Sunday, October 29, 2023

How to Make BIG NIGHT Timpano

 




BIG NIGHT

MAKING The TIMPANO

Stanley Tucci, Marc Anthony, and Tony Shaloub






BIG NIGHT TIMPANO

by BABISH




The TIMPANO

Also called TIMBALLO

BIG NIGHT




GREAT TIMBALLO RECIPE !!!



POSITANO THe AMALFI COAST

TRAVEL GUIDE - COOKBOOK

100 GREAT REGIONAL RECIPES

Including an EASY to MAKE TIMBALLO

aka TIMPANO










An EASIER TIMPANO

by a COUPLE ITALIAN NOONA'S

FRANCESCA & PINA





CALABRESE TIMPANO

alla FRANCESCA & PINA

CALABRIA






TIMPANO by RIE






TIMPANO by RIE






WANT to MAKE a SCILIAN TIMBALLO ?

RECIPE INSIDE



NONNA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

SICILIAN TIMALLO RECIPE

And MORE

CAPONATA - ARANCINI

SOUPS - PASTA







TIMBALLO al SICILIAN

EASY to MAKE



























Thursday, October 12, 2023

Best Italian Cookbook Christmas Gift 2023 24

 

From the Latest GOOGLE SEARCH 

"BEST NEW ITALIAN COOKBOOKS" ???

SUNDAY SAUCE is # 1






Sunday Sauce

Daniel Bellino Zwicle




New York, October 12th 2023


We searched Google today (October 12, 2023) for Best New Italian Cookbooks, and this is what came up. Number 1 at the Top of The List pf Best Italian Cookbooks is SUNDAY SAUCE by New York Italian-American author Daniel Bellino Zwicke. We have a couple more New Yorkers in the # 2 spot Best Italian Cookbooks with STATEN ITALY by Italian-American cousins Sal Basille, and Francis Garcia of Staten Island, New York.

In the # 3 spot is The Vespers Trial Italian Cookbook by Dominic Vesper and Thomas Vesper.

Two experts teach you how to "really cook" – in the kitchen and the courtroom. Follow Tom Vesper and cousin Dom in The Vespers' Trial Cookbook as they take you on a fun-filled, fact-filled, food-filled, instruction-filled journey to prove the unlikely axiom that good cooks and good trial lawyers share the same skills. All the while giving civil trial lawyers tips for success – from Dom in the kitchen and Tom in the courtroom.





The FOOD of SICILY

Fabrizia Lanza


In the 4th spot # 4 is The FOOD of SICILY by Fabrizia Lanza.

In this all-new cookbook from Fabrizia Lanza, one of the world’s greatest food cultures is distilled in 75 recipes for the home cook, plus a loving tribute to its ingredients, passions, influences, and history
 
Tucked away on an estate in the countryside south of Palermo is the Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School, a unique center dedicated to preserving and sharing the great food culture of Sicily. The spirit of the school, now run by Fabrizia Lanza, the founder’s daughter and scion of a renowned family of winemakers that goes back generations, is what makes Lanza’s The Food of Sicily such a singular cookbook—not just a collection of recipes and techniques, but a vibrant and beautifully photographed profile of the land, the people, the history, and so much more.



# 5 BEST - ITALY by INGREDIENT by Viola Buitoni and Molly DeCoudreaux

A fresh approach to Italian cuisine through its most iconic ingredients, presented by Italian-born cooking instructor Viola Buitoni.

From glossy drops of balsamic vinegar to flakes of 
parmigiano reggiano and spoonfuls of fresh ricotta to creamy grains of risotto—the ingredients of Italian cuisine are beloved staples known the world over, available in specialty stores and served in restaurants across the globe. As a native Roman raised in the Umbrian countryside, Viola Buitoni grew up with these artisanal foods, learning about how they developed from centuries-old wisdom, tight-knit communities, and sustainable production. Now a US-based cooking instructor, Buitoni’s passion is sharing the beloved flavors of her homeland with home cooks.




BEST ITALIAN COOKBOOKS



We did another search and these books popped up. 
SUNDAY SAUCE was still in there at # 1 & The Top Spot - Best Italian Cookbooks, with The Vespers Trial Cookbook Italiano Rustica , this time at # 2 instead of 3, with STATTEN ITALY by the two Italian-American cousins Sal & Frncis from Staten Island moving from 2 to the # 3 spot. Still good, and in the top 3.

