0:00:02 > 0:00:03Take it! Take it!
0:00:03 > 0:00:05'I am Antonio Carluccio.'
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Mm, they're wonderful.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09'Food is my life.'
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is almost a religious act.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Oh, yeah. Yeah.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Hallelujah!
0:00:15 > 0:00:19What I'm cooking, so good.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22'And I am Gennaro Contaldo.'
0:00:22 > 0:00:24I just can't believe it!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28'I, too, am devoted to food.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31'For years, I was Antonio's assistant.'
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Just a minute.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Do you want to cook it?
0:00:35 > 0:00:38- No, no, no, but it's holding the lump there. - 'Now, he's my best friend.'
0:00:38 > 0:00:42MUSIC: Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) (The Drinking Song) from La Traviata
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Argh!
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Italia!
0:00:46 > 0:00:50'It has been nearly 50 years since we lived in Italy.'
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Beautiful!
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Wow! Argh!
0:00:54 > 0:00:56'And we have come back to see
0:00:56 > 0:00:59'if we still have a taste for the old country.'
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Wonderful.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04The freshest butter ever.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Come on, boy! Come on!
0:01:07 > 0:01:08Yeah! Come on!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10'We are on our way to Rome...'
0:01:10 > 0:01:14'..where Italian boys go to become a man.'
0:01:14 > 0:01:16When they grow up, the best car...
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Would be a Ferrari.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18..would be a Ferrari.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22'So, what is life for Italian men these days?'
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Gennaro, you lose there.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Buon appetito!
0:01:25 > 0:01:29'And do they enjoy the same simple pleasures we did
0:01:29 > 0:01:30'when we were young?'
0:01:30 > 0:01:33He has five wives.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35With this.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38And it makes everyone happy.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39There! There is one.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- Where?- There, go there.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43'We are on a voyage of discovery.'
0:01:46 > 0:01:49'But with Gennaro on board, the whole thing could be a disaster.'
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Don't look at me.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55'But don't worry...'
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Ah!
0:01:56 > 0:02:00'It will be fantastic, just as long as there is plenty to eat.'
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Lovely!
0:02:18 > 0:02:21We are travelling through the region called Lazio,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24on our way to the capital, Roma.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31We are on a journey to find out what it means to be Italian men today.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Very nice, huh? I like it.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Lazio is fertile and rugged, and living here is tough.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50In the old days, men liked fast cars and fancy women.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53But they kept their wives under lock and key.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Is it still the same today?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Do you think there will be much action here in the winter time?
0:03:02 > 0:03:06I don't know, but I believe, because this is a very small village...
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Yeah?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09..here, the woman is still woman...
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Yeah?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13..and the man has to be the man, because otherwise how can you do it?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15So you mean a man has to be a man?
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Yeah.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Like me?- Well...
0:03:19 > 0:03:21What do you mean?!
0:03:21 > 0:03:22It's just fantastic.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Wonderful scenery. Look at the view!
0:03:26 > 0:03:31This is Vallinfreda, home of the Scanziani family.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35They have been farming sheep in these parts for over 100 years.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Buongiorno.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Mama is in the kitchen.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46And Alessandro, the eldest son, is out in the valley,
0:03:46 > 0:03:49tending the family herds.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52Oh!
0:03:54 > 0:03:56< Oh!
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Oh!
0:04:03 > 0:04:07I wanted to know if Alessandro was like the tough farmers
0:04:07 > 0:04:10I remember from when I was young.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38I like to have him as bodyguard. Would be fantastic.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43I remember men in my family who were "Uomini duri" -
0:04:43 > 0:04:45hard men like Alessandro.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49When they come home they were "servito e riverito" -
0:04:49 > 0:04:51served and revered.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Every morning at five o'clock, she gets up because Alessandro
0:04:55 > 0:04:59goes very early to work, at five o'clock, to make him the coffee.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01That's unbelievable.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05SHE SPEAKS ITALIAN
0:05:09 > 0:05:13He comes in and if she would like to sleep a little bit longer,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17says, "My goodness, you are still in bed. Where's my coffee?"
0:05:17 > 0:05:19That's quite something.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Alessandro expects lunch, a large lunch,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27to be on the table at one, without fail.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31HE SPEAKS ITALIAN
0:05:31 > 0:05:36To be sure this happens, the women must work together.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39His sister, Marcia,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42his wife, Sonia,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45and, of course, Mama.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50And no-one can eat until Alessandro gives the signal.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Buon appetito!
0:05:53 > 0:05:57It's a fortifying lunch for a hardworking man.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Cured meats,
0:05:59 > 0:06:04home-produced Pecorino Romano cheese...
0:06:07 > 0:06:11..and Mama's homemade fettuccine.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08Incidentally, I just heard that the mother never comes to the table.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Only for the dessert, because she has to serve in the kitchen,
0:07:12 > 0:07:13she has to prepare.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16How is it? The pasta?
0:07:16 > 0:07:20'May I say, it almost feels like the good old days,
0:07:20 > 0:07:23'when everyone knew where they stood.'
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Salute, Alessandro.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30'A man could be a man and a woman could be a woman.'
0:07:32 > 0:07:33In Lazio, they have a saying,
0:07:33 > 0:07:37"Uomo di pancia, uomo di sostanza."
0:07:40 > 0:07:43"The man with a belly is a man of substance."
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Bloody hell!
0:07:52 > 0:07:55My God, look at the size of them men!
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Here, in Vallinfreda, is the super-size models
0:08:00 > 0:08:02that pull the crowds.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Yeah, but did you see the other one?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08He has the biggest stomach, I think.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Every year, Alessandro and his friends host a competition
0:08:13 > 0:08:17to see which of them can gain the most weight in an hour.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21It's a badge of honour, and it's time to get weighed.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Ah, mamma mia! Whoa!
0:08:26 > 0:08:28170 kilos!
0:08:28 > 0:08:3070 kilo!
0:08:30 > 0:08:33'Alessandro is the heavyweight champion,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36'but last year's victory cost him a trip to the hospital...
0:08:38 > 0:08:40'..with chronic stomach pains.'
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Wow! Look!
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Oh! Oh, my god!
0:08:50 > 0:08:52My goodness.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Cominciare!- Buon appetito!
