North End Sunday Gravy
5.0
Ingredients
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- 330 min
- Total
- 360 min
Instructions
- 1 Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat; add neck bones, pork rib, beef chuck, beef rib, and lamb shank. Cook, flipping often, until browned on all sides, 7 to 10 minutes; transfer to a large bowl.
- 2 Add 1/4 cup olive oil to the same stockpot over medium heat; add 1 pinch each basil, mint, and red pepper flakes. Add onion; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add 1 clove minced garlic; cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in tomato paste until incorporated. Add water and crushed tomatoes; bring to a low boil. Add remaining 2 pinches each basil, mint, and red pepper flakes; season with salt and black pepper.
- 3 Return browned meats to stockpot; bring to a simmer and cook 2 1/2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove and discard neck bones.
- 4 Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; crumble in Italian sausage. Cook and stir until crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease. Stir sausage and sugar into tomato sauce; heat to a simmer and cook 1 1/2 hours.
- 5 Combine ground beef, bread crumbs, ground pork, milk, parsley, eggs, Parmesan cheese, and remaining 1 clove minced garlic in a large bowl with your hands until evenly mixed; shape into 2-inch meatballs.
- 6 Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add meatballs; cook until evenly browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
- 7 Add meatballs to tomato sauce; simmer for 1 hour, adding water as needed to keep sauce from becoming too thick. Let sit off heat 2 to 3 minutes. Skim and discard any fat from top of sauce.
By owensjo