Restaurant Kid Recipes

@jessiecostantino

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mozzarella en carrozza

Why it worked

The video effectively uses a popular comfort food with a visually appealing cheese pull to engage viewers. The creator's personal connection to the dish and the clear, simple instructions make it relatable and easy to follow, encouraging viewers to try the recipe.

Summary

This video demonstrates how to make mozzarella en carrozza, a fried grilled cheese dish. The creator explains the dish's origins as a way to use stale bread and older mozzarella, and then walks through the preparation process, including dredging the sandwiches and making a simple tomato sauce.

Structure

1Introduction to "Restaurant Kid Recipes"
2Making mozzarella en carrozza
3Explaining the dish's history and simplicity
4Demonstrating the cooking process
5Plating and final presentation

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Restaurant Kid Recipes I grew up in my parents' Italian restaurant so welcome to episode 2 of Restaurant Kid Recipes where I teach you how to get restaurant style food right at home on tonight's menu we're making mozzarella en carrozza which actually was my favorite dish on my parents' menu I ask my brothers constantly why they don't put this back on the menu with the dish it's a essentially a fried grilled cheese or a mozzarella stick on steroids it's really simple to make you just start by pressing some mozzarella between two slices of bread you slice off the crust have an Italian uncrustable next you dredge the sandwiches in flour and egg and some homemade bread crumbs you wanna make sure they're pressed in so it really adheres this dish is served with a pretty simple sauce heat a pan with olive oil and you're gonna slice up some garlic and saute that with a heavy hand of red pepper flakes once fragrant you're gonna add in tomato paste and tomato passata season with salt and pepper and begin frying your sandwiches this dish is also really great if you have stale bread it was created as a poverty dish to make use of stale bread and older mozzarella growing up in a restaurant family I put a lot of emphasis on presentation I think it makes food taste better balancing that aspect with the simplicity of the dish simply just pour a little bit of sauce with some fresh basil this will always be the ultimate comfort food the written recipe is on my substack

Transcript

I grew up in my parents' Italian restaurant so welcome to episode 2 of Restaurant Kid Recipes where I teach you how to get restaurant style food right at home on tonight's menu we're making mozzarella en carrozza which actually was my favorite dish on my parents' menu I ask my brothers constantly why they don't put this back on the menu with the dish it's a essentially a fried grilled cheese or a mozzarella stick on steroids it's really simple to make you just start by pressing some mozzarella between two slices of bread you slice off the crust have an Italian uncrustable next you dredge the sandwiches in flour and egg and some homemade bread crumbs you wanna make sure they're pressed in so it really adheres this dish is served with a pretty simple sauce heat a pan with olive oil and you're gonna slice up some garlic and saute that with a heavy hand of red pepper flakes once fragrant you're gonna add in tomato paste and tomato passata season with salt and pepper and begin frying your sandwiches this dish is also really great if you have stale bread it was created as a poverty dish to make use of stale bread and older mozzarella growing up in a restaurant family I put a lot of emphasis on presentation I think it makes food taste better balancing that aspect with the simplicity of the dish simply just pour a little bit of sauce with some fresh basil this will always be the ultimate comfort food the written recipe is on my substack