Sunday Gravy. Sunday Gravy - Whether you call this gravy or sauce - this authentic Italian recipe. My husband Jack grew up eating Sunday Gravy - and in his family, they actually did call it sauce and not gravy!. Authentic Italian Sunday gravy just like Nonna used to make.

Nana's tomato meat sauce holds a fond place in my heart, and her recipe lives on to this day in my recipe box. There's nothing better than enjoying a pot of Sunday sauce with friends and loved ones. With good quality ingredients like San Marzano plum tomatoes. To cook Sunday Gravy you need 31 ingredients and just 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

Prepare of Meatballs.
It's of ground beef.
You need of breadcrumbs.
You need of milk.
Prepare of egg.
Prepare of salt.
You need of black pepper.
You need of italian seasoning.
You need of crushed red pepper.
It's of Tbps parsley, chopped.
It's of Meat.
You need of short ribs.
Prepare of pork ribs, split.
It's of sweet Italian sausage.
It's of Sauce.
It's of olive oil.
It's of onions, diced.
Prepare of crushed red pepper.
It's of garlic, minced.
Prepare of oregano.
You need of rosemary.
It's of thyme.
Prepare of funnel, crushed.
It's of black pepper.
Prepare of tomato paste.
You need of dry red wine.
Prepare of balsamic vinegar.
It's of fish sauce.
You need of cans whole tomatoes.
Prepare of Bou beef bouillon cube.
Prepare of parsley, chopped.

Nothing says Sunday supper with the family like a slow-simmering tomato sauce. Simply grab your biggest pot and choose a variety of Italian sausage, meatballs, and beef. Also had a lovely conversation with the. Sunday Gravy brought me to tears.

Sunday Gravy instructions

Combine the milk and breadcrumbs in a medium bowl. When they've absorbed all the liquid, stir in the egg, followed by the Italian seasoning, parsley, salt, black and red pepper. Stir and then crumble in the ground beef. Mix until well distributed and form into meat balls..
Heat the olive oil in a large dutch oven (at least 6 qts) over medium heat. Brown the meat balls, being careful turning them not to crush them.
Remove the meatballs and set aside. It's ok if they're not done..
Salt the short ribs and brown in the dutch oven..
Remove the short ribs to a separate large bowl..
Salt and brown the pork ribs in the Dutch oven and then add them to the short ribs bowl..
Brown the sausages in the fat and then add them to the bowl with the ribs..
Pour the fat out into a glass bowl and then add 2 Tbsp back to the dutch oven. Lower the heat to medium low and add the onions and red pepper and cook until soft..
Add the garlic, herbs, fennel, black pepper and saute 2 min..
Add the tomato paste and saute until incorporated..
Add the wine, balsamic, beef bouillon, and fish sauce and bring to a simmer..
Puree one of the cans of tomatoes. Using a stick blender is easy, but a regular blender is fine..
Hand crush the other can of tomatoes in a bowl..
Add both tomatoes to the pot and bring to a simmer. Salt to taste..
Add the ribs and sausages to the sauce and reduce the heat to the lowest possible. Cover and simmer ~5 hours..
After 5 hours, remove the sausages and pork ribs and add to the reserved meatballs. Remove the bones from the short ribs and continue cooking covered ~2 hours until the short ribs fall apart and the oil that has separated on top has re emulsified into the sauce..
Add the meatballs, ribs, sausages back to the sauce and bring to a simmer to finish cooking the meatballs..
Serve the gravy with high quality noodles, a scoop of ricotta, shaved parmesan, and garnish with chopped parsley..

Check it out in the closing credits. Hand-crushed tomatoes and long-braised meats galore. It is the Sunday dinner of many Italian-Americans. I know there are probably a million ways to make this dish--please give my version a try. Growing up in an Italian-Irish household there are certain things that are just Now, Sunday Gravy wasn't really a thing I grew up with - but it's definitely something I'm excited for.