Excerpt From SUNDAY SAUCE
When Italian-American-Cook
Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
When a meal
centered around a Sunday Sauce is announced, one can have visions of Blissful Ecstasy
at thoughts of eating Pasta laden with Italian Sausages, Savory Meatballs, Beef
Braciola, and succulent Pork Ribs. All this has been slowly simmered to
culinary perfection. Yes just the thoughts can enrapture one into a delightful frenzy of the “Most Blissful
Feelings” of smelling, seeing, and consuming all the ingredients, the Sausages,
Meatballs and Gravy. Yes a Sunday Sauce can and does have such effects on one’s
mind, body, and soul.
The Sunday Sauce that my mother would
make was with Meatballs and Beef Braciole. My memories are vivid watching my
mother stuffing the Braciole with garlic, parsley, Pecorino Romano, and Pignoli
Nuts, then tying the bundles with butchers cord to hold the Braciole together as they slowly simmered
in the Gravy. Another fond memory was
helping my mother roll and shape the Meatballs.
