FRANK SINATRA SPAGHETTI SAUCE
And MEATBALLS
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HOW to MAKE SPAGHETTI SAUCE
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FRANK SINATRA tells Sid Mark, step-by-step HOW He Makes TOMATO SAUCE
“You begin with a skillet and you use a light kind of olive oil and put in about 2 tbsp. full and put in 3 whole cloves of garlic. I usually puncture the cloves with a fork so it will exude the flavor I want. When the garlic is tanned or light brown take it out of the oil and throw it away. Keep the oil." "For 4 people you can take 2 cans of the oval shaped tomato and you put each can in a blender and count about a “slow four” to grind it up and put it in a saucepan…do that with both cans. Add a pinch of salt and a little bit of black pepper and little bit of oregano…maybe ½ tsp. full. Add the oil. I used to watch my dad do it. He’d just take his fingers and he’d take so much and throw it in the pot. And you let it simmer." … "Now…VERY IMPORTANT because this is what you don’t find in restaurants because they can’t take the time to do it. You take a good sized tsbp. And whatever oil or foreign matter that comes to the top; just keep skimming it until you have a pure red sauce. Low flame and cook for about ½ hr. and just let it sit there until you are ready to turn on your water for your pasta." "You want to put a couple of bay leaves and fresh basil is wonderful…at the last minute." "So you’ve got in the sauce olive oil, garlic, pepper, salt, oregano, a couple of basil leaves and, if you wish, a teaspoon - tablespoon. Of finely chopped parsley and that’s the way to make a simple pasta sauce.”
FRANK SINATRA'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE
Recipe :
- 1/2 of a cup of Olive Oil
- 1 medium Onion finely diced
- 4 cloves of Garlic minced
- 1-28-ounce can Italian style tomatoes
- 1-28-ounce can of tomato purée
- 2 tablespoons of fresh parsley chopped
- 2 teaspoons of dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon each of Slat & Black Pepper
- black pepper
- 1 pound of dried pasta
- Extra chopped parsley for serving
- red pepper flakes for serving, optional
- Italian grated cheese blend, optional
Place the Olive Oil and diced Onions in a medium sized Pot. Cook on low heat for 5 minutes,
Add the Garlic and cook for 2 minutes on low heat as you stir with a wooden spoon.
Add the Salt, Black Pepper & Thyme and cook for 2 minutes, low heat.
Add all the Tomatoes and chopped fresh Parsley. Turn heat to high and cook until the sauce starts to bubble.
Turn the heat down to low, and let simmer for 40 minutes. Be sure to stir the Sauce with a wooden spoon as the sauce cooks, scrapping the bottom of the pot so the sauce doesn't stick or burn.
After 40 minutes, turn the heat off.
Serve this Tomato Sauce with your favorite pasta.
Note : To make Pasta with Meatballs, make the Meatball recipe below.
SINATRA MEATBALLS Recipe
- 1 - pound of ground Beef
- 1 - of a pound ground Pork
- 1 cup of Italian Bread Crumbs
- 1/3 of a cup each grated Parmesan& Pecorino Romano Cheese
- 4 teaspoon of chopped Parsley
- 1 clove of Garlic, minced
- 3 large Eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt & 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl.
Form the meat mixture into 3 inch in diameter Meatballs.
Place in a 375 degree oven for 12 minutes.
Remove the Meatballs from the oven and place in above Tomato Sauce, at the point when you have just put the Tomatoes in the pot.
On high-heat cook until the Sauce starts to boil (bubble). Low heat to low and cook for 40 to 45 minutes on low heat.
After 45 minutes turn heat off.
Cook Spaghetti, Rigatoni, or whatever pasta you like.
Drain the pasta in a colander. Place the pasta back into the pot it cooked in. Add some Tomato Sauce and mix.
Place some pasta on each persons plate. Add 2 or 3 Meatballs to the place. Add some Tomato Sauce over the Pasta and Meatballs and serve.
Place grated Pecorino, and or grated Parmigiano Cheese on the table.
Eat & Enjoy !!!
SUNDAY SAUCE
MEATBALLS & SUNDAY SAUCE
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GIANTS !!!
PAVAROTTI & SINATRA !!!
NONNA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK
aka The SINATRA COOKBOOK
JOSEPHINA SALEMI BELLINO
BORN in LERCARA FRIDDI SICILY
The Same Town FRANK SINATRA'S FATHER MARTY
Was BORN
LUCKY LUCIANO as WELL
