
I sometimes make a summer salad with these same ingredients (minus pasta and 6 cups of liquid) and it’s so good - some kind of magic synergy going on, the sum is greater than the parts. But isn’t all Italian cooking like that? Can’t wait to try the soup.
This looks delicious and perfect for a summertime meal! I’d add maybe cannellini beans or some type of white beans to it, just out of personal preference. I love beans. But, aside from that, this soup looks so fresh. And light. And perfect for summertime!😋😋😋🙌🏼 Keep these delicious recipes coming!🤗
Made this recipe tonight and it was incredible. Easy to follow and quick, perfect for during the week - Thank you for all the great cooking shows
I was looking for a summer squash soup recipe that I could make with all my garden zucchini and crookneck squash that my husband would like. He doesn't like pureed soups and I'm avoiding dairy at the moment, and all I could find was pureed soups full of cream and cheese (which look great but not what I need right now). Then I thought, I bet Sip and Feast would have something for me! Here we are; you did not disappoint. I have homemade chicken veggie stock I will use to make this tomorrow, and I will add a diced chicken breast for extra protein, and now we have a wonderful dinner plan for tomorrow night! Thank you for coming through for me! Cheers!
I just found this video as I was strolling down to see if there was anything interesting to watch. This video kept popping up. So I watched it. I enjoyed the video and the recipe was easy to print. I am going to try this recipe for myself. I am diabetic I can have some carbs; but, not a lot. So this would be a soup for me. I am also going to subscribe to your channel. Thank You for your time and patience for reading this message. Have a nice day!
This Channel and it's offerings as inducements to REAL LIFE COOKING, ARE,.....SECOND to NONE! period. Please never let your success spoil you, and Please, KEEP the vids and recipes Flowing!!! Slurp!
Thanks for this recipe. I use it as a starting canvas. I have leftover pesto I made the other day for dinner I will add that and use the leftover Mafalda pasta as well. I have fresh zucchini.
You are the best cook you explain everything and simple. Most of I love all your recipes. God bless you.
I love this soup. Very good.
Just found your channel and absolutely love it. Everything you make is what I ate growing up. It brings back so many wonderful memories. Thank you.
Well, I made it yesterday and we all loved it! So simple,quick and flavorful!!! It’s been put in the rotation!
LOOKS AMAZING! Definitely going to make this for my hubby & going to add the sausage like you mentioned! ♥️ thank you!!
Thank you. That’s just the recipe I wanted. You heard me. ❤
Made this last night! It was fantastic! I really like this channel. It is so friendly and the conversational format just works so well! Thanks so much, Key West Rick
Looks easy to make with simple ingredients, definitely something I would make during the summer ( or otherwise).👍
I'm adding this to the menu for next week! Also, LOVE your attitude in this video, your humor was on point!! 😅
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe and I truly appreciate it!!!
Thank you! I needed a new summer soup!
Great recipe. I am definitely making this Thank you for sharing.
Good one James.....you do not think of a soup in summer except for Clam Chowder by the water.......This is a good one!!!!! Thanks for making it look easy and reassuring us we can make it as well!!!!! Good JOB!!!!!! Tara love your input...you say it honestly but just right!!!!!!
This looks fresh and delicious! I'm going to try it soon! Thank you!
Thank you! Perfect summer soup
That looks great. I think I have all ingredients in my fridge right now! Thank you.
Oh, my Goodness! That soup looks absolutely delicious!!! Tysm!!😋💖
Awesome as usual. Keep up the mellow, enjoyable vibe.
That is delicious looking and I love, love, love soup🍲got to have it! Thanks so much for sharing a family recipe, makes it even better!🥰
No plaid shirt. Shazzam!
I wonder if the lack of a plaid shirt will alter the flavor of the soup.
My mom used to make something similar with half the zucchini, no pasta, add yellow beans and Swiss chard. So very good!
Omigosh😋 cannot wait to make this as soon as my husband gets his zucchini haul. Outstanding! God Bless our Grandmother’s hands🌹(and Locatelli 🥰)
So enjoy your channel. Soup looks like it tastes amazing