This pork-chop recipe from a famed Italian restaurant is 'magical' because it's so easy to make, according to 'Somebody Feed Phil' host Phil Rosenthal
- TV host Phil Rosenthal shared his favorite recipe from his cookbook, "Somebody Feed Phil."
- While he loves them all, he told Insider his No. 1 pick is a fried pork chop from Venice, Italy.
Phil Rosenthal, author and the host of Netflix's "Somebody Feed Phil," has traveled the world exploring and eating his way through some of the most foodie-friendly cities.
In an interview with Insider surrounding his appearance at the South Beach Food and Wine Festival, Rosenthal shared his favorite recipe from "Somebody Feed Phil," his aptly-named cookbook published in October. The book features recipes from chefs around the world that have appeared on Rosenthal's show.
"There's no bigger fan than me," Rosenthal told Insider of good food. And out of the 60 recipes in his book — all of which he said were the most-requested among viewers of the show's first four seasons — his favorite is a simple pork chop.
"It's my favorite because it's maybe the simplest one, so even I could do it," Rosenthal said. "And it's kind of magical in that it's so easy to do."
"It has this unbelievably complex and delicious flavor," he continued. "It's so popular, there's a line out the door for this place in Venice. And when you make it at home, it kind of transports you right there."
The recipe comes from chef Ernesto Ballarin of Vini da Arturo in Venice, Italy.
"When I opened this restaurant in 1968, people said I was crazy in Venice to have only meat, no fish," Ballarin said in a quote that accompanies the recipe in Rosenthal's book. "This is one of our most popular dishes."
The restaurant's walls are lined with photographs of celebrities who have visited, including Leonardo DiCaprio and Barbra Streisand.
Although it's a relatively easy recipe, Ballarin warns home cooks that they "need to pound the pork chop very thin" for it to turn out the way it does in his restaurant.
See da Arturo's recipe for Braciola all'Arturo below.
Excerpted from "Somebody Feed Phil the Book: Untold Stories, Behind-the-Scenes Photos, and Favorite Recipes: A Cookbook." Copyright © 2022 By Phil Rosenthal and Jenn Garbee. Photography Copyright © 2022 By Richard Rosenthal and Ed Anderson. Reproduced By Permission of Simon Element, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster. All Rights Reserved.