101 Year Old Makes Taccu con lo zí

If you’ve ever watched Pasta Grannies on YouTube, this Nonna will definitely inspire.

Rosina, who has the energy of someone in her 70’s will amaze you with her vibrancy and agility as she heads to her backyard garden to pick fresh herbs to make this recipe, Taccu con lo zí, a pasta soup from the Grottomare region of Marche. Rosina explains when the wet pasta hits the oil it makes a “zi” sound, hence the name. The recipe calls for good quality guanciale or pancetta along with flour, eggs, olive oil, onions and a little salt dissolved in water.

Check out the video on how to make Taccu con lo zí.

Jan Halvarson

Jan founded Poppytalk in 2005 while a student at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (now ECU) to catalogue inspiration from typography to interior design. Since then she’s collaborated with Target (creating a limited edition glamping collection), a wallpaper collection with Milton & King, as well has written as a contributor at Wired, Martha Stewart and Huffington Post.