0:09:04 > 0:09:08So, this is only the antipasto, so to say.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Another one.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15I never thought that a man can eat so much.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19I find it disgusting. Just like feeding animals!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Alfredo wants to beat Alessandro,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30because last year he was first,
0:09:30 > 0:09:32and this year, he will be first.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38The feeling is to be strong, and it's not just...
0:09:38 > 0:09:41the sense of being greedy and... No, he is being strong.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46The women are very busy making the next load of pasta.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Seeing man eating makes them very excited.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02The cheese - to make you feel strong, also very virile.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12THEY SPEAK ITALIAN
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Strong man!
0:10:14 > 0:10:16THEY SPEAK ITALIAN
0:10:18 > 0:10:23We all need a strong man, this is what it's all about. Hey!
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Marta!
0:10:24 > 0:10:27'Now the action is really hotting up.'
0:10:30 > 0:10:35This times it's cacio e pepe - pasta with salty pecorino cheese
0:10:35 > 0:10:37and fiery pepper.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41Pecorino e pepe!
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Look at that!
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Next, the food of emperors, entrails.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58This is the entrail of a young lamb
0:10:58 > 0:11:01that hasn't eaten the grass yet,
0:11:01 > 0:11:06so the entrail is full of milk, and they braise it.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10'A feast fit for Caesar.'
0:11:14 > 0:11:19One hour and five courses later, the food has all gone.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Antonio first.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24'It's time to weigh the hefty giants of Vellinfreda.'
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Oh, Gennaro, go away from me.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29HE SPEAKS ITALIAN
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I know you. Now you put always your foot on my thing.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34I don't!
0:11:36 > 0:11:38BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP!
0:11:41 > 0:11:46'At the weigh-in, Emilio registered 165 kilos.'
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Emilio, 170 kilos!
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Five kilos more.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58'Next up, Alfredo, Alessandro's biggest rival.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00'Will he take his crown?'
0:12:02 > 0:12:04How many kilo? 133.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06THEY SPEAK ITALIAN
0:12:07 > 0:12:10'That is one stone of food.'
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Tell me, how do you feel?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Ah bene, bene!
0:12:15 > 0:12:16It's good, good!
0:12:16 > 0:12:21'All eyes are on last year's champion, Alessandro.'
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Only two kilos.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32That's four kilos less than Alfredo.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35The man mountain has been toppled.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38The winner is...
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Alfredo!
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Alfredo, come in, Alfredo. Hey!
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Viva, Alfredo! Bravo, Alfredo!
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Bravo, Alfredo!
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- Uh, the ladies, they like it. - They do love it, yes.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- They love it!- Did you see the eyes?
0:12:53 > 0:12:59- Yes.- The wife, girls, they looked... They're really very proud.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Lovely village.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- That's good. No, I really enjoyed... - Good, good memory.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- Good people, a good memory, good food.- Yeah.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18The kind of pasta the big men were eating is the kind that made
0:13:18 > 0:13:23Italian cooking famous, real food for your man.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26What are you making, Antonio?
0:13:26 > 0:13:30I want to show you how to make the Bucatini all'amatriciana.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Amatriciana is a little town near Rome
0:13:34 > 0:13:38and from there comes this very simple, but wonderful recipe.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Locals will use guanciale,
0:13:41 > 0:13:46or pig's cheek, for this delicious pasta sauce.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50But a nice pancetta or lean bacon will do just as well.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58I fry my pancetta with the onion, and then put a little bit of wine.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02We can put a little bit of wine to stop...
0:14:02 > 0:14:04and you loosen up, a little bit, the sticky stuff
0:14:04 > 0:14:08that is on the bottom, which is very good for the taste.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- It's called de-glazing.- Oh, really?
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Yeah.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Add a little pinch of salt and let it simmer.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Can I give you a little hand? Can I help you?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- Yeah, you give me only a little hand.- OK.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Not a big one.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28'Next, you chop four fresh tomatoes.'
0:14:31 > 0:14:34So, more busy than this sauce here could be, yes?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36It's fantastic.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38You prepare the sauce in advance, then you cook the pasta
0:14:38 > 0:14:41and you put the pasta with the sauce, and Bob me uncle.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- What?- Bob me uncle.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- What?- Bob me uncle!
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Usually, you say Bob your uncle, I say Bob me uncle, OK?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Yeah, all right.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56Mm. The smell, it's quite wonderful, yes.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Now I need a little bit of chilli for, uh, our Amatriciana.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01I like it hot.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06I use the seeds as well because there's the power.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07- The macho!- Yeah.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Then you want to get to the proper stuff.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Can I put in a little bit more, for me?- No, no.- To be macho!
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- No, stronger?- No, no, no, that's enough.- Just for me, go on.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Now, for this dish, Gennaro, I've got bucatini.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- You know what bucatini is?- Yeah.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- It's got a little hole right through...- In the middle.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26In the middle.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28It's just to make it lighter.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31You know, when you bite in the spaghetti, it's quite sort of hard?
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Hard, sort of, al dente?
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Here you have a little bit of softness...
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- and bucatini's very much Rome, Napoli, all of the south.- Yeah.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Now that it's boiling...we take...
0:15:44 > 0:15:45How much pasta?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Well, this is my portion.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Gennaro, we don't have very much sauce there.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- Well, just in case. - OK, just in case.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57You put the pasta like this...
0:15:57 > 0:16:01and now it cooks for about eight minutes.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07'No Italian pasta dish is complete without a salad,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10'so I have something very typical of Rome.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13'First, I must remove the outer leaves,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16'to reveal the little gems within.'
0:16:16 > 0:16:19That's called puntarelle.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21This is a plant of chicory,
0:16:21 > 0:16:25in the sense that they are little, sort of, shoots.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31Now, what I need, Gennaro, is those to be cut in very, very small strips.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33You give me always a fantastic job to do, Antonio...
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- But it's pretty obvious, you see, like this.- OK.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- And...- Ah!
