Helen's pasta faggioli

Pasta and macaroni Italian cuisine

This is a recipe that was given to me by my next door neighbor. many years ago. She was an elderly Italian woman named Helen who always knocked on my door to feed me and my young son when life was tough for us. When I asked Helen for her delicious pasta faggioli recipe that she always sent over, she just gave me the ingredients with no measures! It was a pinch of this and a little of that just like my grandmother's recipes. So I had to figure out the taste of the dish for myself. Over the years, I have made this dish dozens of times adding and subtracting the amounts of the ingredients. I finally arrived at a recipe that works for my taste buds. I like to add a bit up red pepper flakes to spice it up a bit at the end. When my son, who is now an adult, get together and reminisce about Helen, her Pasta Faggioli dish is always the star in our conversation!

Oct. 1, 2021, 11:49 a.m.