How Traditional Italian Meatballs in Tomato Sauce are Made | Claudia Romeo
Meatballs are an iconic food in Italian cuisine, made with very simple ingredients that everybody has at home. Each ingredient is important for the texture and structure of the meatball. I visited il Polpettificio, a restaurant in Bari, Italy that serves thousands of meatballs every day to find out the most traditional way to make meatballs in Italy. Everything from what is the best cheese to use, to what sauce is best to cook them in.
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I'm Claudia, a journalist and producer reporting on food. I was born and raised in Bari, Italy, and I have been living in London, UK since 2012. I am the host and producer of Regional Eats on Insider Food and So Expensive Food on Insider Business. I enjoy learning what goes behind the scenes in the food industry, how traditional dishes are made and why certain foods are so important to countries and cultures around the world. Follow me for more food videos!
How Traditional Italian Meatballs in Tomato Sauce are Made
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Hi guys! So nice to finally be here on KZread. I hope you enjoy this video! Stay tuned, there are more coming (hint: cheese...) Let me know in the comments what else you would like to see👇
@EttinTheBreton
Жыл бұрын
OMG yes!!! I have missed all the cheese videos so much 🥰 I will watch them until you cover all the cheeses across the entire planet. And these meatballs looked incredibly good. I have been learning more about Indian food, so I would also like to see more about famous dishes from India. The recent Big Batches episodes in India are really great.
@chanperth
Жыл бұрын
So glad u have your own channel
@quanghuy28021994
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@claudia-romeo
Жыл бұрын
@@EttinTheBreton I wish I could try all the cheeses on earth! And I hope I can travel to India someday too🙏
@ElliottRodgers
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant news!
Good to finally see this recipe with just great quality pure ingredients without 10 million spices in the sauce.
The way she describes the food and asks good questions really conpletes these vids.
@claudia-romeo
Жыл бұрын
thank you!
I like that you did the interview in Italian, with sub titles.
I just LOVE hearing Italian spoken. Such a classical language
@u235u235u235
Жыл бұрын
too bad italian ppl are jerks to non-italians.
@jamiestwrt
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It really is very pleasant
@jsgr5382
Жыл бұрын
Grazie
Have been watching your videos with business insider for almost 3 years 😄😄 today youtube algorithm suggested me your own channel,,, looking forward for your amazing cheese videos
claudia it's so good to see you back on KZread!! I wish you all the best with your channel!
That looks incredible, makes me hungry just looking at that gorgeous tomato and basil sauce!
Love your videos! Always such positive vibes and great energy. Looking forward to more cheese videos (my favourite thing in the world). Italy is still my favourite country I've ever visited and can't wait to go back soon. 😀
this is a great format not just for food but also for journalism. Claudia doesn’t edit too much out, so you get some outtakes and conversational exchanges that would normally be cut out from the final version of the video. Cooking and enjoying food are both human experiences, and so these videos are definitely how they should be 🤌🏽
Tão feliz em vê-lo de volta no KZread com o seu próprio canal!! Ansioso por muitas das suas aventuras culinárias!!😍😍😍
Congratulations Claudia, very much looking forward to your food adventures.
Love the videos you produced for Insider Food, I'm so happy you have your own channel now ! Instant follow, I'm excited for all your future content ❤
What a great channel!! My mother's Father is from Sicily and her mother is Napoli. Love these videos. Thank you Claudia
Within the confines of my kitchen, I love this woman! So many food ideas, I am trying this meatball process this weekend!
I love everything Italian the food the people the cars and motorcycles, design and architecture what a great country! Hats off from Miami.
Congratulations on your own channel 🎉❤ So excited for you and wishing you the most amazing journey ahead ☺️✨
Wow I'm new here..but that looks absolutely amazing....love those meatballs...great video...can't wait to check out the rest of this channel 👌🍝
So glad to see you back in front of the camera and narrating again.
Awesome video! Thank you Claudia!
OMG, you have your own channel! I love this
Dead happy to see this channel! I loved your other work I've seen and definitely going to watch all on here. I'm in Liguria for six weeks so I will look for inspiration on this channel :)
Bellisimo !! Thanks for the video !
