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Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy

the 19th century workers moved out of the countryside and into the city where poor and rich now live side by side. >> hidden behind this 400 year old door is a world i've never encountered - i've been invited to dinner by a real life princess. stanley. princess stefania di raffadali is one of the last surviving members of a sicilian royal family. >> nice to see you. >> princess stefania: thank you very much. i'm very happy to be here. the princess became a royal through marriage to a direct descendent of the norman conquest. this palace has been in her husband's family since the late 16th century and is preserved like a living museum. how long were you married? >> princess stefania: we married in '57. >> tucci: and when did he pass away?

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Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy

eggplants with cheese-- >> and pasta. >> princess stefania: aneletti. >> tucci: tell me about the tradition of timballo. >> princess stefania: they came from france. all the families of the aristocracy thought it was smart to have a french cook. they brought with them, for example, bechamel, that wasn't known here in italy because we had more arab cuisine. >> is this like, what? how many years? >> princess stefania: 1856. >> 1850s. i find it fascinating that even this most sicilian of dishes has origins elsewhere. >> yeah, it's a huge amount of work. you need to make it with somebody. yeah. >> this one is with rice, with bechamel, cheese and ham. >> that's very french. >> which is the best one for you? >> the eggplant. i could eat the entire thing. >> it's very funny this.

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Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy

>> princess stefania: just ten years ago. he loved this house very much. >> tucci: yeah i bet. >> princess stefania: so the only thing that i could do was to keep it and maintain it. >> tucci: well it's absolutely beautiful. >> but as thrilled as i am to meet the princess, that's not the only reason i wanted to come here. i'm on the hunt for the perfect timballo. >> tucci: look at that, so pretty. >> a baked mold of pasta or rice with rich ingredients. it's a dish i'm obsessed with. oh wow. every family has a different way of making it. >> princess stefania: yes. >> and i've heard that maria, the princess' chef, is a much sought-after authority on timballo making. >> in my family, we have our own version of this dish, and it's the centerpiece of a film i made called big night, back in the 1990s. so it's macaroni. >> maria: macaroni. >> princess stefania :

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Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy-20211125-22:25:00

conquest. this palace has been in her husband's family since the late 16th century and is preserved like a living museum. how long were you married? >> princess stefania: we married in '57. >> tucci: and when did he pass away? >> princess stefania: just ten years ago. he loved this house very much. >> tucci: yeah i bet. >> princess stefania: so the only thing that i could do was to keep it and maintain it. >> tucci: well it's absolutely beautiful. >> but as thrilled as i am to meet the princess, that's not the only reason i wanted to come here. i'm on the hunt for the perfect timballo. >> tucci: look at that, so pretty. >> a baked mold of pasta or rice with rich ingredients. it's a dish i'm obsessed with. oh wow. every family has a different way of making it. >> yes. >> and i've heard that maria, the princess' chef, is a much sought-after authority on timballo making.

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Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy-20211125-22:26:00

>> in my family, we have our own version of this dish... ...and it's the centerpiece of a film i made called big night, back in the 1990s. so it's macaroni... >> maria: macaroni... >> princess stefania: we had great fights because the old recipe was sugar but she doesn't like sweet things. >> tucci: she doesn't like it? >> she's always saying "too much sugar." maria is making three very different versions of her timballo for dinner - one with eggplant... one with rice... and this one with a pastry crust. the princess's son, bernardo,

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Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy-20211125-22:24:00

this magnificent architecture is the legacy of wealthy land owners who built grand palazzo's on the profits of their estates while their workers lived in poverty. when this system collapsed in the 19th century workers moved out of the countryside and into the city where poor and rich now live side by side. >> hidden behind this 400 year old door is a world i've never encountered - i've been invited to dinner by a real life princess. stanley. princess stefania di raffadali is one of the last surviving members of a sicilian royal family. >> nice to see you. >> princess stefania: thank you very much. i'm very happy to be here. the princess became a royal through marriage to a direct descendent of the norman

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Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy-20211125-22:27:00

and her granddaughter, alessandra are joining us for this rather formal dinner, complete with a white-gloved butler. thank you. so this is the first one, which is... >> princess stefania: eggplants with cheese... >> and pasta. >> princess stefania: aneletti. >> tucci: tell me about the tradition of timballo. >> princess stefania: they came from france. all the families of the aristocracy thought it was smart to have a french cook. they brought with them, for example, bechamel, that wasn't known here in italy because we had more arab cuisine. >> is this like, what? how many years... >> princess stefania: 1856. >> 1850s. i find it fascinating that even this most sicilian of dishes has origins elsewhere. >> yeah, it's a huge amount of work. you need to make it with somebody. yeah.

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Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy-20211031-02:27:00

thank you. so this is the first one, which is... >> princess stefania: eggplants with cheese... >> and pasta. >> princess stefania: aneletti. >> tucci: tell me about the tradition of timballo. >> princess stefania: they came from france. all the families of the aristocracy thought it was smart to have a french cook. they brought with them, for example, bechamel, that wasn't known here in italy because we had more arab cuisine. >> is this like, what? how many years... >> princess stefania: 1856. >> 1850s. i find it fascinating that even this most sicilian of dishes has origins elsewhere. >> does this remember the one your family made? >> yeah, it's a huge amount of work. you need to make it with somebody. yeah. >> this one is with rice, with bechamel, cheese and ham. >> that's very french.

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Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy-20211031-02:26:00

so it's macaroni... >> maria: macaroni... >> princess stefania: we had great fights because the old recipe was sugar but she doesn't like sweet things. >> tucci: she doesn't like it? >> she's always saying "too much sugar." maria is making three very different versions of her timballo for dinner - one with eggplant... one with rice... and this one with a pastry crust. the princess's son, bernardo, and her granddaughter, alessandra are joining us for this rather formal dinner, complete with a white-gloved butler.

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Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy-20211031-02:25:00

how long were you married? >> princess stefania: we married in '57. >> tucci: and when did he pass away? >> princess stefania: just ten years ago. he loved this house very much. >> tucci: yeah i bet. >> princess stefania: so the only thing that i could do was to keep it and maintain it. >> tucci: well it's absolutely beautiful. >> but as thrilled as i am to meet the princess, that's not the only reason i wanted to come here. i'm on the hunt for the perfect timballo. >> tucci: look at that, so pretty. >> a baked mold of pasta or rice with rich ingredients. it's a dish i'm obsessed with. oh wow. every family has a different way of making it. >> princess stefania: yes. >> and i've heard that maria, the princess' chef, is a much sought-after authority on timballo making. >> in my family, we have our own version of this dish... ...and it's the centerpiece of a film i made called big night, back in the 1990s.

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