Italian American Thanksgiving

The ITALIAN-AMERICAN THANKSGIVING

Yes we have TURKEY with All The TRIMMINGS

But we First Start with ANTIPSTO

Maybe ANPASTO MISTI

Like This One with assorted Salami Olive, Peppers, and Cheese

Then, Being ITALIAN, It’s on to a PASTA COURSE

Most Likely, a Special Treet for THANKSGIVING

LASAGNA

Or other Baked MACCHERONI

The, it’s on to The TURKEY

With all its TRIMMINGS

Just like other AMERICANS

THEN ?

PumpkinPIE

PUMPKIN PIE

“Gotta Have Pumpkin Pie” !!!

CANNOLI

ITALIAN PASTRIES and COOKIES

And ESPRESSO

An ESPRESSO

Made From Nonna’s MACCHINETTA

NAPOLETAN ESPRESSO POT

SUNDAY SAUCE

Learn How to Make ESPRESSO at Home

LASAGNA Recipe

And an ITALIAN-AMERICA

THANKSGIVING iN NEW YORK

ALL in SUNDAY SAUCE

and More …

by DANIEL BELINO-ZWICKE

STAY TUNED, More to Come !!!

Sunday Sauce Italian Gravy

SIMMERING The GRAVY

Or is It SAUCE ???

This is a Great Debate, and there is really No Right or Wrong, either term is correct, it all depends what geographic location that yoru family is from in America or the Old Country of Italia. Whether your family is from Napoli, Sicily, Calabria, or live in New York, Chicago, Boston, or Philly, the most important thing of all is not what you call it, Sauce or Gravy, but how the product taste, it has to be beyond good.

Amother factor that varies, is what you and your family put into your Sauce. The most popular is a Sauce (Gravy) made with Sauasge, Meatballs, and Braciole (Braciola). Some families, like mine love to put Ribs in their Sauce, some put Pig Skin Braciole, some Lamb or Pork Neck, and some families even put chicken into their Gravy, which I myself do every now and then, especially if the local grocerry store has Chicken Thighs on sale. And speaking of sales, we always stock up on Maccheroni (Pasta) and Tomatoes whenever they are on sale as well.

For recipes on How to Make SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA from the Francis Ford Coppola film The Godfather , how to make Dolly Sinatra Meatballs and Spaghetti Sauce, the Bellino Family Sunday Sauce, and Mamma DiMaggio’s Sunday Gravy, get a copy of Daniel Bellino “Z” s SUNDAY SAUCE , When Italian-Americans Cook.