Lasagna at Caffe Dante
Greenwich Village, New York
Best Lasagna in Town
Author: Daniel Bellino
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Ode to Sunday Sauce
“ODE To THE GRAVY”
The rituals of cooking, serving, and eating Sunday Sauce is a time honored one. It
is a quite a beautiful thing, same as making a Mole in Mexico, or Cassoulet
in France. They are all wonderful things of beauty that delight mans every sensory perception; sight, smell, taste, and feel. First, you probably smell the “Sauce’s” heady aroma wafting through the air. The smell is so intoxicating,
is a quite a beautiful thing, same as making a Mole in Mexico, or Cassoulet
in France. They are all wonderful things of beauty that delight mans every sensory perception; sight, smell, taste, and feel. First, you probably smell the “Sauce’s” heady aroma wafting through the air. The smell is so intoxicating,
it gets your juices flowing immediately.
Once you smell it, you want it, and can’t wait to sink you teeth into it.
Second you will see it in all its gloriousness. You will then eat, whereupon you taste
and feel and experience one of Italian-America’s greatest pleasures, the Sunday Sauce Italian Gravy. A Sunday Sauce (Gravy) takes time and effort to make. It is made and served with Love.
All these great dishes bring together friends and family, and for Italian-Americans, Sunday Sauce is King of all dishes.
If you utter the term Sunday Sauce to any number of millions of Italian-Americans, they will immediately start salivating at the simple mention of its name. The wheels start turning in their heads, with thoughts of how tasty it is, with its various components; the Meatballs, Sausages, Braciole, maybe Ribs, Beef Neck, or Pig Skin Braciole, as well as the Pasta, and the Gravy itself. They think aboutsitting at the table with friends, family, people they love. They’ll ponder the Antipasti, wondering what it might be; mixed Salumi, Baked Clams, Grilled Calamari? And with the meal, there will surely be Wine. Italian Wine, which might be a good Chianti or perhaps Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. With Uncle Frank and Uncle Tony, the wine was usually Carlo Rossi Paisano or Gallo Hearty Burgundy, two solid Italian-American Winemakers.
When thinking of a Sunday Sauce, you’ll think about the warmth in the air, of loved ones, Sinatra, Dino, and the Sunday Sauce itself. “It’s a beautiful thing!” If you’ve never done it, “Try it!” If you haven’t cooked one for some time, plan a get-together with friends and family, soon. Sunday Sauce, It brings people together, in a most delightful way. And as the Big Boys would say, “It’s a Beautiful Thing.”
Excerpt From Sunday Sauce in Daniel Bellino-Zwicke ‘s
SUNDAY SAUCE “When Italian-Americans Cook”
On Broadway Fifth Press
Learn How to Make Sunday Sauce Italian GravyClick Here !
SECRET RECIPES
Favorite Italian Dishes
byDaniel Bellino-Zwicke
SEGRETO ITALIANO … Secret Italian Recipes
OK, so you love Italian Food, “Yes?” Who doesn’t? You may not know how to cook, or maybe you do and want to add some Great Recipes to your repertoire. You may feel It’s high time you learned how to make an awesome Italian Pasta Sauce, “Hey, everyone should know at least one, 2, 3 or more!” But, what kind; Tomato, Marinara, Bolognese? Or maybe you already have a number of recipes, but do you have recipes for; Clemenza’s Godfather Sunday Sauce or Danny Bolognese’s Ragu Bolognese? No, we didn’t think so! How about Gino’s Top-Secret Salsa Segrete from the beloved old New York Red-Sauce Joint “Gino’s of Capri?” Well, now is the time for you to delve into SEGRETO ITALIANO and find rare and Secret Recipes. Learn how to make Italian-America’s favorite dishes, dishes like; Lucia’s Jersey Braciole, Uncle Pete’s Baked Rabbit, Jersey Shore Crab Sauce, Sunday Sauce Italian Gravy, or Serio Maccioni’s original recipe of the World Famous Pasta Primavera.
Segreto Italiano is a celebration of Italian Food and Italian-America and is filled with countless recipes and wonderful stories of Italian Food and culture, like only Daniel Bellino “Z” can tell. Delight in Daniel’s wonderful storytelling and savor the recipes, the wonderfully delicious dishes of Segreto Italiano. Mangia Bene Tutti!
