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Making Red Sauce
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Red Sauce (Sunday Gravy)
You will need:
2-3 tsp olive oil
1 lb. pork spare ribs, ribs cut apart
1 lb. Italian mild sausage
1 lb. veal, cubed
5 large (1 lb 12 oz) cans Italian whole peeled tomatoes (lightly chopped in blender)
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 can tomato paste (6 oz)
3 basil leaves chopped finely
3 T parsley chopped
2 T sugar
½ cup red wine
Put it together:
Heat olive oil in stock pot on med high heat
Add the spare ribs and lightly brown, but do not cook fully (5-10 min)
Using tongs, put ribs in a large bowl and set aside
Add sausage to the pot and brown lightly
Add sausages to the meat bowl
Add veal to pot and brown lightly
While the veal is cooking, open up the tomato cans
Add veal to meat bowl
Brown onion and garlic in the pot on med high
Add tomato paste to onions and fill the empty tomato paste can with water and add
Cook for 30 seconds
Lightly chop tomatoes (eat can separately) in blender with a quick pulse (just a couple seconds)
Add tomatoes to the pot
Add basil, parsley, sugar and red wine, stir
Add meat back in
Cook on medium heat simmering for 2 hours or until veal shreds into the tomatoes and meat starts falling off the bones
Pull meat out and serve as a side
Building Block Use
Whole Wheat Baked Ziti
You will need:
1 lb whole wheat penne
4 cups Building Blocks Show Red Sauce
1 lb whole milk mozzarella, cubed
1 lb ricotta
1/2 cup pecorino romano
2 eggs
Put it together:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Cook pasta until al dente and drain
Mix eggs, mozzarella, ricotta, pecorino in a large bowl
Add pasta and sauce to cheese mixture
Put in pan(s)
Optional - Add 1/2 lb sliced mozzarella on top
Optional - Brown and mix in 1 lb ground Italian sausage
Cover with foil and bake 50 minutes at 400 degrees F.
Optional - Take foil off and brown 10 minutes
Tip for Making Red Sauce
Use sauce in baked ziti, lasagna, manicotti or your favorite pasta.