0:16:38 > 0:16:39OK, so what do you do with that?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41So simple.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Here.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48OK, then, because you are so clever, do the rest.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Now, the pasta is cooked, in my opinion.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55So, I never, never, never take the pasta
0:16:55 > 0:16:59and put it under the cold water, as many people do,
0:16:59 > 0:17:03because you wash away all the goodness.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Ah, that's wonderful.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07Shaking a little bit?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Yeah, shaking, shaking, shaking... - Shaking a bit.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17'The puntarelle has a strong flavour and needs a strong dressing.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23'So, I am pounding up garlic, anchovies, olive oil
0:17:23 > 0:17:25'and a little white wine vinegar.'
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Just tell me when.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- When.- Just in case.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Yes.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35'A few freshly picked mint leaves.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39'Ah, then add it and this classic Roman salad is done.'
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Do you want more olive oil on it?
0:17:43 > 0:17:44No, it's enough!
0:17:44 > 0:17:47'There is only one way to prove it.'
0:17:48 > 0:17:50BOTH: Ahh!
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Delightful.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Fresh, nice, crunchy.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Everything you wish from a salad.
0:18:08 > 0:18:14Traditional food the Roman way, finished off with a strong pecorino.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Ahh.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27Gennaro, perfect food for bacchanalia.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29What is it, bacchanalia?
0:18:29 > 0:18:34Er, orgies, in other words, of food, of wine -
0:18:34 > 0:18:37every possible pleasure.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38The right food for us!
0:18:38 > 0:18:39It's unbelievable, Antonio.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Lovely and fresh in the puntarelle.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45This is, so... It's very macho food.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48You know, I feel very healthy, very good.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- My god, yes!- Very macho.- Very macho!
0:18:54 > 0:18:57'We are back on the road to the capital.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00'The great city of Rome.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03'But, er, before we take on the gladiators,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06'there's just time for a little man's snack.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08'It's a local speciality.'
0:19:11 > 0:19:13What is it? W-w-what is it? Horse meat?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16A wonderful horse meat.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- Can I have some? - Yeah, you can. Here.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Mmm!
0:19:23 > 0:19:25It gives you enormous power.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29'Traditionally, the Italian male had two functions -
0:19:29 > 0:19:31'to eat and to make love.'
0:19:35 > 0:19:39When did your, really, manhood start, Gennaro? How old, I mean.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Well, er, I don't know, I can't remember,
0:19:43 > 0:19:47but I know I was the age of 13, 14, 15...?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Well, I can beat you there because I was 11.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54What you talking about? 11?!
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- Yeah.- Where?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Oh, that bit doesn't matter.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02'Everybody knows we Italians are the world's best lovers.'
0:20:04 > 0:20:06THEY CHATTER IN ITALIAN
0:20:07 > 0:20:11'Maybe that is because we are not afraid to taste the food of love.'
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- Let's see.- Buongiorno!
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Buongiorno...!
0:20:14 > 0:20:18'We are visiting a butcher who provides a special service
0:20:18 > 0:20:20'for his gentleman customers.'
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Cosa compra...?
0:20:22 > 0:20:26'It's more horsemeat and it's a very delicate cut!'
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Wah!
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- Gennaro?- I don't...
0:20:30 > 0:20:33He will buy slices of testicle of a horse.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Urgh!
0:20:35 > 0:20:37..proprieta afrodisiache.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Just like via, Viagra.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40GENNARO SPEAKS ITALIAN
0:20:40 > 0:20:43No, no! Un afrodisiaco naturale, non viagra!
0:20:43 > 0:20:45This a natural aphrodisiac.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49So this is testicle of a horse.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51My goodness!
0:20:51 > 0:20:53That, that's incredible.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55THEY SPEAK ITALIAN
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Ho cinque mogli.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59GENNARO SNIGGERS
0:20:59 > 0:21:01He has five, five wives!
0:21:01 > 0:21:02That's unbelievable.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04With this?
0:21:04 > 0:21:05HE SPEAKS IN ITALIAN
0:21:05 > 0:21:07GENNARO LAUGHS
0:21:07 > 0:21:09And he makes everyone happy.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11OK.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Can I have 20, please!
0:21:12 > 0:21:14GENNARO LAUGHS
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- Have a look, have a look, have a look!- Let me look, let me look.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18BOTH: Argh!
0:21:18 > 0:21:20It's a little bit painful, actually, to see that!
0:21:20 > 0:21:22It's SO big as well.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Gennaro, are you jealous?
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- Er...oh, wah! - Lovely, lovely, lovely.- Oh, G...!
0:21:28 > 0:21:31THEIR FRIEND SPEAKS IN ITALIAN
0:21:33 > 0:21:37- Oh, Gennaro, he invite us to eat... - Yeah?- ..in his house, to...
0:21:37 > 0:21:38- to taste them.- Yeah.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- Con piacere! With pleasure!- Grazie.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Wow!- Gennaro, I am really curious to see those...
0:21:47 > 0:21:49if those testicles are tasty.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Well, I wanted to see which are tasty, yeah?- Go, go, go, go, go!
0:21:53 > 0:21:55'Enyo is the same age as me,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59'and he recently married his fifth wife, Viviana.'
0:22:03 > 0:22:06I asked Viviana, which is the wife,
0:22:06 > 0:22:12if, er, eating those things, it's, erm, erm, more exciting.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I know, you asked that!
0:22:14 > 0:22:16SHE ANSWERS IN ITALIAN
0:22:19 > 0:22:24They do swimming, they do gym and, er, they make love, obviously!
0:22:25 > 0:22:29'Scaloppina is usually breaded chicken or veal,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32'but Viviana says testicles are better
0:22:32 > 0:22:35'for stirring the fires of Enyo's romantic soul.'
0:22:37 > 0:22:42Enyo told me that you become poet in eating, er, testicles.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46ENYO SPEAKS IN ITALIAN
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Wow!
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Diving into your eyes.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53ENYO SPEAKS ITALIAN
0:22:54 > 0:22:59He'd just like to, to die in the sea of love.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02'It's a testicle taster menu.'
0:23:02 > 0:23:04We can eat now?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06The scaloppina and another dish -
0:23:06 > 0:23:09testicle fried in butter and lemon juice.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Grazie. Buon appe...
0:23:10 > 0:23:13ENYO SPEAKS IN ITALIAN
0:23:16 > 0:23:20It tastes like, erm, a sweet bread.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Actually, they're very, very good.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24I do like it.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26I'm worried about the side effect.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Hmm! Hmm!
