Monday, September 22, 2025

Italian Red Sauce

 




"RED SAUCE"

CARBONE

"GET a FINE ART PRINT' 

From FINE ART AMERICA










SUNDAY SAUCE

"RED SAUCE"

alla CLEMENZA

Do YOU OWN SUNDAY SAUCE ?






Sunday, September 21, 2025

People Love Sunday Sauce

 



SUNDAY SAUCE

alla CLEMENZA

"WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK"

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke






"PEOPLE LOVE SUNDAY SAUCE" !!!

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke



"DON'T MISS This ONE" !!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015

My first book by this author, I quickly bought the second one-inside is many ways to
 do Sunday Sauce or as many call it around NJ her, Sunday gravy I tried one so far-it
 rocked, never tasted anything so great, spend the time to do it to the letter, enjoyed 
preparing it and cooking it and eating it, many different recipes in here to try and I 
will do just that.Besides those great recipes, the information about where the 
recipes came from made this a great read also, don't miss this one. "Love it" !!!














Author DANIEL BELLINO ZWICLE

"CAPRI"











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Sunday, September 7, 2025

Sinatra Sauce The Cookbook - Italian Recipes




FRANK SINATRA

COME FLY WITH ME



SUNDAY SAUCE and SINATRA





It's an old tradition in my family, that most Sunday the Bellino Family gathers together and we eat Sunday Sauce Italian Gravy. The whole family gets together and Grandma House, or Aunt Helen's, but mostly at Aunt Fran's House in Lodi, New Jersey. It's a wonderful all day affair, starting with a little antipasto, followed by the star of the show, Sunday Sauce. Aunt Fran or Aunt Helen usually make the Sauce (Gravy), which is the most supreme dish of all. It's a long simmered tomato sauce laden with special meat treats, that include: Sausages, Meatballs, and Braciole. We eat it with short maccheroni, usually rigatoni. "It's the Best Thing ever," we all just love it, and who wouldn't, it's so damn tasty, it is.

After the Sunday Sauce, it's on to dessert and coffee, which is a 3 or 4 hour affair, as the grownups sit around the table drinking Espresso (with Anisette) and eating all the tasty desserts that's made of a whole array of sweet treats, like: Aunt Fran's Ricotta Cookies, Cannoli, Sfogliatelle, and whatever sweets that other visitors might bring. And there's a whole lot of talking about this that and every other thing: sports, politics, gossip and what not, all as Frank Sinatra records play softly in the background. Always. Aunt Wanda loves Jerry Vale, and Dino has his turn too. Those were warm and wonderful days spent with loved ones, and sadly all of the older generation is gone, and we miss them dearly. But me, I think of them often, and especially when it comes to Sundays, eating all day long, cahtting and having fun, eating maccheroni, sausage, Meatballs, and Braciole, listening to Sinatra, and loving it all. My cousins Joe, Tony, and I keep it going. We try to organize as many get-together s as we can, always centered around food, whatever it may be: fresh fish, pasta, Steak, and our all-time favorite Sunday Sauce. And don't forget Sinatra, Francis Albert that is. Or just simply Frank. 

Basta !










SINATRA SAUCE

The COOKBOOK

COOK & EAT LIKE FRANK

His FAVORITE ITALIAN RECIPES












Frank Sinatra

The SUMMER WIND








A Pot of SUNDAY SAUCE

"GRAVY"








FRANK and FRIENDS

At JILLY'S

NEW YORK



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Monday, September 1, 2025

What is Red Sauce - Explained

 



"RED SAUCE"