Congrats and loving the videos... I would love to visit Bari one day.. thank you for your videos!
Looks so good! I'm gonna make some this week!
Love this comfort food. Thank you.
What a beautiful sauce. And the fried meatballs i must try it in my kitchen
I’ve watched a lot of videos on meatballs and this recipe is really basic and the surprise was they deep fried them just a little bit to get a crust on the outside surface, that’s vary interesting trick 👍👍👍
There’s nothing better than a good meatball. ❤❤❤
I have been craving a meatball sandwich! Very timely and delicious looking!!
Yesssss! You’re on KZread 🎉
Fantastic! Want to eat some right now
I like how he took a bite but you ate the whole meatball in one
@claudia-romeo
Жыл бұрын
😂😂
These look really good!
Congratulations on your youtube channel. Much love from the Philippines.
They look delicious!!! Never thought about deep frying them..mmm
Love your videos and Italian food!
Those meatballs look so incredibly delicious. My mouth is watering.
It looks so delicious 🤤
You are a lovely person and I can’t wait to see more videos in your channel ❤
@id10t98
Жыл бұрын
30+ years ago I almost married a young lady in Switzerland and Claudia looks almost identical to her.
This lady is an expert. She know the essential of the texture of the food and combined together. Respect.
@tirsovalli5618
Жыл бұрын
I'm honestly pretty sure I've seen them do much better....
I haven’t even seen these yet and I can already tell I could eat some Every Day!
Great video, those meatballs look great! I wish there is a lot more to come soon :p
What a nice dish
Your videos from food insider are very good, you take very good effort to make it so special, keep it up.i like your cheese 🧀 videos the most .
@claudia-romeo
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! There is a cheese video coming this week🧀
As for the topics - any food topic is always great 😀 Also maybe you could share your personal food stories and experience living in Bari and Italy in general, it would be super cool. I am reading Stanley Tucci’s food memoir right now and it’s fascinating! Non-food related, but still very curious - your journey as the Food insider journalist. I am very interested to know more about that too ☺️
@claudia-romeo
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the suggestions! Hopefully one day I will also get to publish my memoir like Stanley Tucci🤞
@Olesiaro
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@@claudia-romeo you will! I have no doubts 🥰❤️🙏🏻
That sauce looks delicious
Congratulations Claudia!!
I love that I also can practice listening to italian while watching your videos. I'm rocking Duolingo
I was almost slobbering 😂omg! I'ma hungry!
Loved this! Would love the recipe for a home-sized recipe!!
Wow looks so tasty.
Love these videos
You’ve been missed Claudia ❤
This, I love. It´s the proper way to serve Italien meatballs, with a nice bread to dip in 😋😋😋
Everytime I watch your content, I am so satisfied. And hungry!
Great job Claudia
Awesome!
drooling on my keyboard. i'm going to have to try this.
Me gusta tu canal y es muy interesante como se hacen la albóndigas en Italia. Gracias por toda información y mucho apoyo de mi parte!
I'm so exited for more content thank you for joining KZread :)
Amazing cooker
Congrats claudia love your videoossss 🌺🍇
Bravissimo!
I love this videos
Inspiration!
Love your videos! With all the references to “nonna,” there should have been at least one with a quick cameo 😂
Don't know who you are. This came up in my recommended. Loved the video and subscribed. Will enjoy your future videos. Your style of presenting is very good. ❤
I could easily eat this every single week 🥰
Belissimo
very well done video
Waaaaaaaw genious
Stunning and the food looks great too. Cioa Cioa.
Thank you for the video, my Nonno if from Bari.
My grandparents all came from Italy. They learned to cook there. They passed those techniques to some of us. I've been cooking since I was 10. That's almost 40 years of cooking. That's a LOT of meatballs. One thing I learned is that there is more than one "traditional" method to cook meatballs. My Napolitano grandmother cooked them one way. My Calabrese grandmother cooked them another. Never once have I ever seen them deep fried first. Not that I'm saying it's wrong, but this "traditional" method of making them varies GREATLY from the 2 "traditional" ways my grandmothers (and by default, me) make them, particularly in Sunday sugo/ragù. But I'd love to try Federica's, they look tasty.