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Antonio!
0:23:31 > 0:23:34He's just hilarious.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Do you know what? I'm going to try one of these as well.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Mmm!
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- Do you know what, Antonio?- Mm-hmm? - I feel quite strong now!
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Viviana!
0:23:51 > 0:23:53THEY LAUGH
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Oh, I want to go home! I just want to go home!
0:24:00 > 0:24:03That was an experience.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- What an experience.- Yes.
0:24:05 > 0:24:11'So it seems like a traditional Italian lover, il grande amatore...
0:24:14 > 0:24:16'..is alive and well here in Lazio.'
0:24:19 > 0:24:21MUSIC AND CROWD CHEERING
0:24:23 > 0:24:26'But just 30 kilometres up the road
0:24:26 > 0:24:31'is a sight to chill the blood of any traditional Italian man.'
0:24:31 > 0:24:33MEN SINGING
0:24:35 > 0:24:39'Perhaps attitudes are changing more than we thought.'
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Oh, look at this, look at this!
0:24:42 > 0:24:45'In the town of Rocca Canterano,
0:24:45 > 0:24:49'the young people are doing something I never expected to see.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51'It never happen in our day!'
0:25:11 > 0:25:14What do you feel about all of this?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- These people are crazy. - They are crazy.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22'The men here are celebrating the feast of Saint Martin,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24'the patron saint of cornuti -
0:25:24 > 0:25:28'the men who get cheated on by their wives.'
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Excuse me, are you a cornuto?
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Cornuti?! I don't know. I-I don't think so.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40'In our day, calling some a cornuto was the ultimate insult.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42CROWD SINGING
0:25:49 > 0:25:53If your wife goes with somebody else, then I would feel...
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- I'd feel...- ..I would feel very, very, very sad about it.- Yeah.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59I would feel VERY upset.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- Pretty obvious. - Course, it will hurt.- Yes.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06- What about the other way round? They feel the hurt as well.- Well...
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Yeah, course they do!
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Have you been in the situation yourself?
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Antonio, I no, I no read, I no speak, I cannot hear you.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Yes, no, you are three apes, all together.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- Yeah, I-I no, I no understand!- Yeah.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25'Here, any man who has been unlucky in love gets his moment,
0:26:25 > 0:26:29'when he is crowned King of the Cuckolds.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34'Then get to sit in the cuckold's throne.'
0:26:34 > 0:26:35You are the cuckold of the year!
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Antonio, help!
0:26:45 > 0:26:48What a friend you are!
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Believe me, I will get you.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I'm going.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- Come on, let's go. - Be careful with your wife.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12'After the shock of the Festival of the Cuckolds, we need comfort food.'
0:27:14 > 0:27:18This is a pepper frittata.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20My mother used to do it quite a lot.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Look, what wonderful big, big peppers.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Gennaro, you can cut them, in, like this,
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- and then in pieces like this, please.- OK, I'll do that.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34OK, now I need a little bit of the yellow one.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36- Yellow one.- Clean it properly.- OK.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Ooh, wonderful olive oil, look at this.
0:27:41 > 0:27:48This is a relief after this festivity that we went to, Gennaro.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51THEY SING
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- But you had those.- Yeah. Yeah!
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Gennaro, could you imagine, for example, at the time,
0:28:01 > 0:28:02- your mother going with somebody else...- No.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04..what your father would have done?
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- Killed her.- Boom!
0:28:06 > 0:28:07Yeah, probably.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11In a marriage, it was allowed to kill your wife,
0:28:11 > 0:28:16divorzio all'Italiana - divorce, Italian style -
0:28:16 > 0:28:20because if the wife was caught going with somebody else,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- he would kill her and it was fine. - Mm-hmm.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- It's enough for you? - Yeah, all right.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31So they have to, now, cook until they start to caramelise the edges,
0:28:31 > 0:28:35- it mean that they are cooked, before I do the omelette.- Yeah.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40Meanwhile, Gennaro, would you be so kind to fry the pepperoncini?
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Lovely...
0:28:42 > 0:28:44They're peppers and they are sweet,
0:28:44 > 0:28:46and you cook them whole, as they are.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49All of them.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53And they need just to be fried just a little bit on each side,
0:28:53 > 0:28:57and then you'll eat them with the seeds because they are all sweet.
0:28:57 > 0:29:04However, 1%, every 100 of those, one can be hot.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Gennaro, that's up to you to find it!
0:29:06 > 0:29:08GENNARO LAUGHS I like it hot!
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- SHOUTS: Yeah!- Agh.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15You know, when you have the, sort of, unpleasant,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18antisocial behaviour of the garlic
0:29:18 > 0:29:20is when the garlic is raw.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23So, the garlic has to be cooked to be digestible.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Put the salt.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Not too much.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Now, toss a little bit.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Yeah, they're ready, Antonio, now, yeah?
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Those, they are ready, yes. - Yeah. Right.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Wonderful.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Exactly as they should be.
0:29:41 > 0:29:47'Now I crack a dozen eggs into a bowl and beat them well.'
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Ready, Antonio?- Almost.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58Not yet, because now it comes the vinegar to give more flavour.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- White wine vinegar.- Aah!
0:30:02 > 0:30:04At this stage, it's like an agrodolce, a sweet and sour.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Yes, a sweet and sour, yes.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12This is already good as it is, as a sort of side dish with grilled meat.
0:30:13 > 0:30:18'Add the beaten eggs to the pepper fried with vinegar.'
0:30:18 > 0:30:22And when I see that it's not too moist anymore,
0:30:22 > 0:30:26then I leave it to build the lovely crust.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Can I start to try one of these, Antonio?
0:30:28 > 0:30:32Oh, yes. In fact, I would like to have one as well.
0:30:32 > 0:30:38Did you find the, the strong one? The hot one?
0:30:39 > 0:30:40CHOKING: Yes, I have.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Yes, it doesn't stick anymore.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Now we can turn it the other side.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49I don't want to toss it like that cos otherwise it can stick there.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Antonio, you can never toss that one, do you see how big it is?
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- Oops...- Yeah.- Wonderful!
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Look at this! Look at this!
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- Yeah!- Oh!
0:31:03 > 0:31:09Now, one, two, three, Gennaro, look at this, what happen here...
