GIANT AUTHENTIC ITALIAN MEATBALL PASTA RECIPE AND MUKBANG

2020-06-30 · YouTube · Foodie Beauty · 23 min

A cooking-and-mukbang video in which the presenter makes an authentic Italian meatball and tomato gravy (Sunday gravy), bakes large meatballs, simmers them in sauce, and then eats the meatballs and a large tubular pasta while narrating and telling a creepypasta-style story inspired by Unsolved Mysteries. The recipe and on-camera eating are interleaved with memories about an Italian stepmother's recipe, ingredient measurements, tasting reactions, and a long retelling of a Drum Barracks ghost story (mentions Wilmington, California and a Lieutenant who fought in Washington).

Video guide

  1. 0:26 — Intro and craving for Italian meatballs
  2. 1:39 — Sauce (gravy) ingredients and simmering
  3. 4:25 — Meatball ingredients and forming
  4. 5:14 — Baking meatballs and plating
  5. 7:12 — Mukbang: tasting meatballs and pasta
  6. 10:00 — Creepypasta / Unsolved Mysteries: Drum Barracks story
  7. 22:50 — Wrap-up and leftover plans

People, places, food, and other named details

  • Food — Italian meatballs: Large hand-sized meatballs made from ground pork and beef, breadcrumbs, Reggiano, egg, garlic, parsley; baked then simmered in tomato gravy.
  • Cuisine — Italian: The presenter repeatedly refers to the recipe and ingredients as authentic Italian; calls the sauce 'gravy' or 'Sunday gravy'.
  • Food — tomato sauce / gravy / Sunday gravy: Sauce made from whole peeled tomatoes (product of Italy, farm boy brand), tomato paste, olive oil, onion, salt, pepper, sugar; simmered for about two hours with meatballs.
  • Food — yellow onion: One medium diced yellow onion used in the sauce.
  • Food — whole peeled tomatoes (product of Italy): 796 ml cans of whole peeled tomatoes, crushed by hand; presenter prefers San Marzano.
  • Food — tomato paste: Three ounces (half a tube) of tomato paste cooked into the oil before adding tomatoes.
  • Food — olive oil: Quarter cup of olive oil used to cook onions and tomato paste.
  • Food — breadcrumbs: Three quarters of a cup of breadcrumbs used in the meatball mixture.
  • Food — Reggiano cheese (fresh grated): Half a cup of Reggiano used in the meatballs; fresh grated Reggiano is also added to the plated pasta/meatballs.
  • Food — egg: One large egg used in the meatball mixture (may add a second if needed).
  • Food — garlic: Three cloves of garlic, pasted, used in the meatballs.
  • Food — parsley: Quarter cup minced parsley used in the meatballs.
  • Food — white sugar: Half a teaspoon of white sugar added to sauce.
  • Food — large tubular pasta (rigatoni-like): A large tube-shaped pasta used for the mukbang; presenter wasn't sure of the exact name and asks Italian viewers.

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