MEATBALLS (POLPETTI) & SUNDAY GRAVY
Make and share this Meatballs (Polpetti) & Sunday Gravy recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Betty E. Kohler
Categories Pork
Time 3h
Yield 22 meatballs, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 24
Steps:
- Place 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in skillet over medium heat. Saute the onion and garlic in it for 3 minutes or until the onion is translucent. Set aside and allow to cool.
- In a large bowl, mix together the three meats with the bread crumbs, cheese, the cooled onion and garlic, parsley, salt and pepper and eggs.
- Shape the mixture into medium sized ovals, the size of extra large eggs. You should end up with about 22 meatballs.
- Brown he meatballs in 2 tablespoons of olive oil and proceed with the recipe for the famous Sunday gravy or simply submerge them in your favorite tomato sauce and gently simmer until tender. 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring periodically, always careful not to break the meatballs.
- When the sauce is ready, skim the excess oil from the top, adjust the seasoning and serve.
- Sunday Gravy: Place the 1/4 cups of olive oil in a very large heavy bottomed saucepot over medium heat. Saute the garlic for about 1 minute or until slightly golden.
- Add the tomato paste and fry it with the garlic for 5 minutes or until the paste is bubbling, constantly stirring so as not to burn it.
- Stir in the 12 tomato paste cans of water and allow to simmer for 20 minutes or until thick.
- Add the pureed tomatoes, the 1 1/2 tomato cans of water, the oregano, salt, basil and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil then lower the heat so that the sauce barely simmers. Place a wooden spoon under the cover to keep the pot partially opened.
- While the sauce cooks, place the remaining olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat and begin to brown the meat components evenly on all sides.
- After the sauce has been simmering over low heat for 2 hours, add the meat to it, being careful not to break the meatballs. Make sure the meat is completely covered by the sauce and continue to cook for 1 to 1 1.2 hour more hours, stirring periodically, always careful not to break the meatballs.
- When the sauce is ready, skim the excess oil from the top, adjust the seasoning and serve.
SUNDAY GRAVY WITH BEEF OR PORK BRACIOLA AND ANNA AND FRANKIE'S MEATBALLS
Provided by Food Network
Categories appetizer
Time 3h45m
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 28
Steps:
- Braciola: With meat cleaver or any heavy kitchen utensil, pound the meat slices between 2 sheets of waxed paper. Rub each piece of meat with the garlic clove. Sprinkle each slice of meat with and equal amount of cheese and parsley. Add salt and pepper, to taste.
- Roll the meat up tightly like a cigar, and tie with butcher's twine to keep meat rolled while cooking. Heat oil in a large saucepan over high heat. Add the meat rolls and fry for about 6 minutes or until evenly browned. Reserve meat for gravy.
- Meatballs: Combine beef, veal, and pork in a large bowl. Add eggs, cheese, parsley, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste. Using your hands, blend ingredients. Add bread crumbs to mixture. Slowly add water, 1 cup at a time, until mixture is moist.
- Shape meat mixture into balls, approximately 2 1/2 to 3-inch balls.
- In a large skillet, heat oil. The oil should be very hot, but not smoking. Place the meatballs in pan, and fry in batches. When the bottom half of meatball is browned and slightly crispy, turn over and cook top half. Remove from pan and drain on paper towel.
- Sunday Gravy: In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and toss to coat with oil. Cook meat a few pieces at a time, about 5 minutes, until nicely browned on all sides. Remove meat from pan and set aside. When garlic cloves have browned, remove and discard them.
- Combine tomato paste and water and stir into oil. Stirring constantly, cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes and juice, raise heat, and bring to a boil. Using a tomato can, measure 2 cans of cold water, add to pan, and return to a boil.
- Return beef and pork to the sauce, and add salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil and allow to boil for 5 minutes. Lower heat and partially cover pan. Cook for approximately 2 hours stirring occasionally until meat is almost falling apart and sauce is thick.
- One hour before sauce is ready, add the beef or pork braciola and sausage. Add the meatballs at the same time.
- To serve: Remove meat from sauce. Serve sauce over pasta, and the meats on a separate platter.
ITALIAN SUNDAY GRAVY
Cher in Texas, Riffraff, and Bratty 1 have inspired me to post this recipe. It is a very humble dish and is usually my Sunday dinner. It is the Sunday dinner of many Italian-Americans. I know there are probably a million ways to make this dish--please give my version a try.