0:31:09 > 0:31:10Op!
0:31:11 > 0:31:13There we are.
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Slice now.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19Well done.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24And I suppose this is a wonderful vegetarian meal.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Perfect!- Oh!
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Let's have a look. Stand there.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43SINGING: Da, de, de, de, de, de, de, de, de, de, de...
0:31:43 > 0:31:44La festa dei cornuti.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48All this gaming and stupid thing, we go to Rome. Come on.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Let's go.
0:31:53 > 0:31:59MUSIC: Theme from "La Dolce Vita" by Nino Rota
0:31:59 > 0:32:01'Mighty Rome!
0:32:01 > 0:32:03'Where boys become men
0:32:03 > 0:32:07'and every building is a monument to manly power.'
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Come on, boy! Yeah!
0:32:14 > 0:32:17'Power of the Caesars.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19'The power of the Popes.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21'And of course, the gladiators.'
0:32:23 > 0:32:27Oh, my god! That is the Coliseum.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Don't overtake me, don't stand there!
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Prego. Prego.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37'For Roman combat, these days, you got to take to the streets.'
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Come on, come on, move up, move up. Pull up.
0:32:40 > 0:32:46'If you can't be a macho driver in Rome, where can you be one?'
0:32:46 > 0:32:49GENARO SINGS: Volare!
0:32:51 > 0:32:52Hey-he!
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Finally!
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Where the hell have you been?
0:32:56 > 0:32:59That Vespa looks like a ripe cherry.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02You look very well on red.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03- Antonio.- Yes?
0:33:03 > 0:33:07That is colour... is the Ferrari colour.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09It is a Ferrari colour, yes.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10When it's grown up, that Vespa...
0:33:10 > 0:33:12- Will be a Ferrari. - ..will be a Ferrari.
0:33:14 > 0:33:19'In ancient times, Romans showed off their wealth with lavish banquets.
0:33:19 > 0:33:20'They never served the same thing twice.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27'When Italians come here, they don't do the sights, they come to eat.'
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Andiamo, andiamo, oh...
0:33:30 > 0:33:33'And Volpetti is the right place to start.'
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Antonio, the smell!
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Gennaro, this is the shop of my heart.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Over the years, brothers Emilio and Claudio
0:33:48 > 0:33:51have built up a rich hoard of gastronomic treasures.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57- E' ubriacato...- Aspetta, aspetta, aspetta.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01- Drunken in wine.- Bonarda wine.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05E' come un gesto sacerdotale.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08This is almost a religious act.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Hmm!
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Agh... Bellissimo!
0:34:15 > 0:34:18He is a showman as well.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21'Formaggio di fossa, a cheese matured in Earth.'
0:34:21 > 0:34:25- That's fantastic. It looks fantastic.- I know.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28BOTH: Hmmm!
0:34:29 > 0:34:32'And now for some caciocavallo.'
0:34:32 > 0:34:34It's from Sicily and has a secret ingredient.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38- What is inside here?- Cosa c'e dentro? - What is inside here?
0:34:38 > 0:34:43- Burro? No.- He said, inside is a surprise.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Oh! Aah!
0:34:46 > 0:34:52'What can be more delicious than cheese infused with lime?'
0:34:52 > 0:34:56- Another communion. - Un altra communione!
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Fantastic.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02'Rome was not built in a day.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06'Neither was the reputation of the typical Italian male.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15'But these days, there are those who would undo the work of centuries.'
0:35:17 > 0:35:21- Man.- Man.- Housewife.- Housewife.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26'The association of Italian househusbands would like to
0:35:26 > 0:35:28'see all men do women's work.'
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Apparently, they do all the services that the woman used to do in the home.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34So they can do my shirt and your shirt.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37- You cook as well?- I cook.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Ah, you cook! That's good. Are you sweeping?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Yeah? Washing?
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Washing.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47For me, it's something that, uh...
0:35:47 > 0:35:51I always felt I'm an Italian, I can be anywhere around the world,
0:35:51 > 0:35:53but I'm a man, I always wanted to be a macho...
0:36:04 > 0:36:07A little bit macho remain, because working me
0:36:07 > 0:36:10and working my wife, we have more time to make love.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15Aah! This is what I love.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17I think I will start to do that as well.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Antonio, I can't imagine, when I left Italy, you know,
0:36:21 > 0:36:25to wear an apron, for a man, or just having a broom...
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- No, for me... - ..inside the house, was a taboo.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30I myself, I got plenty time to make love,
0:36:30 > 0:36:33so I don't have to sweep the floor.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Let's go, come on. Let's go to eat.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38I was thinking I want to be a macho man.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- Il colore del vino. - I wanna be a strong man.- Yeah!
0:36:41 > 0:36:44I wanna be yeah! Go, Gennaro!
0:36:47 > 0:36:51But maybe the old-fashioned idea of the macho man is on the way out,
0:36:51 > 0:36:56and not every man is lucky enough to have a woman
0:36:56 > 0:36:57to run around after him.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Divorce is up by 70%.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07That's one marriage terminated every 33 minutes.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Buonasera, tutti!
0:37:09 > 0:37:12'These men are learning to look after themselves
0:37:12 > 0:37:15'for the first time in their lives.'
0:37:15 > 0:37:19So I had to redefine completely my figure, uh, as a man,
0:37:19 > 0:37:23as a person, as an Italian, as a father.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Yes, he is divorced as well.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35TV Chef Fabio Campoli is teaching fellow divorcees
0:37:35 > 0:37:38of the Daddy's Pride Movement some fairly basic recipes.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Giorgio has to learn to cut, to chop like this.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Forza, Giorgio! Giorgio!
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Bravo, Giorgio! Yeah!
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Gentlemen, I would like to tell you one thing,
0:37:57 > 0:38:00I have been divorced three times.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02ALL: Oh!
0:38:02 > 0:38:06To avoid what you do now, I learned cooking before I was married!
0:38:08 > 0:38:12'But what these guys really want is to be able to cook for their kids,
0:38:12 > 0:38:16'when they get them on their weekly visits.'
0:38:16 > 0:38:20And now you have to, uh, sort of prepare food for those children?
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Yeah, uh, especially for my first, uh, daughter.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Every week you see your daughter or...?
