Monday, July 22, 2024

Nonna Nina Makes Ravioli Pasta

 



NONNA NINA

MAKING RAVIOLI






"LIFE is a COMBINATION of MAGIC & PASTA"

Federico Fellini







NONNA NINA Makes RAVIOLI

HOMEMADE !!!









NONNA BELLINOS COOKBOOK

RECIPES From MY SICILIAN NONNA





Bensonhurst Brooklyn Italian NYC

 


QUEEN ANN RAVIOLI

BEHSONHURST, BROOKLYN







BESONHURST BROOKLYN ITALIAN







L&B SPUMONI GARDENS

BROOKLYN

PIZZA & SPUMONI





100 YEAR OLD PASTA MACHINE

QUEEN ANN RAVIOLI




Radda in Chianti Tuscany Italy

 








RADDA in CHIANTI






Thursday, July 18, 2024

Red Sauce - Gravy - Sunday Sauce

 

 WHAT DO YOU CALL IT ???

Doesn't Matter - As Long as It Taste Good !!!



"GRAVY" !!!

Or is it SUNDAY SAUCE ???

Whatever You Call It ???

Do You call it "REDSAUCE" ?

It's The Most SUPREME DISH of ITALIAN-AMERICA

And The ITALIAN-AMERICAN Peoples







SUNDAY SAUCE

The DEFINING BOOK on The SUBJECT

The SUBJECT of SUNDAY SAUCE

"SOME CALL IT GRAVY"






SAUCE, GRAVY, SUNDAY SAUCE, "RED SAUCE" or SUGO ? What is it. It can be a couple different things. It depends on who you are talking to, if they are Italian-American or not, where their family comes from in Italy, and what Italian Enclave in America they grew up in : New York City, Boston, New Jersey, Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago, or wherever?

Some, when they say Sauce, Sugo, or Gravy, they can be talking about a Tomato Sauce that was cooked with or without meat in it. They can be talking about a Tomato Sauce that was cooked with Meat in it, and the Sauce is served, dressing Maccheroni, but with the Sauce removed, for the Meat ( or Meats) to be served later in the meal, or put aside, refrigerated and served at another time.

Usually, when someone says  "Gravy" they are referring to a sauce made with Tomatoes that meats, such as Italian Sausages, Braciola, Pork Ribs, Meatballs, and or Pork or Beef Neck, maybe chicken parts, Beef Chuck, or veal, in which the sauce is cooked with any combination of some of these meats mentioned, and possibly other meats, such as Lamb or Beef Short Ribs, whatever?

There is no one right answer to what is Italian-American Gravy, "Sauce" Sunday Gravy, Sugo, or Sunday Sauce. Again, it just depends on who is talking and their family background and history. There is now one standard answer, "No Right or Wrong." The main and  most important thing is that the dish taste good.









CLEMENZA SHOWS MICHAEL

HOW to MAKE SAUCE for a BUNCH of GUYS

RICHARD CASTELLANO as PETER CLEMENZA

And AL PACINO as MICHAEL CORLEONE

In FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S The GODFATHER

An ITALIAN- AMERICAN CLASSIC





LEARN HOW to MAKE SUNDAY SAUCE - GRAVY


by Daniel Bellino "Z"




Thursday, July 11, 2024

Italian Food Adventure - Italy



BISTECCA FIORENTINA

FLORENCE

 


PAPARADELLE w WILD BOAR RAGU






Massive ITALIAN FOOD ADVENTURE

All Over ITALY - ROME - FLORENCE - VENICE

PIZZA PASTA DOLCE & More !!!





Going to POSITANO ?

The AMALFI COAST



POSITANO The AMALFI COAST

TRAVEL GUIDE - COOKBOOK









PORCHETTA

Making a PORCHETTA SANDWICH

ROMA







HOTELS & FLIGHTS

ITALY EUROPE - WORLDWIDE







SUNDAY SAUCE

WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK








Saturday, July 6, 2024

Pasta Cucuzza Recipe Gagootz

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 Growing Cucuzza in your backyard .. An Italian-American time-honoted Traditon ..



