North End Sunday Gravy recipe

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Ingredients

¼ cup olive oil
2 pork neck bones
1 country-style pork rib
1 (8 ounce) beef chuck in 1 piece
1 beef rib, or more to taste
1 lamb shank
¼ cup olive oil
1 pinch dried basil, or to taste
1 pinch dried mint, or to taste
1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
7 cups water, or as needed
2 pinches dried basil
2 pinches dried mint
2 pinches crushed red pepper flakes
salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound bulk Italian sausage
½ tablespoon white sugar, or to taste
1 pound ground beef
¼ pound ground pork
2 eggs
½ cup milk
1 cup Italian bread crumbs
½ cup chopped Italian flat leaf parsley
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 clove garlic, minced
1 ½ teaspoons olive oil

Nutrition Info

527 calories
carbohydrate: 25 g
cholesterol: 110.1 mg
fat: 35.8 g
fiber: 4.5 g
protein: 28.4 g
saturatedFat: 10.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 868.7 mg
sugar: 5.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Cook neck bones, country-style pork rib, beef chuck, beef rib, and lamb shank in hot oil, turning regularly, until browned on all sides, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove all the meat to a large bowl.

  2. Pour another 1/4 cup olive oil into the stockpot and heat over medium heat, stir a pinch of basil, a pinch of mint, and a pinch of red pepper flakes into the oil. Cook and stir onions in hot oil until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, cook and stir 1 minute more. Stir the tomato paste into the onion mixture until incorporated. Pour crushed tomatoes and water into the mixture and bring to a low boil. Add an additional 2 pinches each of basil, mint, and red pepper flakes. Season with salt and black pepper.

  3. Return the browned meats to the tomato mixture, bring to a simmer and cook, stirring every 15 minutes, for 2 1/2 hours. Remove the neck bones and discard.

  4. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Crumble Italian sausage into the skillet, cook and stir until crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease. Stir sausage into the tomato sauce with sugar. Return the sauce to a simmer and cook another 1 1/2 hours.

  5. Mix ground beef, ground pork, eggs, milk, Italian bread crumbs, parsley, Parmesan cheese, and garlic with your hands in a large bowl until evenly mixed, shape into 2-inch balls.

  6. Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the meat balls in hot oil until evenly browned, 5 to 7 minutes.

  7. Add meatballs to the tomato sauce. Cook at a simmer for 1 hour, adding water as needed to keep sauce from becoming too thick. Remove stockpot from heat, let sit 2 to 3 minutes. Skim and discard any fat from the top of the sauce.

Recipe Yield

12 servings

Recipe Note

This recipe takes some time but makes a delicious gravy that would make your Italian grandmother proud. The dried mint is not 'minty' at all but rather lends a sweetly herbal flavor to the sauce. You can leave out the lamb shank, but it is the secret ingredient that makes the sauce extra delicious. Many people prefer San Marzano® tomatoes, but they are expensive and I think our own domestic tomatoes actually make a better sauce.

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