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Uh, around twice or three times a week.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- So you cook her something and, uh, you try to actually be...- Yeah.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33- ..like it is one big family.- Yeah.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35And you, how many children? Quanti bambini hai?
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- One.- One?- Yes. Junior.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39- And is he spoilt?- My big love.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43That, that's wonderful to hear that, a father, this is my big love.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48And, um, a good opportunity for us to express love for our children.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52What is more interesting for me is to see that in Italy,
0:38:52 > 0:38:57what looks like the social element is going apart, is not.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59They are coming all together.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Like the food brings them together.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03That should be an example for all of the world.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Yes. I full agree with you, that, Antonio.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09'These men need help, so I am showing them my favourite artichoke dish,
0:39:09 > 0:39:13'so they can make themselves very popular with Junior.'
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Flour.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Pastellina... Another little bit.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Without Gennaro, what could I do without Gennaro?
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Emilio, where are you? Dove sei, Emilio, vieni.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Guarda anche te.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32So, this is the, uh,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35message to every man that doesn't know what to do,
0:39:35 > 0:39:37take an artichoke, cut it in slices,
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- clean it, already put the salt, Gennaro.- Thank you.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44And, uh, put a little egg, a little flour in oil,
0:39:44 > 0:39:47and you have a lovely appetiser.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53To salt the stuff here, anything that is fried actually,
0:39:53 > 0:39:58you put the salt in the batter first, so that the batter gives the flavour,
0:39:58 > 0:40:01and you don't add the salt afterwards, destroying the entire crispiness.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04ALL: Ah...!
0:40:04 > 0:40:08Ragazzi, guardate che cosa!
0:40:08 > 0:40:10That's fantastic.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Mm.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16Mm! Mm, mm, mm.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Some of them, they have been abandoned by their wives,
0:40:19 > 0:40:21some, they abandoned their wife,
0:40:21 > 0:40:23but the result is that they have children,
0:40:23 > 0:40:27and those children, probably they love their papa,
0:40:27 > 0:40:30and they want something for them, a sense of love, that's all.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34In my opinion, everybody that produces food, produces love.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Simone, do you think you can cook this simple dish?
0:40:38 > 0:40:40- Well, I think so, yeah.- It's easy.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I will try, as I tell, as I told you, I will try to get
0:40:43 > 0:40:46artichokes tomorrow, and maybe I will try to do it.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48And what you gonna call them? Antonio Artichokes?
0:40:48 > 0:40:52- I will call them "Papa Artichokes." - Papa Artichoke!
0:40:54 > 0:40:58'Male fellowship is a good thing, and we were glad to be part of it.'
0:41:00 > 0:41:01Beautiful.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05- Wow!- Argh! Look at this!
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- Fantastico!- Fantastic!
0:41:07 > 0:41:09'But what happened to the Caesars,
0:41:09 > 0:41:13'the men of power, the men that made Rome great?
0:41:13 > 0:41:16'Would they join a support group?'
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Maybe we find the powerful man here.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27My god, do you see the body?
0:41:27 > 0:41:30What a...what a man!
0:41:32 > 0:41:38'The new kind of Roman superman is called palestrati.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41'Roughly translated it means workout man.'
0:41:41 > 0:41:46If you're able to do that, Gennaro, you win everywhere.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51'And gyms have never been more popular in Rome.'
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Gennaro, you know where you could work?
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Antonio, I'm exercising. Shut up, please, because I get too tired.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00OK.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04And this.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13He needed to do 20.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16'I can feel the exercise give me the power of a god.'
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Five! How many? Seven!
0:42:23 > 0:42:26I don't think it's doing anything for Antonio!
0:42:26 > 0:42:27Show us your body.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31- Urgh!- Ugh!
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Be careful, Gennaro, that you don't do anything else.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37That is fantastic.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Gennaro, you lose there. I am afraid you lose there.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48I change my mind.
0:42:51 > 0:42:57- Did you see him?!- I saw it. The hell with the palastrati.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02I know. I don't need exercise, Antonio, I think we need food.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08After exercise like that, we are hungry.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14But I never expected the lunch would be like this.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Celery, grapefruit and carrots.
0:43:18 > 0:43:19This is the elixir.
0:43:19 > 0:43:20And I see a raspberry on top.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22Yeah, well...
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Salute!
0:43:26 > 0:43:27Very sissy.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31I, I love it, but you know, I don't know if it gives that power.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Do you think?
0:43:33 > 0:43:36I don't know, I don't think it'd do anything.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39I'd prefer a lovely plate of spaghetti and steak.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43Huh! So much for a meal fit for palastrati!
0:43:43 > 0:43:46We are starving, we need a feast.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50If you want a true Roman feast,
0:43:50 > 0:43:54Romans will tell you Antica Pesa is the place.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Antica Pesa. Antica Pesa. We have luck here. Let's eat!
0:43:58 > 0:44:02I want also be a gladiator, with a Vespa.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05'Let's hope they have proper gladiator food here.'
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Good evening. Gennaro.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09- Simone.- Simone.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12So tell me, Simone, what is the speciality here?
0:44:12 > 0:44:15The traditional dishes of the Roman kitchen,
0:44:15 > 0:44:16Roman cuisine.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19So the real Roman kitchen?
0:44:19 > 0:44:20Yeah. Yes.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22Antonio, Roman food is fantastic.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24- I love it. - Really looking forward to it.
0:44:24 > 0:44:25It is indeed.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28And you don't tart it up, the food, the meat?
0:44:28 > 0:44:31It's still visible that it's normal food?
0:44:31 > 0:44:32Yes.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34- Not complicated or...- No.
0:44:34 > 0:44:35Ah!
0:44:40 > 0:44:44- Whatever you bring our table, we clear the table for you.- OK.
0:44:44 > 0:44:45- I can guarantee you.- OK.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51Thank goodness Chef Simone is going to answer our prayers.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Dinner at last.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56This is a little...
0:44:56 > 0:44:58a little cake with...
0:45:00 > 0:45:03'When the man say little, he wasn't joking!
0:45:03 > 0:45:06'But it does look very pretty.'
