ITALIAN AMERICAN

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Bed Bug Eddie Sunday Sauce

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Burt Young as "Bed Bug Eddie"

In The POPE of GREENWICH VILLAGE

with Mickey Rourke as "Charlie"

Learn How to make "Bed Bug Eddie's" SUNDAY SAUCE Italian Gravy

alla POPE of GREENWICH VILLAGE

BURT YOUNG'S SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY RECIPE : INGREDIENTS : 1 pound Pork Neck, removed from bone and cut into 1" chunks Italian Sweet Sausages 12 Pork Spare Ribs 1/4 cup Italian Olive Oil 1 pinch Pepperoncino (Red Pepper Flakes) 1 medium Onion, peeled and dice fine 1 pound Pork Neck, removed from bone and cut into 1" chunks Italian Sweet Sausages 12 Pork Spare Ribs 6 Chicken Thighs 2 - 28 ounce can of San Marzano Whole Tomatoes (drained in strainer, reserving liquid. 2 - 28 ounce cans of Italian Tomato Passata half can of Tomato Paste 16 fresh Basil leaves, washed and torn into pieces with your fingers (don't use a knife) 2 Bay Leaves Place the olive oil in a large pot and turn heat on to medium. Add the pork ribs and half the pork neck and cook until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Remove and set aside. Brown remaining pork neck and the Chicken Thighs. When finished browning set aside with the ribs. Add the Sausage and brown over low medium heat until slightly browned (about 8 minutes). Remove sausages from pot, and let rest with the ribs. Add the chopped onion to the pot and cook on low heat for 4 minutes. Add 4 cloves of chopped garlic and let cook on low heat for 2-3 minutes. Be careful not to let the garlic burn. Chop the whole San Marzano tomatoes and add to pot with onions. Cook on high heat for 3 minutes. Add the Tomato Passata and cook on high heat for 4 minutes. Add the reserved juices from the San Marzano Tomatoes, the basil and Bay Leaves to the pot. Add 1 teaspoon each of Salt & Black Pepper and 1 cup of water and stir. Add all the browned meats and cook on low heat for 90 minutes as you stir this with a wooden spoon ever now and then to keep the sauce from sticking or burning. After all the meats are in th pot with the browned meats, begin to make your meatballs. For MEATBALLS : Mix the following ingredients in a large glass bowl. Form into 2" round Meatballs and fry until lightly browned in vegetable oil. 2 pound fresh Ground Beef, 1/4 cup bread crumbs and 1/4 cup Milk 1/4 cup fresh Italian Parsley, washed, dried and chopped 1/4 teaspoon each of Salt & Black Pepper .. 2 cloves Garlic, minced fine 2 large Eggs, cracked and beaten with a fork After the sauce (Gravy) has been simmering for 90 minutes, add the brown Meatballs to the pot with the fresh Basil Leaves, and let simmer on low hear for 35 minutes. Turn heat off and let the Sauce sit for 15 minutes. To serve your Sunday Sauce, cook some short maccheroni according to directions on package. Burt likes to use Rigatoni. Once the maccerhoni (pasta) is cooked, drain the pasta, reserving a little of the pasta water. Add the Riagatoni (pasta) back to the pot it cooked in. Add some of the Tomato Sauce to the pasta and mix. Add a little sprinkle of Olive Oil and a little bit of the reserved pasta water. Place some of the sauce Maccheroni on each persons plate, add a little more tomato sauce over the pasta, and place 1 or 2 Meatballs, one Pork Rib, and 1 Sausage on each persons plate. Serve , and place some grayed Parmigiano Cheese in the middle of the table Enjoy!

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Starring MICKEY ROURKE

ERIC ROBERTS & BURT YOUNG

As BED BUG EDDIE

SUNDAY SAUCE ITALIAN GRAVY

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Sunday, February 16, 2020

Italian Cioccolata Calda

ITALIAN CIOCCALATA CALDA

Italian Hot Chocolate

ITALIAN CIOCCOLATA CALDA

1 ½ cups whole milk (or part heavy cream for extra super decadence)
2 Tbsp Sugar
3.5 oz good quality dark chocolate, 70% or higher, broken into pieces
2 tsp cornstarch (cornflour, maizena)

Take about 4 Tablespoons of the milk and set it aside. In a medium saucepan, over low heat, slowly heat the rest of the milk and the sugar.

When the sugar is dissolved and the milk is hot, but not boiling, add the chopped chocolate and stir until it is melted.

Mix the cornstarch with the reserved milk and add it to the chocolate mixture in the pan. Stir until the mixture thickens.

Pour into mugs or cups and serve immediately.

This makes 2 large or 4 small servings.

You can serve whipped cream (the real deal!) on the side or on top for added decadence. Also nice is a sprinkling of cinnamon.

This is a basic recipe and from here you can get creative by adding some coffee liqueur, or any other liqueur, some vanilla flavoring, etc

I’ve seen cioccolata calda served in very small cups, and even thicker than this recipe, but I’ve not tasted or tried that version.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Mickey Rourke The Pope of GreenwichVillage

Mickey Rourke

Frank Sinatra's "SUMMER WIND"

In ANTHONY PAPILITO PARK

6th Avenue and Houston Street

New York, NY

Italian-American Writer / Native of Greenwich Village

Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke takes us on Charlie Morant's

POPE of GREENWICH VILLAGE Tour

MICKEY ROURKE'S "POPE of GREENWICH VILLAGE" Tour

The POPE of GREENWICH VILLAGE starring Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts

with Daryl Hannah, Burt Young, and Geraldine Paige

Screenplay by Vincent Patrick

In an Italian neighborhood of Greenwich Village, cousins Charlie (Rourke), a Maître d' with aspirations of someday owning his own restaurant, and Paulie (Roberts), a schemer who works as a waiter, have expensive tastes but not much money. Paulie gets caught skimming checks, and he and Charlie are both fired. Now out of work and in debt, Charlie must find another way to pay his alimony, support his pregnant girlfriend Diane (Hannah), and try to buy a restaurant.

Paulie comes to Charlie with a "can't-miss" robbery, involving a large amount of cash in the safe of a local business. Charlie reluctantly agrees to participate, and they manage to crack the safe with help from an accomplice, Barney (McMillan), a clock repairman and locksmith. But things go sour, resulting in the accidental death of police officer Walter "Bunky" Ritter, who had been secretly taping "Bed Bug" Eddie Grant (Young). Charlie soon learns that the money they stole belongs to Eddie.

The mob figures out that Paulie is involved, and not even his Uncle Pete, part of Eddie's crew, can help him. Eddie's henchmen cut off Paulie's left thumb as punishment.

Diane leaves Charlie and takes his money to support their unborn child, while Paulie is forced to work as a waiter for Eddie. He gives the mob Barney's name but initially refuses to identify Charlie as the third man involved. However, under pressure, he is forced to rat on his cousin. Barney leaves town and Charlie mails him his cut of the loot. And when Charlie makes $20,000 on a horse, things begin to look up.

Charlie prepares for a showdown with Eddie, armed with a copy of the tape that the police officer made. But at the last moment, Paulie puts lye in Eddie's coffee. Then he and Charlie casually walk away from Greenwich Village.