@seeriktus
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Wish I could have had a meatball childhood (in my family it was curries and roast lamb though!) The frying I think is to get some brown crispiness on the outside. You can't get that without raising the temperature above boiling point, as you do in frying.
@Quillons1
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@@seeriktus I'll say this. I LOVE curries and roast lamb. I didn't get that growing up because it wasn't something my grandparents were culturally attached to. About the browning of the meatballs. Typically, I fry them off in a pan with a little oil. It's not deep fried but you sear the outside of the meatballs. Another method is to brown them in the oven. This is useful when doing a lot of them but I, personally, feel they don't come out as good. They're good, just not as good as pan frying them. Frying the meatballs off (whichever technique you use) before putting them in the sauce is the better method when you want the meatballs to be the star of the show. I actually like my Calabrese grandmother's method better of putting raw meatballs directly in the sauce. I find this method makes the sauce the star of the show. I am a believer that the pasta and sauce are the more exciting part of the meal, but my family likes the better meatballs, so that's how I do it but you can try both methods and see what you prefer.
@seeriktus
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@@Quillons1 Ah I see, Perhaps you could combine the "stars" of both worlds. If you fry in shallow oil, you'll end up with some fond on the bottom of the pan. Put that in with your sauce, take it off with a little water and you'll get that delicious in the sauce. Respect for the traditional methods of course though!
insta subbbb! loved your food content!
Frying them is the way to go! we do it that was every sunday, they actually get texture and dont turn to mush
@jamesp13152
Жыл бұрын
Agree. I fry mine in a pan though, in olive oil. Never thought of deep frying, have to give that a try.😁
@BulletESV
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@@jamesp13152 Shallow frying will give the same result if you trun them at the correct time, its also good because you get testers before you put them in the sauce haha
@jamesp13152
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@@BulletESV Were you spying on me cooking? Have to give em a taste... I keep a close eye and regularly turn till brown around, they do lose some of their circular shapes, but, who cares? 😬
Nice, keep it up 😁😁
@robertfarnon6223
Жыл бұрын
Great to finally see your own channel, your program material is so informative and original. Absolutely Brilliant, Keep going.
LETSSSS GOOOOOOO!!!!
The owner took a little tiny fancy bite - Claudia ate that meatball whole. Respect.
Soooo yummy
Brilliant
didn't know untiL yesterday that you've got a yt channeL! good Luck. hope to see awesome contents from you. Pika Pika! 😁
Merci beaucoup
Authentica, that's how I would describe your vids or authenticano.
My grandmother was Irish but she learned to make " sauce" from the Italian women in her neighborhood in Brooklyn.Simmered slow on the back of the stove.
I'm thinking right now of my Mother and Grandmother.I've never had a sauce as good as theirs❤
Hello claudia. I been following you since long. I would love to see you doing pizza reviews all over Italy like Dave Portnoy does in one bite
from Australia we love porcupines m-balls with rice in mix
I was surprised she didn't add fennel, garlic or seasoning to the meat. Looks great.
Finally!
Beautiful Claudia
Greetings from America Claudia! A very enjoyable and informative video :) i would love to see a video on clam sauce, as well as making homeade pasta - since you asked. And, if you do not mind me saying so, you are quite charming and Beautiful. ☺
I love the quarter-second nod to American 'meatballs with spaghetti' right at the end. So now we know what Italians think of American food.
L'intera polpetta in un boccone! Respect!
So that's how they do it. I have never deep fried before - I will try that. They also use a much larger quantity of breadcrumbs. I would love to know the proportions of all of that. It looks like it is about 50% meat to the rest? Is that about right? I do like the idea of a meatball cafe. I am very fond of restaurants that take the route of focussing on one dish. There used to be a sausage restaurant in Little Portland Street I frequented - again, specialising on one idea allowed them to get it right.
Super
My mother always added raw meatballs and sausage to her sauce to cook. Best meatballs on the planet. RIP ma. and my grandparents were from Bari
Claudia! You are sooo pretty! I love your show!
Looks so yummy! The big bowl of cheese, is that also parmigiano or is it pecorino? Can only see that she says its parmigiano when she shreds its.
@claudia-romeo
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it's all parmigiano!