0:45:06 > 0:45:07..with basil.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Wow! Here we have something in the box.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12We got some typical products of the region.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Wonderful! This is a picnic.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17- Yeah.- Three different cheese.- Yeah.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19- Little prosciutto there.- Yeah.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22- And then what is inside that white...?- We have the porchetta.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25We have the um...
0:45:25 > 0:45:28So very typical Roman specialities?
0:45:28 > 0:45:29Yes. We have lentils.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31And what is on top?
0:45:31 > 0:45:33Is a kind of um, guanciale.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36Oh yeah, the cheek.
0:45:36 > 0:45:40'The trouble with this kind of food, it's too fussy.'
0:45:41 > 0:45:42What is it?
0:45:42 > 0:45:44This is a kind of hamburger.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47Hamburger?
0:45:47 > 0:45:51Yeah. It's homemade ketchup and it's very, very special,
0:45:51 > 0:45:53with tomato and vinegar.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55Go for it.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00'So much for our Roman banquet.'
0:46:04 > 0:46:08They follow the modern way of cooking in Italy,
0:46:08 > 0:46:10which is what I don't really much like.
0:46:10 > 0:46:15But this one, the little mini picnic for mini bears...
0:46:15 > 0:46:18HE CHUCKLES
0:46:18 > 0:46:20It's very dressy,
0:46:20 > 0:46:23but I believe it's very much a sort of playing around.
0:46:25 > 0:46:26'I couldn't believe it.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30'You never saw an emperor eating finger food.'
0:46:30 > 0:46:32It is expensive here?
0:46:32 > 0:46:34It's not cheap.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50'We are starving! Time to get cooking.
0:46:50 > 0:46:55'I'm going to make Antonio a dish fit for Julius Caesar himself.'
0:46:57 > 0:47:01A lovely brasato di manzo in vino rosso.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04Braised beef in red wine.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08For this recipe, you need one kilogram of topside.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11- So, you are the emperor. - No, no.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13Do you know, today...
0:47:13 > 0:47:16- Oh, Gennaro!- Come on.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20- Gennaro!- Come on. Oh, bless you. - Gennaro!
0:47:20 > 0:47:23First for start, you should have a nice piece of beef.
0:47:23 > 0:47:28- That's a beautiful piece of beef. - This is beautiful flavour of a beef.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31'I need to prepare a marinade
0:47:31 > 0:47:34'to make the beef tasty and tender.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37'For flavour, I'm chopping onions,
0:47:37 > 0:47:40'garlic, carrots and a stick of celery.'
0:47:40 > 0:47:42Why do you chop it so small?
0:47:42 > 0:47:46Because I want all this almost melting in the wine.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50God, I'm good!
0:47:50 > 0:47:53Again, the celery, you do exactly the same.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01'The vegetables go in a dish
0:48:01 > 0:48:03'big enough to hold the beef,
0:48:03 > 0:48:06'along with black pepper and a couple of bay leaves.'
0:48:06 > 0:48:09- So you give me a crown and now you destroy it?- Just a little bit.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11One and two.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14'I don't want the meat to fall to pieces when it's cooked...'
0:48:14 > 0:48:16- You'll do it?- Yes.
0:48:16 > 0:48:20'So I tie it up with a nice, clean piece of string.'
0:48:23 > 0:48:27Pull it, turn it around, and through one.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31Fantastic. One, two, three, four. Ah!
0:48:35 > 0:48:38And then all the meat can all stay together.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40Mm-hm. It looks beautiful, yes.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43- And then you put all inside.- Mm-hm.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46OK. Two sprigs of rosemary,
0:48:46 > 0:48:49one and two.
0:48:49 > 0:48:50Yes.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52CORK POPPING I love the noise.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56'You must leave the meat to marinade overnight
0:48:56 > 0:49:00'or at least for 12 hours, and do not use cooking wine.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03'The better the wine, the better the taste.'
0:49:07 > 0:49:11This dish is fit for a king.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14'But Antonio is hungry, he cannot wait.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18'So I'm cooking this piece without marinade.
0:49:18 > 0:49:19'It will still taste fantastic.'
0:49:19 > 0:49:23Ah, let me show my muscles.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25ANTONIO CHUCKLES
0:49:25 > 0:49:27You are really a master chef.
0:49:28 > 0:49:32'First, we fry the meat to seal the juices.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37'Then pour all the marinade in a cooking pan,
0:49:37 > 0:49:41'and when it comes to the boil, return the beef.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44'Add a little bit of salt.'
0:49:44 > 0:49:46I didn't want to put the salt in the marinade
0:49:46 > 0:49:50because the salt make the meat tough.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53So if I put in now, I can balance just right.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56Slowly, slowly, slowly. I'm going to turn it down...
0:49:59 > 0:50:02..and cook it for about two hours.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06What are we going to do for two hours?
0:50:06 > 0:50:09I wanted to peruse, actually, what this cellar is about.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15Goodness, 1950!
0:50:15 > 0:50:19- 1950?- Yeah, this one here. - Where? Which one?- This one here.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21Hold this glass.
0:50:21 > 0:50:26- So they put 'em inside the barrel.- Yeah.
0:50:26 > 0:50:27- Stick the light out.- Yeah.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30GENNARO SLURPS
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Ah!
0:50:32 > 0:50:33Ooh, that's wonderful.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37I hope that it tastes as it looks, Gennaro.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41Aw-w-w-w! You make it really...
0:50:41 > 0:50:44Now it is cooked.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46Tender, full of wine.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48Fit for a king.
0:50:50 > 0:50:53Look how soft it is, Antonio! It dissolved!
0:50:53 > 0:50:56- Tear it apart.- It is so drunk.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59Whatever you do, do it quick, because I am hungry.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Oh yes, yes, yes.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04Ah-h-h! A little bit more.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06A little bit more. Ahh.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09Just a little bit of this lovely juice, which is on top.
0:51:11 > 0:51:12Mmm. Yum, yum, yum.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15With a nice bit of slice of bread, Antonio...
0:51:15 > 0:51:17- Thank you.- ..for you, on the side.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27BOTH: Mmm.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33Gennaro.
0:51:33 > 0:51:34What?
0:51:34 > 0:51:36You are the emperor.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41- Did you think I deserve it?- Yeah.
0:51:41 > 0:51:46I am glad, Gennaro, that I find a real man in Rome.
