ITALIAN FIG COOKIES Recipe

                                                         CUCIDADI CUUCCIDADA

Italian Fig Cookies Cucidadi Cuccidada

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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SINATRA

CLEMENZA

AL PACINO

MEATBALLS

SUNDAY SAUCE

aka GRAVY

SAUSAGES

ESPRESSO

VINO

AMORE

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                                                   SUNDAY SAUCE

                                   WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK

                                            by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

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THE FEAST of THE 7 FISH

ITALIAN CHRISTMAS

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Clemenza Makes Sophia Loren Spaghetti

Clemenza (Richard Castellano) Teaches Michael (Al Pacino)

How To Make SAUCE (GRAVY)

For 20 GUYS (Mobsters)

INGREDIENTS

For CLEMENZA MOB WAR SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY

da MEATBALLS

SAUCE

"GRAVY"

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SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA

Recipe in SUNDAY SAUCE

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Learn How Make Sunday Sauce Gravy

LEARN HOW TO MAKE SUNDAY SAUCE

alla CLEMENZA

ITALIAN GRAVY

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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

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"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..

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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

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Mobster Recipe Book to Hit the Shelves

Daniel Bellino-Zwicke is not afraid to spill the beans on secret sauces in his new book, SUNDAY SAUCE  “When Italian-Americans Cook.” Fans of The Godfather will be pleased to know that of the several Italian-American dishes covered in the book, the Clemenza Sunday Sauce “Gravy” made famous by Al Pacino is included.

SUNDAY SAUCE: When Italian-Americans Cook is available now in paperback and on Kindle from the Amazon store.

With more than 25 years experience as a Chef and Wine Director in some of New York’s most renowned restaurants, including; Del Posto, Barbetta, Odeon, Corrado, Daniel Bellino-Zwicke has delighted foodies and gastronomic adventurers with the book. Many of the meals that make Italian-American so famous as a food genre within its own right are there: Sausage & Peppers, Pasta Fazool (Pasta & Bean Soup), Spaghetti & Meatballs, Meatball Parm Sandwiches, Sunday Sauce aka Gravy, Mussels Marinara, and many more.

If you have ever wondered How to make Clemenza's Sauce, you’ll find the secret here, alongside recipes for Sinatra's Meatball Sunday Sauce and Mamma DiMaggio’s Sunday Gravy (Joe DiMaggio’s Mother), as well as Goodfellas Veal & Peppers. Daniel Bellino Zwicke lives and works in New York City where he has been a wine and restaurant professional for more than 25 years. The renowned creator of Bar Cichetti "America's First Venetian Wine Bar," Daniel worked hands-on as the chef, Wine Director and managing-partner. Daniel has also authored “La TAVOLA, The Feast of the 7 Fish,” "Italian Christmas" and “Got Any Kahlua?” “The Collected Recipes of The Dude” and he is currently working on a new cookbook, yet to be named ... Daniel is one of America's foremost authorities on the subject of Italian Wine.

Sundays are very important in Italian-American culture. It’s a time when all the family comes together to celebrate over a meal. With recipes that have become synonymous with Italian-American with entertainers and movie stars in many an epic movie over the years, the recipes included in this book will make that Sunday even more memorable.

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BELLINO REVEALS SECRET SAUCE RECIPE in SUNDAY SAUCE

SECRET SAUCE 

“SEGRETO”

    Tagliolini with Salsa Segreto. Secret Sauce? Shhhh!!! We lost our beloved Old-School Italian Red-Sauce Joint Gino’s of Lexington Avenue a couple years back. Gino’s opened in 1945 by Neapolitan Immigrant Gino Circicello, was a Gem of a Restaurant loved by its many loyal customers who kept the place packed and vibrant night-after-night, year-after-year. The place was perfect; Great Food and good wine at reasonable prices coupled with excellent service by friendly attentive waiters inside a homey comfy dining-room that everyone loved, from its cozy little Bar at the front of the restaurant, its Phone Booth (one of the last surviving in New York), and the famed Scalamandre Zebra Wallpaper that is as much a part of Gino’s as the tenured old waiters, the Phone Booth, and the popular Chicken Parmigiano.

    Among all the tasty pasta dishes, the Pasta with Salsa Segreta, (Segreto) “The Secret Sauce,” was a perennial favorite at Gino’s. All of Gino’s legendary clientele loved it. Some of the clients just happened to be, people like; Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Joe DiMaggio, to name a few of a large string of luminaries to grace Gino’s over the years. Gino’s had many wonderful dishes that were soul satisfy, unpretentious, and tasty as heck. They were all the usual suspects of Italian Red-Sauce Joints everywhere; from Baked Clams Areganata, to Shrimp Cocktail, to Spaghetti With Clam Sauce, Lasagna, the famed Veal Pamigiano, “the entire menu.”     I used to go to Gino’s with my cousin Joe quite a bit. My sister Barbara came a couple times, as did my brother Michael. But it was usually me and Cousin Joe, and if anyone else was tagging along as well. Now I love my pasta as all good Italian-Americans do, but my cousin Joe? He had me beat. The guy loves his pasta, and wanted it practically every day. I believe we tried the Salsa Segreta (Secret Sauce) on our first trip there. I think with Tagliolini, but you can have it with Spaghetti, Rigatoni or whichever pasta you like. Well we loved it from the very first, and would get it every time we went. Often we’d get Baked Clams and Shrimp Cocktail to start, followed by a Half Portion each of Tagliolini with Salsa Segreto, and as our main we might split a Veal Milanese with a “Nice Bottle of Chianti.” We’d finish the meal with Espresso and a couple of Desserts, maybe a Tiramisu and a Chocolate Tartufo.

    So the Secret Sauce, what’s in it, you want to know? Yes I identified the Secret ingredients one day, I made it, and it tastes exactly the same, and that’s as tasty as can possibly be, a 10 out of 10, you can’t get any better. It’s quite simple and you’d be amazed, but that’s the essence of all Italian Cooking, simply tasty. The Secret of The Secret Sauce is, “I shouldn’t tell you but I will.” I should be charging you $100 just for this one recipe but I won’t. “I hope you know what a bargain you people are all getting; my Sunday Sauce, Clemenza’s Sunday Sauce, my Lentil Soup recipe, Marinara Sauce, my famed Bolognese and more. I’m getting robbed here!” But here you go, The Secret-Ingredients in the Secret Sauce from the former Gino’s Restaurant on Lexington Avenue across from Bloomingdales are  _ _ _ _ _ _ _  and  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  added to a simple tomato sauce. That’s it! Basta ! The Cat is out of the Bag. Enjoy! Are you Happy? “You better be!”

Excerpted from SUNDAY SAUCE by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

The RECIPE and "SECRET INGREDIENTS" 

For SALSA SEGRETA "GINO'S SECRET SAUCE are in SUNDAY SAUCE 

by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

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The FORMER GINO'S

On Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

NOW SADLY CLOSED

The Recipe for The SALSA SEGRETA LIVES ON

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SUNDAY SAUCE

Kindle Edition

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GINO'S Was A FAVORITE 

of

FRANK SINATRA