Anna Gass talks new cookbook, 'Italian Snacking'

Culinary influencer Anna Goss has a new cookbook out this morning, Italian snacking sweet and savory recipes for every hour of the day bring it every hour of the day these bites are perfect for any spring parties, you might be planning right now she's going to show us how to make some of them and it's always time for our unseen it's always time for us. So we're going to make 2 different kinds today, a book has 3 we're going to do the Sicilian and the collaborate okay, so we're going to start with the Sicilian we're going to get a nice falling easy sauce, okay, that's easy that's just ground beef right. I like a little pee in there that's yeah, traditional for Sicily I have a question for you is I have tried to make our unseen II with my rule my one of my best friends is a terrific cook what kind of rice am I supposed to use because apparently I didn't use the right kind that's a great question so I don't you need are made with leftover risotto traditional okay, you're going to use our so minute rice was not the call me to grace was not. So you're going to start making your collaboration okay, I'm so we have our so you're right Sicilian that you don't need that yeah. We're going to put in our mix-ins to make the savory right okay, so it's an egg it's an egg and salt some cheese and cheddar any type of cheese we're going to permit John over there. Yeah, we're in my all yep in just all we're going to be making the so once which have saffron which is why my race is on yeah, I'm going with our Borea going there and it looks like you want me to take it in yeah for the and we're going to throw the past. That's my mom's recipe wow I decide which sounds better we're going to try and vote. So I make my own breadcrumb mix so it's breadcrumbs oregano salt some Parmesan mix that up together okay, all right, our sauce is ready we have that here and we're going to start making and I have some tips for you, let's switch okay, all right, here's your thank you amazing already step away from the rice concoction no no so now we're going to put it in there okay, I love the ice cream scoop right. Yeah, I love using an ice cream, yeah, I came up with this idea becomes it's uniform and help stop. How the busy one has a little piece of cheese in it okay, see do you make a little you make a little right in the he's inside and I'm going to put some of that yummy by the way you can make sauce with this to you can do a nice pasta and then you're adding a little more a little more to close it up. Love it now my other good empty it out into your hand just like you're scooping some ice cream look at that. And you're going to get a little water okay because that helps pack the price and then you pack it up like a snowball like a snowball exactly don't throw it at anybody. I'm looking at you Robert all right and now we're going to cover them up with that breadcrumbs all right and move our way down with my hands. Now we're going to fry them up and then that's yeah we only have 45 seconds left so we're not really going to fry know what I want to show everybody what they look like because they're so beautiful on and you've got 2 different flavors right here in the Sicilian have a nice little tip on my soul a hat love that. I see that you did you know which one has each one of the other recipes in the book with that we're not going to get you into, but you can just give us one great tip which is who doesn't love a cannoli you can make you know he's at home guys. All right so we're going to fill these up you've got the recipe in the book and what you're like number one tip if you're going to try to do this on your own. You know, it's a fun project what I do kids to what I do with my feeling is I have mascarpone and ricotta in it and now let's top them, I like pistachio I like chocolate chip all right, we're going to do both. All right cheers, cheers, my. The book is so good Italian snacking it out today and you can find these recipes on our website.