On this search of BEST ITALIAN COOKBOOKS, The RAGU BOLOGNESE COOKBOOK by Daniel Bellino Zwicke popped up in the # 4 spot Best Italian Cookbooks - Google Search of BEST ITALIAN COOKBOOKS.


Well, these are all good cookbooks, and if you're doing your 2024 Christmas Shopping early or not, we'd recommend any of these fine Italian Cookbooks, escpecially Sunday Sauce at the # 1 Top Spot, will really apeal to all American home cooks, who love cooking Italian, "You can't gowrong."






Tuesday, October 10, 2023

aka The Godfather Cookbook - Recipes

 



SUNDAY SAUCE

The Unofficial GODFATHER COOKBOOK

Learn How to Make SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA

ITALIAN-AMERICAN GRAVY

PASTA - MEATBALLS and Much More




SUNDAY SAUCE

by Daniel Bellino "Z"




"Come here kid, lem-me show you something.You never know when you're gonna have to cook for 20 guys some day." Pete Clemenza says to Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather. It's one of the most famed movie scenes in history, and of great importance to Italian-Americans. Clemenza is making "Gravy" aka Sunday Sauce, the Supreme Dish of Italian-America, and the dish that brings Italian Families together each and every Sunday. Learn How to Make Clemenza's Sunday Sauce, Meatballs, Pasta Fazool, Momma DiMaggio's Gravy, Goodfellas Sauce, and all of the great favorites of The Italian American Table. 

Cook Sinatra's Spaghetti & Meatballs, Italian Wedding Soup and more, and delight in the many stories and factual information written by Italian Food & Wine Writer Daniel Bellino Zwicke. This book is filled with Joy & Love, and you will get many years of both, reading, cooking and eating the dishes in SUNDAY SAUCE "When Italian-Americans Eat".Do you Love Goodfellas, The Godfather, and Italian Food? Of course you do. Learn How to make Clemenza's Brooklyn Mob War Sauce for 20 people some day. Remember that scene in Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo classic Film Trilogy of the Corleone Family of Sicily and Brooklyn, New York. Recipes in Italian-American New York Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke's Best Selling Cookbook (2 Years Amazon Kindle) 

SUNDAY SAUCE include; Frank Sinatra Sunday Sauce, Dolly Sinatra's Spaghetti Meatballs, Joe DiMaggio 's mom's Sunday Gravy, and Charlie Scorsese making Sauce in Prison in Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS - starring; Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesce, and Ray Liotta making Veal & Peppers and Sunday Sauce. And by-the-way, Joe Pesci and Liotta are both Italians from New Jersey, so they know their stuff when it comes to Italian Food and all things Italian (Mafia speak and so-forth). 




SUNDAY SAUCE

The Unofficial GODFATHER COOKBOOK

AVAILABLE on AMAZON.com






CLEMENZA (Richard Castellano) Teaches MICHAEL (Al Pacino)

HOW to MAKE SUNDAY SAUCE






Friday, September 15, 2023

Sicilian American Pasta Cucuzza Soup Recipes

ZUPPA di CUCUZZA
 
"THATS a GAGOOTZA" !!!


RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA 

by Daniel Bellino "Z"

 
 
 
RECIPE
 
Zuppa di Cucuzza
 
Excerpted Form Daniel Bellino's
 
Grandma Bellino's Italian Cookbook
 
 
 
 
ZUPPA di CUCUZZA

    “Gagootz” !!!!


This is a soup that my mother used to make every now and then. Usually when her friend Mary Santangelo gave her a couple big Cucuzza, from their backyard garden in Garfield. My mother Lucia learned this recipe from her mother who used to make it back in Sicily, and she learned how to make it from her mother, my Great Grandmother Salemi. This dish is one of the quintessential recipes of this book, and also of both the Italian-American and Sicilian-American table as a whole, and of course of Sicilians in Sicily, especially in the years of the first 70 years of the 20th Century from around 1900 to 1970’s or so. The soup is easy to make and quite economical, feeding about 15 or 16 portions of which you can serve over a 3 - 4 day time. Cucuzza are not always available in every store, however more and more super markets are carrying them during their growing season, and you can always get them at any produce store that specializes in Italian foods.