SEGRETO ITALIANO – Secret Italian Recipes
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SUNDAY SAUCE – When Italian Americans Cook
Mommy’s Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed Peppers alla Lucia
As I walked out of my apartment in Greenwich Village, something hit me. It was an unmistakeable smell … A smell and aromas that instantly brought me back to my youth and my mother cooking the dish. Yes I know that smell quite well and can easily identify. The smell? Why Stuffed Peppers of course! As the peppers roast, stuffed most likely with ground beed mixed with rice (to strecth-out the beef), garlic and grated Parmiggiano Reggiano with tomato sauce. Yes the smell is quite wonderful and when I remember as my mother cooked the dish often. Stuffed Peppers along with; Meatballs, Stuffed Artichokes, Meatlaof, Eggplant, Braciole, and Stuffed Shells were one of the main-stays of my mothers Italian roots repetoire. A dish I always loved, but releived as I walked out my door the other day, a dish, just like Stuffed Shells and Chicken Cacctiatore that are hardly ever eat these days. I pondered why, and decided there was no good reason and I have to remedy this little delema, and soon.
I haven’t had the dish in quite some time, and decided I must have it soon. I went to the supermarket and got all the ingredients,; the Green Bell Peppers, ground beef, a can of San Marzano Tomatoes, and rice. I bought the Grated Parmiggiano at Raffetto’s around the block and I was all set to go.
First things first, so I put the rice on to cook. I got a little tomato sauce going with garlic, olive oil, Pepperoncino, and the San Marzano’s, I chopped the Italian Parsely, onions, and Garlic for the stuffing, and got things ready.
I got 6 peppers that I would cut the tops off, then pull out the core inside.
So the rice had finished cooking and cooled down, and it was time to put in a mixing bowl with the ground beef, garlic, chopped onions, grated cheese, and parsley. Season with salt and Black Pepper, throw in one egg and mix with my hands till everything was well mixed, just they mommy did. The stuffing was ready to stuff into the peppers. Fill all the peppers with the beef mixture, top them with their tops, pot some tomato sauce in the casserole dish, place the peppers in there, and throw them in the oven. In a little more than an hour they’d be done.
I pot on some Sinatra and Louie Prima, cracked open a “Nice Bottle of Chianti,” as Anthony Hopkins would say, and waited for the Peppers to cook.
Now I was making my own again, and I’m sure some of the neighbors were jealous as I was the other day, smelling those tasty Stuffed Peppers one of my neighbors was making, but none would I have. Not that day anyway, but now, and time for others to be wanting and not me. I’m sorry I can’t feed everyone. Now anyone who knows me, knows that I love to cook and feed others. My friends, family, whoever, and this often do, of which many will attest to.
Well noone is coming today. I’m gonna eat a couple of these suckers today, and the rest I’ll leave in the frig and have 3 or 4 more meals of these babies during the week, Stuffed Peppers, Chianti, and Sinatra, “yes life is good at times,” times like these ….
Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
LUCIA’S STUFFED PEPPERS
in
Daniel Bellino’s
SUNDAY SAUCE
When Italian-AMericans Cook
New York Italian
PATSY’S
“FRANK SINATRA ‘S FAVORITE”
West 56th Street
NEW YORK, NY
Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner
“MANGIA BENE”
RAO’S
East Harlem, New York
New York’s Toughest Table
Cause “Frankie No” Says “NO” !!!!
JOHN’S PIZZERIA
Bleecker Street
Greenwich Village
NEW YORK
FAICCO’S
Manhattan’s Best Pork Store
Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village
GABAGOOL !!!!
PIZZA
NEW YORK & AMERICA’S
BEST PIZZA
DiFar Pizza
Avenue J , Brooklyn, NY
The MAESTRO of PIZZA
Mr. Dom DeMarco
BAR PITTI
The # 1 Best Italian Trattoria
in NEW YORK
Greenwich Village
and
“CELEBRITY CENTRAL”
CARBONE
Formely Rocco’s Restorante
For More Than 70 Years
In Greewnich Village
Now New York’s Hottest New Restaurant
NEW YORK’S BEST SUNDAY SAUCE
“GRAVY”
Recipes & Stories In SUNDAY SAUCE
by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
Ingredients
For
SUNDAY SAUCE alla BELLINO
THE BELLINO FAMILY
1939
Philipo, Lucia, Tony, Josephina
Philipo & Josephina Bellino Were Both Born
In “Lecarra Freddi” SICILY
The Same Town as The SINATRA FAMILY
and CHARLES “LUCKY” LUCCIANO
BAR PITTI
NEW YORK’S # 1 BEST TRATTORIA
and
“CELEBRITY CENTRAL”
Greenwich Village, New York
A MEATBALL PARM SANDWICH
Read About Meatball Parm Mondays
in
Daniel Bellino-Zwicke ‘s
SUNDAY SAUCE
“When Italian-Americans Cook”
GINO’S
In Memeory of GINO’S
One of NY’S GREATEST
One of NY’S GREATEST
ITALIAN RESTAURANTS
EVER !!!!