0:51:46 > 0:51:47Ah, thank you.
0:51:51 > 0:51:55'Of course, there is real solid food available in Rome,
0:51:55 > 0:51:58'made by real solid men.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05'You just have to know where to look.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10'Ah, pizza. But this is not an average pizzeria.'
0:52:16 > 0:52:18- Please.- Thank you.
0:52:18 > 0:52:24'We are in a prison, where inmates Riccardo and Luca
0:52:24 > 0:52:27'are making pizza for the local schools and hospitals.'
0:52:27 > 0:52:28Look at this, this is...
0:52:28 > 0:52:31THEY SPEAK ITALIAN
0:52:33 > 0:52:38So, he has to pay a debt to society and that's why he's here.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41- Can we taste this pizza, Riccardo?- Yeah.- I'm starving.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49Food. Food, glorious food.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Food. Oh, my cheese is going.
0:52:51 > 0:52:55- OK, Antonio, I'll give you some here.- No, give me the piece here.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01- Mmm.- Very good.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Mmm.
0:53:03 > 0:53:04Mmm.
0:53:07 > 0:53:12- I don't know how many people outside, they can do pizza like this.- Really?
0:53:13 > 0:53:15They have done mistakes in life,
0:53:15 > 0:53:19mistakes of judgement or whatever, and that's why they're here.
0:53:19 > 0:53:24So, and they are now, they paid for it,
0:53:24 > 0:53:28and now they're prepared to, uh, to be normal again.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30That's good.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34'But I wondered if, being a traditional man,
0:53:34 > 0:53:38'Luca was worried about being released.'
0:53:38 > 0:53:41LUCA SPEAKS ITALIAN
0:53:42 > 0:53:46The world changes very quickly, so he feels that, uh,
0:53:46 > 0:53:49it will be difficult to...
0:53:49 > 0:53:50It is, yeah.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52..join the society again.
0:53:53 > 0:53:58'Luca knows all too well that the balance of power here in Rome
0:53:58 > 0:54:01'has dramatically shifted away from men.'
0:54:01 > 0:54:03- Buongiorno.- Buongiorno.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05So, tell me, who's in charge of this prison?
0:54:05 > 0:54:07It's me.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10I'll say no more, Antonio!
0:54:10 > 0:54:12Gennaro, it's an honour.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14I never, never saw something like this.
0:54:14 > 0:54:15She's the boss.
0:54:21 > 0:54:22My goodness!
0:54:36 > 0:54:38- Oh, wow!- Wow!
0:54:42 > 0:54:44Ah, did you hear what she said?
0:54:44 > 0:54:45That the Italian woman...
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Is very clever.
0:54:47 > 0:54:48..she is very clever.
0:54:52 > 0:54:53Having met a lady governor,
0:54:53 > 0:54:57it's clear to see why Rome's restaurants serve dainty portions
0:54:57 > 0:55:00and the guys are working out.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05The good news is, men here are now adapting
0:55:05 > 0:55:07to a more modern way of thinking.
0:55:08 > 0:55:12So the Italian man, after all, has changed,
0:55:12 > 0:55:15and has changed, above all, because the woman has
0:55:15 > 0:55:18many, many more liberties,
0:55:18 > 0:55:20many more possibilities,
0:55:20 > 0:55:24and chance to become what really she wants to become.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28So, in a way, we're going to get a new macho woman.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35Uh...a more assertive woman, a more powerful woman,
0:55:35 > 0:55:38but I don't think the woman can be ever macho.
0:55:38 > 0:55:44So, in a way, woman wanted the man to be a macho,
0:55:44 > 0:55:46wanted to be in charge,
0:55:46 > 0:55:48but at the back of their mind,
0:55:48 > 0:55:50they're those in charge.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52- No, I know, I know what happen. - Yeah.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54The woman want to command,
0:55:54 > 0:55:59but want the man to be a wonderful figura, commanding,
0:55:59 > 0:56:02so to be proud in front of others.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04So who is the macho, the woman or the man?
0:56:04 > 0:56:05Well...
0:56:06 > 0:56:08I don't know.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10So let's do half and half, that's all.
0:56:10 > 0:56:11Are you a macho?
0:56:11 > 0:56:12I am not.
0:56:12 > 0:56:13That's good.
0:56:16 > 0:56:17I am regular.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23'The macho Italian man is clearly a thing of the past,
0:56:23 > 0:56:26'and I think this is a good thing.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30'At the very least, with a woman at work,
0:56:30 > 0:56:33'a man can spend more time with his mates.'
0:56:34 > 0:56:37Panino con porchetta. Due, due.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Ohhh, the smell!
0:56:40 > 0:56:42Porchetta!
0:56:42 > 0:56:44You have it all on your mouth.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50Gennaro, you are a good friend.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52'And I just love him!
0:56:54 > 0:56:56'And what a time we had together.'
0:56:57 > 0:57:00Stay there! Don't move.
0:57:00 > 0:57:04This journey has brought us back to childhood...
0:57:04 > 0:57:07And I was the most happy boy in the world.
0:57:08 > 0:57:11'..and to the days of our youth.'
0:57:12 > 0:57:14White leather shoes, Gennaro.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16- And...- And white trousers.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18You were very, very stylish.
0:57:19 > 0:57:20HE BLEATS
0:57:20 > 0:57:22'We have hunted...'
0:57:22 > 0:57:24Antonio wants something to eat.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26'..and gathered...'
0:57:26 > 0:57:29- A little bit of dandelion. - Yeah.
0:57:29 > 0:57:30Oh, yes!
0:57:30 > 0:57:34'..and we have eaten lots of wonderful food.'
0:57:34 > 0:57:38BOTH: Mmmmm!
0:57:40 > 0:57:41'And, at journey's end...
0:57:44 > 0:57:48'..we have come to know what it is to be Italian men.
0:57:48 > 0:57:53'For us, it means cooking the greatest food in the world...'
0:57:53 > 0:57:56BOTH: Ahhh!
0:58:01 > 0:58:03BOTH: Mmm!
0:58:03 > 0:58:05'..with the very best of friends.'
0:58:07 > 0:58:09To this beautiful day.
0:58:09 > 0:58:10You're a friend.
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