Provided by Richard-NYC
Categories European
Time 3h45m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Heat oil in very large Dutch oven.
- Add garlic and onions and saute until soft.
- Add tomato paste and stir to combine.
- Add crushed tomatoes and spices.
- Stir bring to boil, lower heat to low--cover and simmer.
- Meanwhile combine all meatball ingredients (except for flour and oil).
- Form into balls about 2-1/2 inches in diameter.
- Dredge meatballs in flour.
- Fry meatballs in oil in skillet a few at a time until browned on all sides (not necessary to cook through they will cook in the sauce) Add fried meatballs from skillet directly to simmering sauce.
- Stir and bring sauce back to a simmer.
- Cover.
- Place sausage in pot and cover with water.
- Bring to a boil and boil about 5 minutes to remove some of the fat.
- Brown boiled sausage in skillet.
- Place browned sausage in simmering sauce.
- Bring sauce back to simmer---cover and continue simmering for 2 hours over low heat---stir occassioanlly.
- Remove meatballs and sausage from pot and place on serving dish.
- Toss sauce with cooked pasta--You will have enough sauce to coat two pounds of cooked pasta.
- This freezes very well!
DAVID RUGGERIO'S MEATBALLS (POLPETTI) & SUNDAY GRAVY
Categories Quick & Easy Tomato Dinner
Number Of Ingredients 24
Steps:
- Meatballs:
- Place 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in skillet over medium heat, saute the onion and garlic for 3 minutes or until the onion is translucent. Set aside and allow to cool.
- In a large bowl, mix together the three meats with the bread crumbs, cheese, the cooled onion and garlic, parsley, salt and pepper and eggs.
- Shape the mixture into medium sized ovals, the size of extra large eggs. You should end up with about 22 meatballs.
- Brown the meatballs in 2 tablespoons of olive oil and proceed with the recipe for the famous Sunday gravy. (Alternatively, pre-heat oven to 400° , place meatballs on baking sheet, bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown)
- Sunday Gravy:
- Place the 1/4 cup of olive oil in a very large, heavy bottomed saucepot over medium heat. Saute the garlic for about 1 minute or until slightly golden.
- Add the tomato paste and fry it with the garlic for 5 minutes or until the paste is bubbling, constantly stirring so as not to burn it.
- Stir in the 12 tomato paste cans of water (9-cups) and allow to simmer for 20 minutes or until thick.
- Add the pureed tomatoes, the 1 ½ whole tomato cans of water (6 ½ cups), the oregano, salt, basil and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil then lower the heat so that the sauce barely simmers. Place a wooden spoon under the cover to keep the pot partially opened.
- While the sauce cooks, place the remaining olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat and begin to brown the meat components evenly on all sides.
- After the sauce has been simmering over low heat for 2 hours, add the meat to it, being careful not to break the meatballs. Make sure the meat is completely covered by the sauce and continue to cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hour more hours, stirring periodically, always careful not to break the meatballs.
POLPETTE DI MAMMA
When you think of Italian food, spaghetti with meatballs is probably one of the first dishes that comes to mind. Every Italian mother and grandmother has their signature polpette (meatball) recipe, and their children will always boast that their meatballs are the best. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h30m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- In a small saucepan, combine olive oil, basil leaves and garlic over very low heat until mixture is very fragrant and garlic turns golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Strain mixture, discarding basil and garlic; set oil aside., In a Dutch oven, combine crushed tomatoes, water, tomato paste, salt, chopped basil, pepper and reserved olive oil. Bring to a boil; remove ½ cup and set aside. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, while preparing polpette., Meanwhile, to make polpette, in a large bowl, combine all polpette ingredients and reserved 1/2 cup tomato mixture. Gently mix until combined (mixture will be loose). With wet hands, roll 1/4 cup mixture into balls. Place on a baking sheet or plate. Add raw meatballs to simmering sauce, gently shaking pan to allow for more space. Bring to a simmer; cook, covered, at least 45 minutes or up to 2 hours.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 453 calories, Fat 27g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 110mg cholesterol, Sodium 2352mg sodium, Carbohydrate 31g carbohydrate (13g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 26g protein.