CLEMENZA (Richard Castellano)
SHOWS MICHAEL (Al Pacino)
HOW To MAKE
SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA
VESUVIO
Prince Street
Soho, New York
photo Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
NEWPORT STEAKS
Chianti, Barolo, Brunello
and
Newport Steaks
in
Greewnich Village
New York
La TAVOLA
Is
NEW YORK ITALIAN
CAFFE DANTE
NEW YORK’S BEST ESPRESSO
Greenwich Village New York
photo Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
Ingredients
The NEGRONI
Cocktail
at
Daniel Bellino’s House
photo Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
FLORENCE ITALIAN MEAT MARKET
Creators of The NEWPORT STEAK
GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK
Newport Steaks
From Florence Prime Meat Market
Greenwich Village
SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS
Recipe In SUNDAY SAUCE
CAFFE REGGIO
GREENWICH VILLAGE
NEW YORK
photo Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
NEW YORK ITALIAN
GREENWICH VILLAGE RESIDENT
MARIO BATALI
For The WORLD’S BEST ITALIAN
SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY
Click Above !!!
For SUNDAY SAUCE
“GRAVY”
Italian Cookbook Author
Greenwich Village Native
Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
Making SAUCE
In Greenwich Village
Sirio Maccioni
Founder of Le Cirrque
and
Creator of “PASTA PRIMAVERA”
Recipe in SUNDAY SAUCE
SINATRA
“JUST BECAUSE”
MULBERRY STREET
LITTLE ITALY
New York
How to Make Italian Sunday Gravy
CLEMENZA TEACHES MICHAEL
How To Make SUNDAY SAUCE
“GRAVY”
Richard Castellano & Al Pacino
In
Francis Ford Coppola ‘s THE GODFATHER
Watch Author Daniel Bellino Making SUNDAY SAUCE
DANIEL Buys His SAUSAGES, BRACIOLE,
GROUND MEATS, TOMATOES,
and OLIVE OIL at FAICCO’S PORK STORE
On BLEECKER STREET
In GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK
THE INGREDIENST For THE “GRAVY
aka
aka
SUNDAY SAUCE
BROWNING The BRACOLE
SIMMERING
The “SAUCE”
“WHEN COOKING”
“DON’T FORGET To PLAY SINATRA”
And During DINNER
“MANGIA BENE” !!!
Spaghetti Sauce alla Sinatra
FRANK SINATRA
SUNDAY GRAVY alla SINATRA
As a boy and young man, Dolly Sinatra would often make Frankie Spaghetti & Meatballs, which Frank loved all his life, from his Mom and at his favorite restaurant “Patsy’s” on West 56th
Street in New York.
Street in New York.
Frank also liked Maccheroni with Sausage & Meatballs , otherwise known as Sunday Sauce or simply “Gravy” with Sausage & Meatballs.
MAKING SUNDAY GRAVY alla SINATRA
To make “Sunday Gravy alla Sinatra,” simply make the above recipe for Spaghetti
& Meatballs. Cook and brown 1 ½ pounds of Italian Sweet Sausages, and after
you have completed step # 5 in previous recipe, add the browned Sausages and
continue cooking and following the above recipe. After you have simmered the
tomatoes and sausages for 1 – 1/4 hours, you will brown the meatballs and add
to “Sauce.” Continue cooking another 35 minutes, on the lowest simmer, and
“Voila,” you’ll end up with Sunday Sauce Gravy alla Sinatra, “Just the way
Frank liked it!”
& Meatballs. Cook and brown 1 ½ pounds of Italian Sweet Sausages, and after
you have completed step # 5 in previous recipe, add the browned Sausages and
continue cooking and following the above recipe. After you have simmered the
tomatoes and sausages for 1 – 1/4 hours, you will brown the meatballs and add
to “Sauce.” Continue cooking another 35 minutes, on the lowest simmer, and
“Voila,” you’ll end up with Sunday Sauce Gravy alla Sinatra, “Just the way
Frank liked it!”
PS .. For the most authentic version of the way Frank ate Sunday Sauce Gravy, use Ronzoni brand Spaghetti or Rigatoni pasta, and don’t forget to have some Frank Sinatra records playing as you make the Meatballs & Gravy and when you are eating as well. And it is definitely to have Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and Jerry Vale playing as well, but Sinatra is a must. Bon Appetito!
EXCERPTED From SUNDAY SAUCE by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
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Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner
MANGIA BENE !
.
RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN GRANDMOTHER
Author Daniel Bellino and Frank Sinatra’s Families are both
from the Town of LECARA FRIDDI in SICILY
.
SICILIAN RICE BALLS
Recipe in Grandma Bellino’s Italian Cookbook
Just Like FRANK & DANIEL Had
.
New York Italian 