Everyone loves Italian: spaghetti, lasagna, pizza....but that's not all. Have you ever heard of SUPPLì? I bet you haven't. You won't see it on restaurant menus. It's a Roman specialty, a classic street food, something you grab whenever you are hungry. Today we'll visit one of the best supplì shop in Rome, Pizzeria Re di Roma. You'll see hard working Italians making "fast but good food" everyday with love....just fantastic.
I'm sure after seeing this video you'll be booking a flight to Rome!! Enjoy Rome with Humi.
Address: RE DI ROMA PIZZA(LA CASA DEL SUPPLI) Piazza dei Re di Roma 20

ps I do have the permission to use the image of the lovely couple who happened to be eating in front of the shop, no worries.

IN THIS VIDEO:
What are supplìs? Where does the name come from?
How are they made?
What Italians mean by "fast food".
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Everybody loves Italian but have you ever heard of Supplì?

If you haven't tried them yet you've got another reason to visit Rome

They're fried rice bowls. A Roman specialty

sounds simple but believe me, not easy to make.

Once I've tried, it took me more than 4 hours and in 10 minutes they were gone.Never again!

Today I'll take you to the very best supplì
shop of the city.

Here we are, Re di Roma Pizza

better known as the house of supplì, offering Romans fast but good food since 1979. Here it says the name supplì comes from the word "surprise"

During 1800s soldiers of Napoleon occupied Rome and guess what, they got to know these Roman specialties with a little "surprise" the mozzarella inside. Hence "surprise" in French "surprise"= supplì

It's 6: 30 in the morning

but I'm really excited today because I get to see the backstage of this fantastic place

So here he is: Mr. Supplì, Stefano

He's been working here for 20 years which means I've been enjoying HIS supplìs all this time

First of all we need to prepare il ragu, the meat sauce 4 kilos of minced beef carrots celery onions 
mushrooms are already cooking. Smells delicious After 3 hours or so he adds tomato cans broth salt and rice

Once cooked he pours the rice in these to cool it down

then he starts making these little rugby balls. 800 of them every day.

We're only halfway here now we need to fry them

Frying goes all day long as people come in and out asking for supplìs throughout the day Some even for breakfast! Anytime is supplì time I guess.

So let's move on to frying them

He soaks the balls in the batter made of flour and water then into the super fine breadcrumbs This is where Stefano shows his expertise

He's saying he's going slow to make us see

Peanut oil is used to fry them. The crust is so thin and light it's not greasy at all

Ready to go!

He also prepares the arancinis which are of Sicilian tradition.



These are with gorgonzola cheese, radicchio that is red italian chicory, porcini mushrooms and red wine.

Sounds fabulous

These are cacio e pepe, cheese with tons of black pepper. Nice!

and these with peas, mushrooms, porcini, saffron with the mozzarella inside

So apart from supplì we have 3 kinds of arancinis to distinguish them he makes them in different shapes

Using only one hand! Bravissimo Stefano

cone shape, oval and a ball.

Now which is which? Do you see the differences?

They have varieties of stuff from fresh fried donuts to all sorts of pizzas veggies lasagnas steaming roasted chickens. freshly homemade every single day

but obviously their fame is due to these: the super supplìs

The best in town

Go ahead have a bite! you wish you could right?? You gotta come try them

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