sunday sauce with braciole, meatballs and sausage
This is a delicious Italian favorite. Takes about 3 hours to make but worth every minute.
prep time
10 Min
cook time
3 Hr
method
Bake
yield
6 serving(s)
Ingredients
- SAUCE
- 2 medium onions quartered
- 6 cloves garlic peeled
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- - salt
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup sweet vermouth
- 28 ounces can crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup basil leaves chopped
- BREADCRUMB MIXTURE
- 1 cup fine grated parmesan
- 2/3 cup fresh parsley chopped
- 1/2 cup fine breadcrumbs
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- BRACIOLE
- 6 slices flank steak pounded to 1/4 inch thick
- - salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons oil
- MEATBALLS
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- - salt and pepper
- - reserved breadcrumb mixture
- SAUSAGE
- 6 - sweet italian sausage
- ASSEMBLY
- 1 pound spaghetti
- - parmigiano-reggiano, grated
How To Make sunday sauce with braciole, meatballs and sausage
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Step 1For the Sauce Chop the onions and garlic in a food processor. Place oil in large Dutch oven. Cook the onions and garlic until browned. Stir in the tomato paste, oregano and red pepper flakes. cook about 2 minutes. Add the vermouth and scrap up the browned bits from the bottom of pan. Add the crushed tomatoes and 2 cups water. Stir in the basil and season with salt. Bring to a simmer on low and keep warm.
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Step 2For the breadcrumbs Combine all the ingredients together and set aside.
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Step 3For the Braciole Preheat oven 300 degrees. Lay the beef flat and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle evenly with 1/2 cup of the breadcrumb mixture reserving the rest for the meatballs. Roll the beef up and tie with butchers twine. Add oil to skillet and brown the braciole on all sides. Transfer the braciole to the sauce. Cover and bake 2 hours.
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Step 4For the meatballs Mix the ground beef with the eggs, milk, salt, pepper and remaining breadcrumb mixture. Shape into 1 inch meatballs. Add oil to skillet brown them in batches in the oil. Once the meatballs are all browned cook the sausages until browned on both sides. Carefully transfer the meatballs and sausage into the sauce. Cover pan and bake another 30 minutes.
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Step 5To serve cook spaghetti in boiling salted water. Drain well. Serve with sauce and meat on top and sprinkle with Parmigiano
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