Ingredients: |
Ingredients: Gravy:
1 1 /2 lbs. Italian sweet sausage (cut into 3 inch pieces )
1 lb. Italian hot sausage ( cut into 2 inch pieces)
2-3 pieces pork on the bone
4 (28oz.) cans crushed tomatoes ( I prefer Furmano's or Pomi's)
2 (28oz.) cans puree ( I prefer Tutorroso)
16 oz. can tomato paste (Contadina)
1-2 tsp. sugar
1/2 c. red wine
olive oil
garlic powder, parsley, basil, salt, pepper to taste
handful of grated cheese
Meatballs:
3 lbs. Ground beef & pork (2 1/4 lb. beef & 3/4 lb. pork)
salt, pepper, parsley, grated cheese, garlic powder to taste
2 eggs beaten
Italian seasoned bread crumbs
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Directions: |
Directions:Gravy:
Cover bottom of large pot with olive oil, add sausage and pork, season with garlic powder and brown on all sides. Do this in batches rather than crowd the meat in the pot, if you crowd it the meat steams and never browns. When all the meat is browned, remove from pot, reserve all liquids. Return pot to heat, and deglaze with red wine. Whisk in tomato paste and cook until alcohol burns off. Add crushed tomatoes, puree, 28 oz. water and cooked sausage and pork. Season liberally with garlic powder, parsley, basil, 1-2 tsp., sugar (cuts acidity), nice handful grated pecorino romano cheese. Turn heat to low and simmer for at least 2 hours but no longer than 3 hours. Make sure you stir every 20 minutes or so.
Meatballs:
In a large bowl, combine beef & pork mixture. Season liberally with salt, black pepper, parsley, garlic powder, grated pecorino romano cheese. Add two beaten eggs, and Italian seasoned bread crumbs. Mix all ingredients together. Mixture should not stick to your hands, if it does add more breadcrumbs. Roll into balls about the size of a golf ball. Add about 2 inches olive oil to large frying pan, heat oil to medium heat, cook meatballs on all sides turning several times. You want the meatballs nicely browned so they hold up in the gravy. Add cooked meatballs to simmering gravy.
I like the cooked meatballs to simmer in the gravy for at least one hour. |
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