SOPRANO'S SUNDAY GRAVY (SPAGHETTI SAUCE)
Badda-bing badda-boom. Its a thing of beauty. This recipe is not a fast one, its an all afternoon dinner; But it is definitely worth it. From The Soprano Family Cookbook
Provided by Lightly Toasted
Categories Sauces
Time 2h15m
Yield 8 cups
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- To make the sauce, heat the oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat.
- Pat the pork dry and put the pieces in the pot.
- Cook turning occasionally, for about 15 minutes or until nicely browned on all sides.
- Transfer pork to a plate.
- Brown the veal in the same way and add it to the plate.
- Place the sausages in the pot and brown on all sides.
- Set the sausages aside with the pork.
- Drain off most of the fat from the pot.
- Add the garlic and cook for about 2 minutes or until golden.
- Remove and discard the garlic.
- Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute.
- With a food mill (I use a Braun hand blender) puree the tomatoes, with their juice into the pot.
- Or for a chunkier sauce, just chop up the tomatoes and add them.
- Add the water; and salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the pork, veal, sausages, and basil and bring the sauce to a simmer.
- Partially cover the pot and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 2 hours.
- If the sauce becomes too thick, add a little more water.
- Meanwhile, make the meatballs: Combine all the ingredients except the oil in a large bowl.
- Mix together thoroughly.
- Rinse your hands with cool water and lightly shape the mixture into 2 inch balls.
- Heat the oil in a large heavy skillet.
- Add the meatballs and brown them well on all sides.
- They will finish cooking in the sauce.
- Transfer the meatballs to a plate.
- 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.
- To serve, remove the meats from the sauce and set aside.
- Toss the cooked pasta with the sauce.
- Sprinkle with cheese.
- Serve the meats as a second course, or reserve them for another day.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 798.5, Fat 39.1, SaturatedFat 12.9, Cholesterol 169.4, Sodium 1276.4, Carbohydrate 63.9, Fiber 6.2, Sugar 11.4, Protein 47.1
SUNDAY GRAVY WITH SAUSAGES AND MEATBALLS
Make and share this Sunday Gravy With Sausages and Meatballs recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ratherbeswimmin
Categories Meatballs
Time 2h30m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Make the meatballs: In a large mixing bowl, combine beef, bread, and milk.
- Add the cheese, basil, parsley, egg, and salt.
- Mix gently but thoroughly.
- Form into small meatballs, no more than 1 1/2 inches in diameter; set aside (can cover and refrigerate while you are making the sauce).
- Heat olive oil in a heavy-bottomed stockpot.
- Add pork chops and sausages and brown on all sides.
- Transfer pork chops to a plate to make room for the onions.
- Toss the onions into the pot with the garlic, fennel seeds, and salt.
- Saute over medium heat stirring frequently and scraping up any bits left behind by the pork and sausages, until the onions are soft and golden.
- Put the pork chops back in the pot with any juices on the plate.
- Add the tomatoes, 4 1/2 cups water, and tomato paste.
- Drop in a few cheese rinds or ends if you have any.
- Cover the pot, bring to a boil; decrease the heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Gently drop in the meatballs, 1 at a time, shaking the pot a bit to encourage them to nestle in with the pork and sausage and to make room for the addition of more meatballs.
- After all the meatballs have been added, continue to simmer, covered, for 1 hour longer, or until the pork chops are very tender.
- To finish the gravy, transfer the pork chops to a cutting board.
- Remove and discard the bones, chop up the meat, and return it to the sauce.
- Keep warm over low heat while you cook the pasta.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Generously salt the water and drop in the spaghetti.
- Cook, stirring often, until al dente; drain pasta.
- To serve--start with a large, heated deep platter or pasta bowl.
- Cover the bottom with a ladleful of gravy and a good sprinkling of Pecorino Romano.
- Top with half the pasta.
- Add more gravy and cheese, the remaining pasta, and another layer of gravy and cheese.
- Serve immediately with more grated cheese.
- Pass the meatballs, sausage, pork, and additional gravy in a bowl at the table.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 730, Fat 31, SaturatedFat 9.9, Cholesterol 131.3, Sodium 1175, Carbohydrate 61.2, Fiber 4.5, Sugar 8.1, Protein 50.6
SUNDAY GRAVY (REAL ITALIAN SPAGHETTI SAUCE)AND MEATBALLS
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
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.
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