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Recipe : Sunday Gravy Or Sauce, The Italian Way!

So for whatever reason I decided to make "Gravy", as most Italians call it, or "Sunday Gravy", since it's typically made on Sundays in prep for the family coming over for dinner.  This is by no means a "end all be all" to this recipe.  In fact each family has its own quirks and traditions, which in a way I'm hoping this will be the start of my "traditional recipe".  Of course, I might make it completely different the next go around. (just a fyi you can click on all the images here to enlarge them) With that said, throughout most of the recipes the key components are plum tomatoes(crushed by hand), tomato paste, fresh basil, fresh parsley, dried oregano, plenty of garlic, a sofrito (onion, celery, carrot), and a few meats, typically for meatballs, braciole (jelly roll tasty meat snack), and/or italian sausage (mild or hot). In my recipe I included some of the interesting bits from a few of the recipes I researched.  For example I  ...

Three Item BBQ Combo Platter w/Onion Rings @ Willow Ranch BBQ

$40.00 total split amongst Two not including the extra bottles of their homemade BBQ sauce we picked up for home use! Delicious! Willow Ranch Directions 4.4 38 Google reviews $$ • Barbecue Restaurant Address:  27770 Lagoon Drive, Buttonwillow, CA 93206 Phone: (661) 764-6605 Hours:   Open today  ·  7:00 am – 10:00 pm Menu:   willowranchrestaurant.com (sorry for the odd colored photos, was using my phone and didn't adjust for lighting conditions, and it had already been a long day on the road as this was toward the end of my Oct vacation.) Hope you enjoyed this post and thanks for stopping by!

CHOW Tips - Pasta, In A Fry Pan!?!

The folks over at CHOW created a great video on how you can dump the traditional gallon of water and stock pot for a frying pan and a quart, quart and a half of COLD water and save a bunch of time.  The video below shows you all the in and outs of the process, so be sure to check it out, and don't forget to subscribe to their you tube channel.  Also as a bonus you'll be left with a starchy liquid you can quickly turn into a tasty pan sauce! Hope you enjoyed this post and thanks for stopping by!