Italian Sunday Gravy: The Real Italian-American Sauce

Italian Sunday Gravy: The Real Italian-American Sauce

Italian-American slow-simmered tomato sauce with whole meats

Prep Time40 mins

Cook Time4h

Total Time4h 40min

Servings: 8 servings Course: Main Course Cuisine: Italian-American Calories: 620 kcal

Ingredients

Meats

800g g bone-in country-style pork ribs
500g g sweet or hot Italian sausage links
12 beef meatballs
4 beef braciole

Sauce base

4 tbsp tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 large yellow onion (finely diced)
6 garlic cloves (sliced thin)
2 tbsp tbsp double tomato concentrate
180ml ml dry red wine
2.5kg kg whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes (crushed by hand)
250ml ml water (from the tomato cans)

Aromatics & finish

1 tsp tsp fine sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 pinch pinch dried red chilli flakes (optional)
8-10 fresh basil leaves
1 kg kg pasta of choice
Parmigiano Reggiano or Pecorino Romano

Instructions

Method

1

Sear the pork ribs

2

Brown the sausages

3

Brown the braciole

4

Build the sauce base

5

Deglaze with wine

6

Add the tomatoes

7

The long braise begins

8

Add the sausages

9

Add the meatballs last

10

Finish and rest

Equipment

large heavy pot
cast-iron or enamelled Dutch oven

Nutrition

Servingper serving

Calories620

Notes

Traditional Italian-American Sunday Gravy recipe with four meats and a rich tomato sauce

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