This zuppa is a soup of course, but almost a pasta dish as well, and you can vary the amount of pasta as you like. Cooking pasta separately on the side and when you are serving it, you will use double the amount of pasta or more, with less liquid in the soup and using the soup actually as a sauce. I always do this, as there are always leftovers when making a pot of it, and serving it as a pasta is a nice welcome alternative to give one variety from the same dish. I do the same with Lentil Soup to make Pasta Lenticchie, a pasta dish. In addition, if you like, you can sauté one link of Italian Sweet or Hot Sausage, serve up the soup as either pasta or soup and add a link of sausage or two to each plate. You will love it any way you do, as do the Bellino’s and millions of other Italian’s have over the years. So make it, and enjoy, and always Mangia Bene Amici!






GAGOOTZ


 
RECIPE :

INGREDIENTS :

1 large Cucuzza ak.a. Gagootz
1 large onion, peeled and diced
6 Garlic Cloves, peeled and sliced thin
8 tablespoons Olive Oil
½ teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
1 teaspoon Sea Salt
½ tsp. Black Pepper
6 Plum Tomatoes, chopped
1 pound fresh cooked Fava Beans, or frozen Baby Lima Beans (or canned lima beans)
1 pound imported Italian Ditalini (or Ronzoni)


Cut off ends of the Cucuzza and peel it with a vegetable peeler. Cut the Cucuzza in half lengthwise. Scoop out seeds and discard. Cut into 1 ½ inch cubes.

Put olive oil and cucuzza in a large 6-quart pot. Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes, occasionally stirring with a wooden spoon. Add onion and cook for 4 minutes more.

Add garlic and cook for 3 minutes. Add red pepper, and cook for 2 minutes.

Add tomatoes and cook on high heat for 5 minutes. Add water and cook on medium-low heat for 12 minutes.

Add Fava Beans (or Lima Beans) and cook on low heat for 6 minutes.
Cook Ditalini according to directions on package. When finished cooking, drain in a colander, making sure to reserve 2 – 3 cups of water to add to soup.

Add all the pasta to the soup. Add salt 7 Black Pepper and stir.
Add water little by little to the soup until you reach the consistency that you like. The soup should be fairly thick, yet slightly watery.

Ladle soup into bowls. Drizzle a bit of olive oil over the top of each bow of soup and pass grated cheese for your guest to put in their soup.

Save any remaining soup in a closed container to enjoy anytime for lunch, dinner, or anytime in-between.




 
 

ZUPPA di CUCUZZA
 
 
Mangia Bene !!!






MINESTRA di CUCUZZA SICILIANA




GOING to SICILY ?

ANYWHERE in The WORLD ?


FLIGHTS & HOTELS

WORLDWIDE

"FLY WITH EXPEDIA"







PASTA con CUCUZZA



PASTA con CUCUZZA SICILIANA

VIDEO RECIPE









3 SICILIAN CUCUZZA Recipes

From a REAL SICILIAN


POLEPTTE (Meatballs) di CUCUZZA

CUCUZZA eb PANDELLA

CUCUZZA with TUNA






POLPETTE di CUCUZZZA

CUCUZZA MEATBALLS





HOTELS WORLDWIDE


 
 
 

 
 
 
 
ALSO by DANIEL
 
 

SUNDAY SAUCE
 
WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK


 
 
 

Sunday, August 27, 2023

Homemade Sicilian Pasta Recipe Rabbit Ragu SICILY

 



GIUSEPPA MAKES PASTA









GIUSEPPA MAKES MACCHERONI

With RABBIT RAGU - SICILIANA

In SICILY





MACCHERONI SICILIANA







The LITTLE BOY WAITS

As MOMMA GRATES The PECORINO




He EATS NONNA'S PASTA

And says, "BUONA" !

It's GOOD ! 




HOMEMADE MACCHERONI

With RABIT RAGU SICILIANA





NONNA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA

CAPONATA - ARANCINI - MACCHERONI

BRAISED RABBIT & MORE