What is Red Sauce? A question often asked. Well, there is no one sauce that is Red Sauce. When using the term "Red Sauce," you are talking about any one of several different Italian Sauce (Italian-American), made with Tomatoes, and mostly served on and of 100 types of different pastas (Maccheroni), but not only on Maccheroni.
Red Sauce can be a Tomato Sauce, without any meat in it, just tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, and fresh basil, and maybe oregano, or not. Then the other Sauce that falls into the category known as "Red Sauce," is what is known as Sunday Sauce, Gravy, "Gravy," or simply SAUCE. These are all Red Sauce's. These Red Sauce's that have meat in them might be made with tomatoes of course that have Sausages, Meatballs, and Braciole, and other meats according to what the person cooking it likes in his Sunday Sauce (Sunday Gravy, Gravy). For instance, my favorite way of making Sunday Sauce, is with Sausages, Meatballs, and Pork Spare Ribs slowly cooked in the sauce. But I don't always make it this way, I with it up according to my mood. Sometimes I make it with Sausages, Meatballs, & Pork Ribs, while other times I might replace the Meatballs with Chicken Thighs and make my "Sauce" with  Sausages, Ribs, & Chicken Thighs. Yes, I said "Chicken thighs which taste great, slowly cooked in the Sauce. All of these sauces mention, are Red Sauces.

When making the a Sunday Sauce, I make enough to last at least 3 days, and we get a number of meals out of the one sauce. You put the time in to make the sauce, you should make it last. It take about the same time to make a small pot of sauce as it does to make one two or three times larger. It doesn't make sense to me to make a small pot of sauce, that I will only get 1 or two meals from. I want to get a minimum of 4 meals or more out of the one pot of sauce. For example, when I make a sauce that has meatballs in it, I always want a good amount of meatballs in the sauce. We eat the Maccheroni with all the meats, the Sausages, Ribs, & Meatballs on Sunday. Monday rolls around, which is what I (Daniel Bellino Zwicke) have coined years ago, "Meatball Parm Mondays" which I wrote about in my book Sunday Sauce, way back in 2013. So, "Meatball Parm Mondays?" We Italian (Italian-American) men love our Meatball Parm Sandwiches. We make the Sunday Sauce on Sunday (sometimes Saturday), and we eat it with Maccheroni (short pasta) on Sunday. When Monday rolls around, we take the leftover Meatballs from the previous days Sunday Sauce, and we make Meatball Sandwiches for Monday's lunch or dinner, and we are happy campers. On Tuesday, whatever is left of the Sunday Sauce, we'll cook up some Maccheroni, and eat it with whatever is leftover from the sauce made on Sunday. Maybe it's just tomato sauce which is left, which we dress the Maccheroni with. Maybe there's a little meat left which is thrown on as well. Sometimes I'll put quite a good amount of Sausages in the Sauce when I make it on Sunday, and if any sausages are left in the sauce come Tuesday, I might make a Sausage Sandwich. You see, you want to get a lot out of that one Sauce that you make on Sunday. Take my advice, and do it.
 
Red Sauce (Tomato Sauce) is the backbone of Italian-American cooking, which many dishes are made with tomato sauce. You use Red Sauce to make dishes like: Eggplant Parmigiana, Chicken Parm, Lasagna, Baked Maccheroni, Eggplant Rolatini, baked Ziti, and more.

Oh, by the way. Some Italians use the term Red Sauce, but it is more of a non Italian-American thing than an Italian-American thing. Americans who are not of Italian heritage, are the people who use this term (Red Sauce) most. Some Italian-Americans use the term, but when talking about a sauce, Italian-Americans are more prone to using the actual name of the sauce, saying, Marinara or Marinara Sauce, Tomato Sauce, Sunday Sauce, "Gravy," or Sunday Sauce, than using the term "Red Sauce," which is used more by non-Italian. Food writers often use the term Red Sauce when writing about what are termed Old School Italian restaurants. The term Red Sauce Joint refers to old school Italian restaurants, in which are large part of the menu items have tomato sauce (red sauce) in the dish, such as: Manicotti, Spaghetti & Meatballs, Lasagna, Eggplant Parmigiana, Ravioli, and other dishes.

