Showing posts with label Daniel Bellino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daniel Bellino. Show all posts

Monday, May 26, 2014

Learn How Make Sunday Sauce Gravy



LEARN HOW TO MAKE SUNDAY SAUCE
alla CLEMENZA
ITALIAN GRAVY




1. GET A COPY of SUNDAY SAUCE
WHEN ITALIAN AMERICANS COOK
by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

CLEMENZA'S SUNDAY SAUCE RECIPE
Is In THERE .. IT'S AVAILABLE
on AMAZON.com .. Juts CLICK LINK ABOVE ..
"THAT'S STEP 1 .. FINITO !!!"





2. GO To YOUR LOCAL PORK STORE and or GROCERY STORE
For SAUSAGES, Gorund Beef, Veal, Pork, etc., BRACIOLE,
OOLIVE OIL, TOMATOES, PASTA, etc..




3. ASSEMBLE INGREDIENTS, POTS and EVERYTHING
YOU NEED To MAKE The "SAUCE"




4.  SAUTE GARLIC & MINCED ONIONS in OLIVE In 
A LARGE POT.  ADD TOMATOES.




5.  BROWN BRACIOLE, THEN ADD To POT With TOMATOES ..





6.  IF USING PORK RIBS or PORK NECK, BROWN COMEPLETELY
THEN ADD TO POT WIth TOMATOES .. If NOT, SKIP THIS STEP.




7.  LET SAUCE With THE MEATS (Except MEATBALLS)
SIMMER At VERY LOW HEAT For 1 HOUR.



8.  BROWN SAUSAGES THEN ADD To SAUCE.
CONTINUE SIMMERING.




9.  AFTER YOU ADD The SAUSAGES TO SAUCE, MAKE THE MEATBALLS
by MIXING GROUND BEEF, PORK & VEAL with SALT, PEPPER, GARLIC,
FRESH PARSLEY, and GRATED CHEESE. FORM INTO MEATBALLS.

10.  PLACE MEATBALLS in a LIGHTLY OIL PAN and SLOWLY COOK in A
350  DEGREE OVEN For 15 MINUTES.



11.  REMOVE MEATBALLS FROM OVEN and PLACE in POT 
With SAUCE. The SAUCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SLOWLY COOKING 
With THE BRACIOLE and OTHER MEATS For 2 1/2 HOURS by Now.

YOU Will JUST COOK The MEATBALLS in THE SAUCE For 15 
MINUTES on VERY LOW HEAT. BE CAREFUL WHEN
STIRRING NOT To BREAK MEATBALLS.

WHEN THE MEATBALLS HAVE COOKED In THE SAUCE
FOR 15 MINUTES, The "SAUCE" IS DONE.



12.  COOK RIGATONI or WHCICHEVER 
MACCHERONI YOU LIKE and SERVE
WITH THe "GRAVY"

PASS GRATED CHEESE
and
BUON APPETITO !!!



SUNDAY SAUCE 
Is AVAILABLE in PAPERBACK
And KINDLE on AMAZON.com








SUNDAY SAUCE 
VIDEO


AUTHOR DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

MANGIA BENE !!!





Tuesday, March 11, 2014

RUCHE WINE LUNCHEON SD26




RAVIOLI di UOVO
SD 26






RUCHE The PRINCE of RED



Enrico B. of Solaire Wines and Paoulo the export manager at Montalbera wine estate in Monferrato (Peidmonte) held a nice little wine lucheon at SD26 Restorante in New York today .. Montalbera is a little gem of a wine property of Monferrato near Asti in the Peidmont wine region of Italy that is most famous for the celebrated wines of Barolo and Barbaresco .. Also well known but more of everyday wines of Peidmont are Barbera and Dolcetto ... Yes, Americans know these wines but Peidmont as well as the whole of Italy has many lesser known gems available for those who journey furhter into wines, the world of wine, and Italian Wines in particular.  In Peidmonte they have a number of wonderful wines that are relatively obscure and unknown. Very few Americans ever drink them, and even not that many Italians in other regions know of the wines as well. Some of these tasty little gems of Peidmonte are wines such as; Freisa, Brachetto, Grignolino, Arneis, and Ruche .. At this particular luncheon / tasting we were lucky enough to be drinking 2 of the previously mentioned wines of Ruche and Grignolino ..  And the producer of Montalbera is a specialist of both .. We started the luncheon with a very rare wine of Sparkling Grignolino which was a truly pleasant little surprise that everyone at the table loved. The wine was light and crispy and a joy to drink and was a perfect pairing for our tasty antipasto of Carpaccio of Big Eye Tuna & Wild Bass with Blood Orange and Fennel Pollen "Delish" !



Montalbera Vinyeards, Monferrato


For the second course of our luncehon we were served the signature dish of the former San Domeneico Restorante which has now morfed into SD26, signify SD= San Domenico and 26 for 26th Street where SD26 resides. The famed signature dish in question is SD26's Raviolo di Uovo, which is a jumbo homemade ravioli filled with Ricotta Cheese with an egg yolk in the center. When cooked the egg yold stays lush and parially cooked and the Raviolo is dressed in a decadent Truffle Butter Sauce ... We were served the Montalbera Ruche  di Castignolae Monferrato Tradizione 2012 wthe the Raviolo, and the two were a match made in heaven, abosluely fabulous. The Ruche Montalbera is text-book Ruche, whhich is to say alight bodied wine, full of flavors of ripe small red berry fruits like Rasberry and Red Courrant with nice floral notes and a twinge of spice. This wine is a pure joy. We also had a the Montalbera Grignolino  d Asti Grigne 2012 which was in perfect balance and very pleasant .. The Montalbera Ruche L'Accento  is a pumped-up Ruche that has 5% of the grapes dried (Apassimento) and is aged in barrique .. This wine is nice, but I feel it distracts from the true Ruche just a bit and I wholey prefer the Ruche Tradizione ... The Montalbera Barbera d'Asti  "Lequilibrio" 2010 is a bit of a pumped up syle of Barbera being aged in  French Barrique. The wine is just slighly big, but not too over the top. It's pleasant to drink and will be very satisfy for those who like a Barber that is a little bigger and more full bodied than the Barbera norm.
The luncheon was quite nice,  tasty the wonderful wines of Enricao Morando and his Montalbera Estate ... Everyone at the luncheon truly enjoyed the line-up of lovely wines, paired beautifully with our menu by Chef Matteo Bergamini, and the company of people on hand ...



Daniel Bellino-Zwicke 




Note: I've been serving The Montalbera Ruche Tradizione 2102 at my restaurant for the past two months now .. The wine is truly wonderful and his been a big hit with each and every customer I've served it to. They love it ...




RUCHE
MONTALBERA








Monday, September 2, 2013

SUNDAY SAUCE

SUNDAY SAUCE



GRAVY


Sunday Sauce .. 
Excerpted from a new book by 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. And, I do not want to sound prejudice, but this is pure fact, it is the Male of the Italian-American species who Love The Sunday Sauce in all its form, far more than the  female sex.  True! Meatballs too! And Italian-American men and boys Love and hold  oh-so-dare, their Meatballs, Sunday Sauce, Sausage & Peppers,  and Meatball Parm Sandwiches.

  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."





This passage has been excerpted from Daniel Bellino-Zwicke's upcoming new book 
SUNDAY SAUCE, which will be available in Paperback and Kindle on Amazon.com or at a bookstore near you. Sunday Sauce is due for November 2013 release. In the meantime see Daniel's other books (La TAVOLA,  Clemenza's Meatball Sunday Sauce) on Sunday Sauce, Italian-American Food and The Italian-American Experience in New York and America