Martorano on Meatballs Gravy & Sunday Sauce Jimmy Kimmel

The KING of MEATBALLS

And

 

SUNDAY GRAVY  Too !!!

 

 

 

MAKING GRAVY with JIMMY KIMMEL

 

STEVE SHOWS JIMMY

HOW to MAKE GRAVY

 

 

GUILLERMO JIMMY & STEVE

 

"MANGIA la GRAVY"

 

 

 

 

"IT Ain't SAUCE" !!!

 

IT'S GRAVY" !!!!

STEVE MARTORANO

 

 

 

SUNDAY SAUCE

 

by Daniel Bellino Z

 

 

 

 

 

DANIEL BELLINO MAKING SAUCE

Or IS IT GRAVY !!!!

I saw Steve Martorano on Jimmy Kimmel last night. Steve is great. He's the King of Meatballs, and quite possibly GRAVY. Italian Sunday Gravy that is! Or is it Sunday Sauce ... Steve empahtically says it's GRAVY, "IT AIN'T SAUCE" !!! And Steve is adoment about this ... Steve says, "If it has Meat it's Gravy, and if it doesn't as in the case with Tomato Sauce then it's SAUCE ... Basta!

Yes Steve is right about this, but that doesn't mean others are wrong. And Steve has stated that without a doubt in Brookly, New York and South Philadelphia where Steve is from, they all call it Gravy ... But there's always a debate. Some simply call a Italian sauce made with Italian Pork Sausages, Meatballs, Braciole, Spare Ribs, and other meat items (even chicken), that if its tomatoes braised with meat, it's GRAVY and not Sauce, aka Sunday Gravy .. But there are some who call this Sauce, or Sunday Sauce ... Well, different people call it different things, and really there is no one right or wrong answer. I myself and all my family members in Jersey, we all called it Gravy, as do most in the New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia areas do.

So why do I call my book Sunday Sauce you ask? Well because it can be. It can be called Sunday Sauce, and as a book title it just sounds better. And for those who don't know, there is a whole science and method to naming, producing, selling, and marketing a book, thus for my book, the name Sunday Sauce ... 

And hey, I'm not going to get into a beef with Steve, the guy is awesome and one of the greatest ambassadors of all to what I consider a trully Great and Ligitimate Cusisine of Italian America, that being Italian-American Food (Cusisine).

Anyway, back to the Jimmy Kimmel Show, Steve and the Sunday Gravy ... Steve showed Jimmy how to make it, with a bit of fun and funny ribbing by Steve of Jimmy ... The Gravy was made, and Steve sat down with Guillermo and Jimmy and ate it.

Well Gravy? We have al sorts of Pasta, Zuppa, Pizza, Meatball Parms, Veal & Chicken Parm, Sausage & Peppers and lots more, but there's one Italian-American dish that rains Supreme above all other, and that's our beloved Sunday Sauce on Sunday, or as Steve would say, 

"I Ain't Sauce, It's GRAVY" !!!!

BASTA la PASTA !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Yo CUZ" !!!!

 

 

 

STEVE MARTORANO

 

 

SAUSAGE MEATBALLS

 

CANNOLIS & GRAVY

 

Mario Carbone 's Santina Gets 2 Stars From The New York Times

SANTINA

in

THE MEATPACING DISTRICT

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photo Copyright Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

2 STARS FROM NEW YORK TIMES

The TORRISI BOYS

RICH TORRISI

&

MARIO CARBONE

Roast Peppers

RIGATONI

PASTA alla NORMA

.

.

 ITALIAN GRAVY !!!!

SUNDAY SAUCE

by Daniel Bellino Z

.

.

SANTINA REVIEW NY TIMES

AL PACINO & AGLIO OLIO

AL PACINO

 

and AGLIO OLIO

 

 

"SPAGHETTI THAT IS" !!!

 

 

SPAGHETTI AGLIO OLIO

 

alla AL

 

 

 

AL PACINO & AGLIO OLIO

Al Pacino and Aglio Olio you ask? What about it? Well it’s just that Spaghetti Aglio Olio always reminds me of that great fellow New Yorker Sicilian American, the one-and-only Al Pacino from da Bronx. It’s not a big deal, just a wonderful little memory for me. When I was the Wine Director at the famed Barbetta Restorante on Restaurant Row in New York’s Theater District (where Al often performs on stage), Al Pacino used to come and eat there every now and then. He never wanted anything to fancy, but something that just about all true blooded Italian-American wants, and that dish is Spaghetti Aglio Olio, plain and simple, yet it’s in our blood. That’s what Al wanted and that’s what we gave him, and Al loved it and you will too.

Recipe Excerpted

from

Grandma Bellino's Cookbook

 

RECIPE

 

Spaghetti Aglio Olio

 

the Way AL Likes It !!!

 

"Al Pacino That Is"

 

 

 

Recipe Excerpted From Daniel Bellino's Grandma Bellino's Italian Cookbook

 

Note : Note, the recipe for Spaghetti Aglio Olio as Al Pacino likes it and as it's written in Daniel Bellino's Grandma Bellino's Cookbook, encompasses Two-Recipes-In-One .. You have the Recipe for Spaghetti w/ Garlic Oil & Anchovies, and to make Spaghetti Aglio Olio the way AL Likes It, is by making this recipe, but ommitting the ANchovies to end up with Spaghetti Aglio Olio, just the way the Great Al Pacino likes it. Mangia Bene!

 

INGREDIENTS :

 

¼ cup best quality Italian Olive Oil

6 cloves of Garlic, peeled and minced

½ teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes

6 Anchovy Filets minced fine

1 pound imported Italian Spaghetti

¼ cup Italian Parsley

Put a large pot with 4 quarts of water on the stove. Add 2 tablespoons salt and bring to the boil.

Place Olive Oil and Anchovies in a large frying pan and cook on medium heat for 2 minutes.

Add garlic and cook on medium heat for 2 minutes. Add red pepper and continue cooking on low heat until the garlic begins to turn slightly brown. Turn heat off and let rest.

Add spaghetti to the boiling salted water. Cook spaghetti according to directions on package. Two minutes before the cooking time on package start testing the doneness of the spaghetti by taking a strand out of the water and biting into it to see how far cooked it. By doing this you’ll be able to determine if it needs to cook a bit longer or if it’s ready.

Once the past is finished cooking, quickly remove it from the heat and drain into a colander, reserving about 4 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water to add to pasta sauce.

Add spaghetti back to the pot it cooked in and drizzle on a little olive oil and mix. Pour the garlic anchovy sauce and the reserved pasta water over the spaghetti with half the chopped Parsley and mix well.

Divide the spaghetti among four pasta plates or bowls. Sprinkle the top of each plate of Spaghetti with some chopped parsley and serve.

 

 

The GODFATHER

Micahel Corleone (Al Pacino), Captain McCloskey (Sterling Hayden),

and Sollozzo (Al Lettieri)

 

 

"GET THE VEAL. IT'S THE BEST in THE CITY"

 

 

MICHAEL NEVER ATE HIS SPAGHETTI AGLIO OLIO

 

BUT SOLLOZZO GOT HIS

 

 

MICHAEL GETS HIS REVENGE

 

 

 

 

 

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in

 

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