{"id":16781,"date":"2024-12-05T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laragazzacolmattarello.com\/pasta-e-ceci-pasta-with-chickpeas-roman-style\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:38:17","slug":"pasta-e-ceci-pasta-with-chickpeas-roman-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laragazzacolmattarello.com\/en\/pasta-e-ceci-pasta-with-chickpeas-roman-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasta e ceci (pasta with chickpeas) Roman style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pasta e ceci<\/strong>, a humble dish but one full of history, holds a special place in Roman cuisine and in my heart. My obsession with this recipe began after watching one of the best Italian films of all time: I Soliti Ignoti<\/em> (Big Deal on Madonna Street) by Mario Monicelli.<\/p>\n

I won’t give you the link to the moment this typical Roman stew made with pasta and chickpeas appears, because it would be a huge spoiler and, if you haven’t seen it, I don’t know what you are waiting for. I assure you that even the choice of such an apparently secondary detail as the meal these small-time thieves end up sharing is an 11 out of 10, in relation to the setting and the soul of the story, set in Rome in the late 50s.<\/p>\n

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One Dish, A Thousand Variants<\/h3>\n

With Roman-style Pasta e Ceci, which around here is not pronounced “pastaetxetxi” but “pastesheshi,” it is a bit like paella. Everyone prepares it their own way, even those who use exactly the same ingredients. Likewise, everyone fiercely defends the way it is prepared in their home as the most authentic.<\/p>\n

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Aldo Fabrizi and the Authentic Recipe<\/h3>\n

When I was a millimeter away from resigning myself and accepting that I would never find the recipe that enjoyed the same kind of character as the one in the movie, I found the mecca: Aldo Fabrizi’s pasta e ceci recipe. I find it extremely difficult to explain what this man represented for so many Romans, apart from the brief description of a great actor, poet, comedian, director, and anything else they threw at him.<\/p>\n

The same goes for his sister, the no less famous Elena, also an actress and great cook, whom everyone affectionately called Sora Lella and who actually had a small role in I Soliti Ignoti<\/em>. To be clear, they were those symbolic characters of an era, of a personality and popular mentality, authentically “romanesco,” of which the lineage has already been lost.<\/p>\n

Who better than one of those who distilled the very essence that was breathed in the Rome of I Soliti Ignoti<\/em> to help us discover the true pasta e ceci?<\/p>\n

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Watch the video with all the steps<\/h3>\n
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Below you can watch the video with all the steps to prepare the recipe in the easiest way.
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