  PASTA con CUCUZZA    


Pasta & Gagootz !!!   Pasta & Gagootz is a long time favorite with the Bellino Family. Cucuzza, a.k.a. Gagootz is oh so Sicilian, and third only to Eggplant (Melanzane) and Artichokes, as the most popular and loved vegetable of all. Well yes there’s tomatoes and we love cauliflower quite a bit too, but Gagootz? Yes Cucuzza is the big Italian Squash eaten mainly by Italian-Americans, and mostly those of Sicilian and Neapolitan origins.  Even in the Italian-American community, still not many  know of this amazing Baseball Bat sized vegetable that most Sicilians do. So yes Cucuzza is ours, we Sicilians and other Southern Italian peoples, but not everyone you see. Hey, we love to share, but once in a while we like to keep a few things to ourselves. Doesn’t everyone? My mom used to make this often, along with Zuppa di Cucuzza from her mothers traditional recipes from Lercara Friddi. The recipe is oh so Sicilian, tasty and whimsical too. If you make it, you and your guest are sure to love it, as we Bellino’s have for more than 100 years now. Mangia Bene!    



RECIPE : PASTA GAGOOTZ

1 large Cucuzza (Italian Squash) 
1 medium Onion, peeled and chopped 
¼ cup Olive Oil 
1 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes 
4 cloves Garlic, peeled and sliced 
1 – 28 ounce can "Best Quality" imported ITALIAN Tomato Passata
1 pound Green Beans, cleaned and cut in half 
¼ cup fresh Basil leaves torn in half 
1/3 cup grated Pecorino Romano Cheese



Peel the Cucuzza with a vegetable peeler and scoop out an large seeds if there are any and discard.

Cut the Cucuzza (Gagootz) into 1 ½” pieces. 

Place Cuccuzza and olive oil in a 6-quart pot and cook on low heat for 5 minutes. 

Add onion and cook for 4 minutes more. Add garlic and cook on low flame for 2 minutes. 

Add red pepper flakes and cook 1 minute while stirring. 

Add tomatoes and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. 

While the sauce is simmering cook the green beans in a large pot of boiling salted water for 3 minutes. 

Drain the beans in a colander and put in the pot of sauce after it has been simmering for 12 minutes. 

Continue cooking for a total cooking time of 40-45 minutes for the sauce. Add basil and cook two minutes. Cook pasta according to directions on package. 

When finished cooking, drain the pasta in a colander, reserving about 7 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water. 

Put the pasta back in the pot it cooked in. Drizzle on a little olive oil and mix. 

Add 1/3 of the sauce to the pot with the pasta and mix. Divide the pasta among four plates. 

Top each plate of pasta with a little more of the sauce. 

Give a plate to each guest, pass the grated cheese and enjoy.

 

Pasta Gagootz ... 

Excerpted form GRANDMA BELLINO'S ITALIAN COOKBOOK by Danie Bellino Z





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Friday, July 5, 2024

Uncle Frank Picks Olives - in Italy



UNCLE FRANK
 
And his Olive Picking days in SOUTHERN ITALY
 
Near SALERNO
 






FRANK BELLINO talks about picking Olives
 
Montinella , ITALY
 
 
 
 


SUNDAY SAUCE
 
READ ABOUT UNCLE FRANK
 
COOKING - SHARING MEALS
 
And ITALIAN-AMERICAN RITUALS
 
In NEW YORK and LODI, NEW JERSEY
 
SUNDAY SAUCE With MEATBALLS
 
SAUSAGES and BRACIOLE








RAVELLO
 
The AMALFI COAST
 
 
 


Bestselling Italian Cookbook Author
 
Daniel Bellino Zwicke
 
Ravello





Filipo Bellino

Father of Frank Bellino

Grandfather of Daniel Bellino "Z"





 
Frank Bellino
 
United States Marines
 
World War II






The Bellino Family

Minus Frank , Lilly, and Jimmy
Pictured here : Filipo Bellino, Lucia Bellino (my mother)
Tony Bellino and Nonna Giuseppina Salemi Bellino
Lodi, New Jersey

Some time in the late 1930s ?





 
Uncle Frank
 
Mangia Bene 





BOOKS by Daniel Bellino Zwicke
 
SUNDAY SAUCE
 
GRANDMA BELLINO'S ITALIAN COOKBOOK
 
 
DANIEL'S AUTHOR PAGE  AMAZON.com
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