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Family Sicilian Sauce and Meatballs

By: PETEIYC  
"My Mother's family originally came from Sicily and every family member makes his or her own version - this version came most recently via Brooklyn. Use your favorite meat and Italian red wine for this sauce and serve with your favorite pasta. This also is a great pizza sauce if you leave out about half of the meat. If there are any leftovers, they freeze very well. MANGIA!"

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Wine Zinfandel
 

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Original Recipe Yield 24 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 pound beef brisket, chopped
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 slices white bread
  • 1/2 cup grated Romano cheese
  • 1 pinch dried parsley
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 onion, chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 12 (3.5 ounce) links sweet Italian sausage
  • 1 1/2 pounds cubed beef brisket
  • 1/2 pound pork neck bones
  • 4 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
  • 3 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup red wine
  • 4 bay leaves
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried parsley
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 3 (16 ounce) packages dry pasta

Directions

  1. To make the meatballs, combine chopped meat, eggs, bread, Romano cheese, parsley and salt and pepper to taste in a medium bowl. Form golf ball-sized meatballs; place into freezer to firm up.
  2. To make sauce, heat olive oil in a large pot on medium heat. Saute onion, garlic and fry links of sausage.
  3. Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium heat, brown beef chunks and pork neck bones; reserve.
  4. When onions and garlic are done, turn heat down to low. Add tomato paste; stir and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the browned beef and pork, crushed tomatoes, wine, bay leaves, cinnamon, parsley, basil and salt and pepper to taste; stir.
  5. In a large skillet over medium heat, brown meatballs; reserve.
  6. Simmer sauce over low heat for 3 to 4 hours, add meatballs and simmer for 1 hour. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. Cover pasta with sauce and meatballs, serve.

Footnotes

FOOTNOTE

  • Remove neck bones before serving.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 638 | Total Fat: 31.9g | Cholesterol: 97mg

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Reviewed on Apr. 17, 2003 by seastheday 
I have always considered myself an excellent saucemaker. However, I made this sauce for my... MORE
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Reviewed on Jan. 31, 2004 by BUDMAN0714 
If you are looking for a great tasting hearty meat sauce, then you have definitely found... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2006 by Christi 
This was amazing - the whole family felt like we were eating at a fine Italian restaurant. ... MORE
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Reviewed on Oct. 4, 2006 by susan 
i just used the sauce part of this recipe, but next time i will try the meatballs. i thought... MORE
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Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2002 by LESLIEJANEL 
This may be easy for someone with more cooking experience to read between the lines. Steps... MORE
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Reviewed on Nov. 24, 2002 by KFONTANES 
Very, very good sauce. I've been trying to make a good spaghetti sauce for ages and now I... MORE
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Reviewed on Apr. 14, 2006 by Cooking 101 
Wow. This was great. I scaled the recipe down to make sure we would like it first since I... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 5, 2006 by TexasAggie 
my wife's family are sicilian. When I made this sauce, My father in law thought I had found... MORE
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Reviewed on Nov. 24, 2002 by ROASTEDNUT 
Very very delicious. I'm not sure about the 4 onions...I used one good sized medium onion... MORE
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Reviewed on Nov. 24, 2002 by JARRADSGIRL 
this was so easy and my boyfriend loved it! MORE

 
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