Best Sopranos Sunday Gravy Spaghetti Sauce Recipes

SUNDAY GRAVY (REAL ITALIAN SPAGHETTI SAUCE)AND MEATBALLS

Sunday Gravy (Real Italian Spaghetti Sauce)and Meatballs image

Sauce the way mamas in ital make it--meatballs that melt in your mouth. If I was on death row this is what I would want! God's honest truth! PLEASE PLEASE use it for Recipe #73939--it's amazing.

Provided by Bri22

Categories Sauces

Time 3h10m

Yield 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

olive oil
1 lb bone in country-style spareribs or 1 lb pork neck bones
1 lb mild Italian sausage
5 garlic cloves (I use 5)
1/2 cup tomato paste, less than
3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans peeled whole tomatoes (or if you want use peeled fresh tomatoes from the garden)
salt and pepper
fresh basil leaf (you can buy it in the produce section)
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 lb ground beef
3/4 cup Italian breadcrumbs
3 eggs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup finely grated pecorino romano cheese
3 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley
salt and pepper

Steps:

SAUCE: Heat oil in large heavy pot (use a seasoned pot if you have one). Place the pork in the pot and brown until just about cooked. Transfer pork to plate. Do the same with the sausage and transfer to plate. Leave fat in pot. Add whole peeled garlic cloves cook until tender. Put garlic on plate with meat and stir in tomato paste until "saucy". Chop up tomatoes leaving the tomato juice in the cans (I use my chopper) and add them to the pot.
Then add 1/2 of one can of the juice to the pot. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the meats and garlic to the sauce and bring to a boil. Turn down to low and cook for about 1 1/2 hours. Leave the sauce on low and remove all the meat and garlic cloves.
Mix all ingredients for meatballs and shape into balls. Add to sauce turn up just a little higher than low and let cook the raw meatballs until they are done (1/2 hour) THATS IT!
Now this is an old recipe, but I have seen it in the sopranos cookbook and this is a bit different.
I used this sauce to make the ziti al forno from the sopranos cookbook (Recipe #73939) and it was the most amazing thing I have ever eaten, so I posted that too.

SOPRANO'S SUNDAY GRAVY (SPAGHETTI SAUCE) RECIPE - (3.3/5)

Soprano's Sunday Gravy (Spaghetti Sauce) Recipe - (3.3/5) image

Provided by tulawdog

Number Of Ingredients 20

Ingredients

For the Sauce
2 * 2 tablespoons olive oil
1 * 1 lb meatypork neck bones or 1 lb pork spareribs
1 * 1 lb veal stew meat or 2 veal shoulder chops
1 * 1 lb Italian sausage
4 * 4 garlic cloves
1/4 * 1/4 cup tomato paste
3 * 3 (28 ounce) cans peeled Italian tomatoes
2 * 2 cups water
6 * 6 leaves fresh basil, torn into small pieces
For the Meatballs
1 * 1 lb ground beef (or combination of beef or pork)
1/2 * 1/2 cup plain breadcrumbs
2 * 2 large eggs
1 * 1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
1/2 * 1/2 cup freshly grated romano cheese or 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
2 * 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 * 1 teaspoon salt
* pepper
2 * 2 tablespoons olive oil

Steps:

1. 1 To make the sauce, heat the oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. 2. 2 Pat the pork dry and put the pieces in the pot. 3. 3 Cook turning occasionally, for about 15 minutes or until nicely browned on all sides. 4. 4 Transfer pork to a plate. 5. 5 Brown the veal in the same way and add it to the plate. 6. 6 Place the sausages in the pot and brown on all sides. 7. 7 Set the sausages aside with the pork. 8. 8 Drain off most of the fat from the pot. 9. 9 Add the garlic and cook for about 2 minutes or until golden. 10. 10 Remove and discard the garlic. 11. 11 Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute. 12. 12 With a food mill (I use a Braun hand blender) puree the tomatoes, with their juice into the pot. 13. 13 Or for a chunkier sauce, just chop up the tomatoes and add them. 14. 14 Add the water; and salt and pepper to taste. 15. 15 Add the pork, veal, sausages, and basil and bring the sauce to a simmer. 16. 16 Partially cover the pot and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 2 hours. 17. 17 If the sauce becomes too thick, add a little more water. 18. 18 Meanwhile, make the meatballs: Combine all the ingredients except the oil in a large bowl. 19. 19 Mix together thoroughly. 20. 20 Rinse your hands with cool water and lightly shape the mixture into 2 inch balls. 21. 21 Heat the oil in a large heavy skillet. 22. 22 Add the meatballs and brown them well on all sides. 23. 23 They will finish cooking in the sauce. 24. 24 Transfer the meatballs to a plate. 25. 25 After the sauce has cooked for its two hours, add the meatballs and cook for 30 minutes or until the sauce is thick and the meats are very tender. 26. 26 To serve, remove the meats from the sauce and set aside. 27. 27 Toss the cooked pasta with the sauce. 28. 28 Sprinkle with cheese. 29. 29 Serve the meats as a second course, or reserve them for another day.