- "La famiglia, (cheerful Italian music)
"I can't help it, every time I sit down
"to write this intro to my Italian Family Cookbook,
"two things keep popping into my head:
"that cheesy Olive Garden commercial
"when ya hear ya family,
"and what I said about Caroline Manzo
"when she insulted my meatballs
"on The Rachael Ray Show.
"Caroline's is as Italian as the Olive Garden."
(Ilan laughs)
I'm Ilan Hall. (upbeat synthesizer music)
I'm here to make a very special recipe
from a very special woman.
(upbeat synthesizer music)
So recently, Teresa Giudice
served a fourteen-month prison stint?
Was that it, 14, something like that?
She was in prison for 14 months.
- You are (beeping) engaged 19 times?
You (beep) stupid bitch!
(beep) around at the party! (platters clattering)
- And her husband is actually in the clink now.
- What do you think you'll miss the most
of not having your husband at home?
- Him being so handy around the house,
and like- - And that's it?
- Let's pray for the Giudices,
and let's hope that, you know, I can cheer them up
by making this beautiful meatball recipe.
They're called Joe's Juicy Meatballs
because Teresa's nickname for Joe
is Juicy Joe. (playful music)
So I think they should be called Juicy Joe's Meatballs,
or just Joe's Balls.
But you know what?
Teresa's been heralded for her incredible cooking,
and I have a feeling this recipe's
not gonna be that bad.
"You need to get a pound of ground round."
Beef, ground beef.
Half a cup of dry, Italian seasoned breadcrumbs.
Half a cup of milk, preferably 2%.
Third of a cup plus one tablespoon
freshly grated Pecorino Romano.
So far, everything seems fine,
and I'm getting a little nervous
this is gonna be delicious.
That's exactly a third of a cup plus one tablespoon.
One large egg beaten.
Now I'm beating this (fork tapping)
very gently with a fork, but I'm sure if Joe was making it,
he'd be just punching it with his (beep) fists.
Three tablespoons chopped parsley.
Garlic cloves, minced.
(fist thumps)
(crashing sound effects)
(beep) you! (fist thumps)
That's how I learned how to mince garlic in New Jersey.
So, let's get in.
(fast-paced Italian music)
How long is Joe in jail for?
Three years?
In a perfect world, I would kill these for a little bit
to get them nice and hard.
Just by watching Real Housewives,
nothing to do with cooking,
I feel like I learned how to cook
at least spaghetti.
I mean, there's so much reference to Italian food
that I just, it's just learning a language.
You're just, if you're around it,
it just happens.
I used to watch Real Housewives
'cause my wife loved it, loves it,
but I don't anymore
because I can, you know,
just never forgive Jill Zarin.
Bethenny was your best friend.
So, we're gonna go
in the oven. (jazzy music)
(pan clatters)
Oh my goodness, they're ready!
(jazzy music)
That's amazing.
So, let's make some delicious
Snappy Red Sauce.
Oh, it's page 22, I gotta go back.
Put the oil in a large saucepan,
add the onion.
We're gonna let these
get nice and translucent, (pan sizzling)
and the next thing I need to add: tomatoes.
So I gotta let this go for five minutes, that's it.
It's the quickest pasta sauce I've ever seen.
(shuffling pan)
You can hear that scraping,
that means they're ready
to go in the sauce.
(jazzy music)
One the meatballs are in,
we're gonna cover it and let them simmer
for thirty minutes.
(jazzy music) (pan lid clicks)
And they're ready!
Look at these.
They've been going for thirty minutes.
They should've soaked up all that beautiful juice.
(Ilan slurping) (jazzy music)
They're not bad,
not bad.
They're good!
When I first came in, you know,
I didn't have a lot of faith in these meatballs,
but I'd like to say
that since making them, since trying them,
since really getting into them,
I think that
Joe Giudice should be acquitted.
Free Giudice!
(jazzy music)
These are Joe's Juicy Meatballs.
If you wanna see another recipe that I've done here
that probably tastes about as good as this,
click right here.
Donald Trump met Ivana Trump
on a mountain top in Czechoslovakia,
because they were both children.
He was hungry, and he didn't have anywhere to go,
and he didn't know what to do.
He was stuck on the slope.
(loud music chord)