WHEN ITALIAN AMERICANS COOK by Daniel Bellino
And During DINNER
You will always “MANGIA BENE” !!!
The RAGU BOLOGNESE COOKBOOK
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For The WORLD’S BEST” RAGU BOLOGNESE
by New York Italian Cookbook Author
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Me and my Gabagool, I just Love it! Gabagool that is. Otherwise known as Capicola,Capocollo,Capicolla, and Ham Capicole .. Gabagool (Capicola) is a Italian Salumi porl product made from the pork neck or shoulder .. Unlike Salami, which is made of ground meat mixed with ground pork fat that is seasoned, salted and cured, Capicola is a whole piece of meat similar to prosciutto in that it is cured in a whole piece. Italian-AMericans particularly love their Gabagool and Gabagool Sandwiches either as part of a Sub Sandwich with Provolone, Salami, lettuce,onions, tomatoe, Olive Oil and Vinegar .. Some get Capicola with Provolone and Hot Peppers or the same without the Hot Peppers. I love Capicola with just Provolone or Gabagool & Egg with two scrambled eggs with 3 slices of Sweet Gabagool. Some like their Gabagool Hot, I prefer it sweet. Not that it is sweet with sugar, just that it’s not hot .. You can make Gabagool & Egg Sandwiches like I saide with a couple scrambled eggs and a few slices of Capicolla on a small hero or Kaiser Roll or Italian Bread .. OR you can make Gabagool & Egg by chopping the Gabagool and cooking it in a little olive oil and then add the eggs and scramble the sauteed Capicola inside the scrambled eggs and you can have it with Swiis or Provolone CHeese or not .. Anyway you make the Gabagool, it’s always good and much loved. Bon Apettito di Gabgool.
Gabagool is Neapolitan dialect for Capicola, a Salumi pork product made from the neck of the pig.
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Wanna Make a nice SUNDAY SAUCE? If you live in The VILLAGE, Soho or somewhere in Downtown Manhattan, FAICCO’S is The PLACE To GO to get your, SAUSAGE, BRACIOLE, and ground Beef, Pork, and Veal for your MEATBALLS .. You can get Olive Oil, San Marzano Tomatoes, Rigatoni or other Maccheroni as well .. Everything for your SUNDAY SAUCE except Garlic …
FAICCO’S is MANHATTAN’S Premier Pork Store .. There’s a Faicco’s in Brooklyn as well, so No Need to Go to That Rip-Off Disneyland of an Italian Food Emporium Eataly … New York Italians “In-The-Know” know to go to place like DiPaolo’s in Little Italy, Faicco’s in Greenwich Village, Pino’s Prime Meats or Flornence Meat Market for Braciole, Sausages and ground meats for you Meatballs …
SUNDAY SAUCE Has Arrived ! The Latest from New York based Food & Wine Writer Daniel Bellino-Zwicke, Author; “LA TAVOLA” THE FEAST of THE 7 FISH, GOT ANY KAHLUA ? aka THE BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK, and now SUNDAY SAUCE …
SUNDAY SAUCE by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE is Set For November 25, 2013 Publication Date .. November 25, 2013 Publication Release Date by Daniel Bellino Zwicke
EXCERPT From SUNDAY SAUCE .. November 25, 2013 PUBLICATION by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE
If you utter the term Sunday Sauce to any number of millions of Italian-Americans, they start salivating at the simple mention of its name. The wheels start turning in their heads, with thoughts of how tasty it is, with its various components; the Meatballs, Sausages, Braciole, maybe Pork Ribs, Beef Neck, or Pig Skin Braciole (Coteca), the Pasta, and the Gravy itself. They think about sitting at the table with friends and or family, people they love. They’ll ponder the Antipasti, wondering what it might be; Mixed Salumi, Baked Clams, Grilled Calamari? And with the meal, there will surely be Wine, Italian Wine, maybe a good Chianti or Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. With Uncle Frank and Uncle Tony, the wine was usually Carlo Rossi Paisano or Gallo Hearty Burgundy, two solid Italian-American winemakers.
When thinking of a Sunday Sauce, you’ll think about the warmth in the air, of loved ones, Sinatra, Dino, and the Sunday Sauce, “It’s a beautiful thing!” If you’ve never done it, “Try it!” If you haven’t cooked one for some time, plan a get-together with friends and family, soon. Sunday Sauce, It brings people together, in a most Delightful way, and as the Big Boys would say, “It’s a Beautiful Thing.”
