"Cotto" e "Mangiato", (cooked and eaten), are the past participles of the verbs "cuocere" e "mangiare" (to cook and to eat).

"Cotto e mangiato" is an Italian idiomatic expression to indicate something done at the last moment, spontaneously and quickly.

Do you need a lot of time to think about something before doing it or do you act quickly, like in the expression "cotto e mangiato"?

Cotto e Mangiato is also the title of a television program conducted by Benedetta Parodi, a famous presenter who dedicates herself to cooking and in particular to easy and simple recipes.

Watch the video below. Can you hear the following phrases?

"Buongiorno, oggi facciamo il menù calabrese." (today we are making the Calabrian menu).

"E' bello andare proprio a scovare le ricette regionali, anche riuscire a pronunciarle nella maniera giusta perché alcune sono un po' complicate" (It's nice to go and find the regional recipes, also to be able to pronounce them in the right way because some are a bit complicated).

"e trovare un po' i sapori di ogni regione d'Italia" (and find some of the flavors of every region of Italy)

"quindi oggi incominciamo con la Pitta Chicculiata. Che cos'è? E' una pizza che ha la pasta della pizza sotto, un gran sugo di pomodoro e poi un altro pezzo sopra di pizza, quindi è farcita. Buonissima...molto saporita. La faremo con Walter Nudo* tra l'altro che metteremo alla prova così come pizzaiolo..." (So today let's start with the Pitta Chicculiata. What is it? It's a pizza that has the pizza dough underneath, a lot of tomato sauce and then another piece of pizza on top, so it's stuffed. Very good ... very tasty. We will do it with Walter Nudo* we will test him as a pizza maker...)

"Poi facciamo le melanzane a bruschetta perché insomma le melanzane in Calabria sono proprio il piatto principe..." (Then let's make bruschetta with eggplants because, indeed, eggplants in Calabria are the main dish...)

*Walter Nudo is an actor