Mob Guy # 1: “Hey Paulie, I got some Gabagool !!!Paulie : “Hey you STUPID JERK !”
This is part of a scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s famed Italian-American mob-movie The Godfather. The scene is during Connie Corleone’s Wedding to Carlo. Paulie and Mob Guy-1 are assigned by Sonny to be guarding the outside of the Corleone Compound from any unwanted intruders (FBI, rival gangs, anybody).Mob Guy # 1 got a couple of Gabagool Sandwiches from one of the cooks preparing the Wedding Banquet for Connie and Don Corleone’s guests at Connie’s Wedding. Paulie and Guy # 1 can’t eat with the guest, but they are hungry. “Hey they’re Italian-American!” And Gabagool will definitely fit the bill. Gabagool, aka Gabagul, or similar, is an Italian Salumi pork-product made from the neck-meat of a pig. There are several variations of the name, including; Capicola (most common), Ham Capicola, Coppa, Capocollo, and Capicollo.“Gabagool” is slang for Capicola? It is not “slang” but Neapolitan dialect that many Italian-Americans use for Capicola, including Tony Sopranos and those real-life guys who don Big Pinky Rings.
A Gabagool Sandwich
So you wanna make a Gabagool. The preferred sandwich is on Italian Bread or a hero-roll from a great Bread Baker like, Parisi Bakers in New York’s Little Italy. Then you gotta get the Gabagool! You get yourself top-quality Capicola from your favorite Pork Store, Satriale’s if you’re in North Jersey, at Di Palo’s in Little Italy, or Faicco’s if you’re downtown New York and Greenwich Village or at their Brooklyn outpost. You’re gonna want Provolone or Mozz, I prefer Provolone. Get some peppers, Hot Cherry Peppers like Tony, Paulie, and Silvio, or as others like myself, with Roast Sweet Peppers. That’s all you need. To make a Gabagool Sub, you need a good sub roll or crusty Italian-Bread, and Gabagool (Capicola) of course, thin sliced Provolone, and either, Genoa Salami, Mortadella, Prosciutto (Proshoot), or Sopressata if you like. Put the Gabagool, Provolone and any other if any Salumi product on the bottom half of your bread, top with shredded Iceberg Lettuce, add a slice of ripe Tomato, then thin sliced Red Onion, and sprinkle on Salt, Black Pepper, Oregano, Olive Oil, and Red Wine Vinegar and “you’re set!” Set if you don’t want it “Hot.” If you do? Then again, get yourself some Hot Italian Cherry Peppers and throw them. That’s a Gabagool Sub. If you want just a Gabagool and not a Sub, get a nice smaller roll, some roast red sweet peppers (or Hot), the Capicola, and sliced Provolone. Pile everything on between the bread, and Voila, you’ve got a Gabagool, just like Tony.Excerpted From SUNDAY SAUCE by Daniel Bellino Zwicke ... Available on AMAZON.comPS … For a great Gabagool Sandwich in New York, go to either Parisi’s Italian Deli in Little Italy, or Faicco’s Italian Specialties (Pork Store) on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, for the best Italian Sandwiches on God’s Good Earth!
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Ingredients 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup white sugar 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup shortening 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup milk 1 egg, beaten 1 1/2 cups dried figs 3/4 cup golden raisins 1/4 cup slivered almonds 1/4 cup white sugar 1/4 cup hot water 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 pinch ground black pepper
Directions
1. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, 1/3 cup sugar and baking powder. Cut in shortening and butter until mixture resembles small peas. Stir in the milk and egg until the dough comes together. Divide dough into two pieces, wrap and refrigerate for about 2 hours or until easy to handle.
2. In a food processor or blender, grind the figs, raisins and almonds until they are coarsely chopped. In a medium bowl, stir together the 1/4 cup of sugar, hot water, cinnamon and pepper. Stir in the fruit mixture, cover and set aside until the dough is ready.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 4. On a lightly floured surface, roll each piece of the dough out to a 12 inch square.
Cut each piece into 12 3x4 inch rectangles. Using a heaping tablespoon of filling for each rectangle, spread filling along one of the short sides of the rectangle. Roll up from that side. Place rolls, seam side down, on an ungreased cookie sheet. Curve each roll slightly. Snip outer edge of the curve three times.
5. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Glaze with your favorite confectioners' glaze.
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Excerpted from SUNDAY SAUCE - When Italian-AMericans Cook
by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE
Music to cook Sunday Sauce by? It’s a great
idea, and one that comes naturally. We’ve always done it. When cooking Sunday
Sauce or any Italian dishes, it always helps to have some great Italian
background music. It doesn’t hurt and only heightens an already wonderful
experience, especially when you are entertaining guests.
There are two or three greats that always
come to mind first. These prodigious Italian-American singers are of course,
first; Frank Sinatra, then Dean “Dino” Martin (Crochetti), and Mr. Tony Bennett
(Benedetto). They are the most famous, and for good reason, they are all just
that, “Great.” When it comes to overall artist, it’s fare to say that Sinatra
is usually at the top of the heap. But when it comes to actual Italian Songs,
Dino, Jerry Vale, and Louie Prima have the great
one beat for those particular types of songs. But hey, there’s no way
anyone can beat “The Chairman of The Board,” Mr. Francis Albert Sinatra. Dino
is wonderful with his famed renditions of Volare and Amore, and you can’t count
out Jerry Vale with one of the most iconic and beloved to Italian Americans,
especially in New York, with Jerry doing Al
di La. Actually, many would say it is between Volare and Amore that are
thee two most loved and popular Italian American songs. But no, for really
true, hard core Italians, and as I’ve already said, especially in New York, it
is Al Di La that we truly love most.
It is played at every Italian Wedding, bar none. Many artists have sung it, but
it is Jerry Vale’s that is most popular. Connie Francis’s rendition is quite
beautiful and best of the female singers, Connie being an Italian Girl from
Jersey, real name Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero. “Now That’s Italian.” Yes a
lot of these great Italian-American artist changed their names back then, like
Tony Bennett, real name Anthony Benedetto from Astoria Queens, New York. Dean
Martin from Stubenville, Ohio, his real name was Dino Crochetti.
Back to Al Di La. If you’ve never heard the
song, and I know there are many who haven’t especially among the younger
generation, do yourself a favor, and get a copy of Connie Francis or Jerry Vale
singing this gorgeous song. Get both!
The song That’s Amore is perhaps the most popular of all Italian-American
songs for the general public. It is one of Dean Martin’s signature songs and
with the popularity of the movie Moonstruck, starring Cher, Nicholas Cage, and
Danny Aiello, this song became even more famous. Louie Prima had great success
with this song, and his tune “Angelina” The Waitress at The Pizzeria is a must
listen to song of Italian-America and eating.
So we have lots of great Italian Songs and
Italian American and Italian artists, but one stands alone at the top. Yes, you
know who? He’s A # 1, the one-and-only, Frank
Sinatra.