Then there is the great debate, on Sunday Sauce, Sauce, Gravy, and Sunday Sauce, which are all sauces made with various meats that are slowly cooked with tomatoes. Many call it Sunday Sauce, and some call it Gravy. It all depends on what your family comes from where your origins are in Italy, and what Italian Enclave you live in in America, whether in Brooklyn, Jersey, Boston, Baltimore, or New York. What do you call it? Don't get in a tiff over it. The most important thing to remember, is the taste of your Sunday Sauce, and the people you share it with. The Sauce must be tasty. That goes without saying. Enjoy!



Daniel Bellino Zwicke











SUNDAY SAUCE 

LEARN HOW to MAKE "RED SAUCE"

All DIFFERENT KINDS !!!







Spaghetti and Meatballs author Daniel Bellino Z

 



SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS alla BELLINO






Searching for "Spaghetti & Meatballs"  returns several results, but not for a specific dish or recipe with that name
. The most likely interpretations of this query are: 
A recipe by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke, a food writer who publishes Spaghetti and Meatballs recipes on his blog.
  • Daniel Bellino-Zwicke's Spaghetti & Meatballs
Author and food blogger Daniel Bellino-Zwicke has written about Spaghetti and Meatballs on several occasions, referencing the dish in his book SUNDAY SAUCE and on his food blog. For many, the association comes from the tradition of simmering a sauce all day with different meats, including meatballs. He's known for sharing classic Italian-American recipes rooted in Bellino Family tradition. 


"SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS - Recipe alla Bellino
MEATBALLS - Ingredients;
  • 1 lb ground beef and pork mix
  • Bellino marinara sauce
  • Bellino extra virgin olive oil
  • Bellino minced garlic
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • Chopped fresh parsley
  • Spaghetti
  • Salt & ground Black Pepper 

TOMATO SAUCE - Ingredients :

6 tablespoons Olive Oil
4 cloves Garlic, peeled and minced
2 - 28 jars Tomato Passata (Puree) Mutti Brand recommended
1/4 cup fresh Basil, washed and torn into pieces
tablespoon each Salt & Black Pepper (or to taste)
1/2 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes


Place the olive oil and garlic in a 4-6 quart stainless steel pol. Turn flame onto low and cook garlic for 3 minutes, making sure not to burn.

Add the red pepper flakes. Add the Tomato Passata. Turn heat to high. Cook until the tomatoes start to bubble, than turn the heat down very low. Cook for 20 minutes.

Add the fresh Basil, and cook 10-15 minutes more. As the sauce cooks be sure to stir occasionally with a wooden spoon.

MEATBALLS :
  1. Prepare the Meatballs: In a large bowl, combine the ground meats, egg, breadcrumbs, grated Parmesan, parsley, and a portion of the Bellino minced garlic. Season with salt and pepper.
  2. Roll the meatballs: Mix until just combined, then form the mixture into meatballs of your desired size.
  3. Brown the meatballs: Heat olive oil in a large pot or frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the meatballs in batches and brown them on all sides. Remove them from the pan and set them aside.
  4. Once the meatballs have finished browning, put into the tomato sauce, and let simmer on a low flame for 15- 20 minutes, until the meatballs are cooked through, and no longer raw in the center.
  5. Cook Spaghetti in a large pot of boing salted water according to the directions on package.
  6. Once the Spaghetti is finished cooking, drain into a colander.
  7. Place the Spaghetti back in the pot it cooked in and add 2-3 cups the Tomato Sauce to the Spaghetti. mix until the Spaghetti is coated with the sauce.
  8. Place the Spaghetti onto 4-5 plates, in equal portions. Add about 1/2 cup sauce to the top of each plate of Spaghetti.
  9. Place 2 to 3 Meatballs on each plate, and top each meatball with a bit more Tomato Sauce.
  10. Serve and Enjoy! Serve with grated Pecorino or Parmigiana Cheese on the side.

"MANGIA BENE" !!!


Recipe Excerpted from "SUNDAY SAUCE" by Daniel Bellino











SUNDAY SAUCE

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SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS

alla BELLINO