Italian Meat Sauce

Italian Meat Sauce
It's not just
Spaghetti & Meatballs Anymore!

Mentioning Italian Meat sauce back in the day every body would automatically think, "Spaghetti and Meatballs". Not anymore! We're braking out the secret vault of family recipes for meat sauces that originated in the town of Bologna, the home of the traditional Bolognese.

In fact there is a traditional Bolognese sauce recipe registered in 1982 by the Bolognese delegation of Accademia Italiana della Cucina Consists of Beef and Veal, Pancetta mixed with a variety of vegetables, meat, broth, and milk or cream.

However the history of pasta tells us that all meats were used to create Italian meat sauce. Left over scraps of meat such as pork neck bones and pigs feet evolving into Pancetta, Prosciutto, Mortadella and Salami's. All were tossed into a tomato or marinara sauce recipe to create a meat sauce culinary masterpiece that has been handed down from generation to generation.

Like so many Italian pasta recipes that were considered peasants food have now become "Italian Cuisine".

Over time great chefs and amateurs that master their own private kitchens have created exciting variations of the traditional Bolognese sauce recipe, the most popular of course is the ground beef or veal in a tomato sauce with onions, garlic and splash of red wine.

Italian Pasta Sauce made with Pork

But meat sauce is not just about ground beef or veal. Don't forget the pork! It's not just for Sunday gravy anymore. An Italian-American sauce made famous by the ever popular "Sopranos" is the Sunday Pork Gravy. Look for the signed poster of the Soprano's on the wall of any Italian restaurant to find a good one. Jersey's a good place to start.

Imagine walking to your local butcher shop every day and picking out the meats for you sauce. Having them ground fresh to make your daily meal. If you lived in Italy (and New York city) that's the way you'd do it.

You'd do the same for your Italian sausage whether it as sweet Italian sausage or spicy Italian sausage it was made fresh just for you.

A Southern Italian favorite is an Italian sausage pasta sauce. Traditionally involving both sweet and spicy Italian sausage left whole and tossed into a deep red tomato sauce with green and red bell peppers and cooked till the sausage flavor infuses with the sauce.

Parmigiano is a must!

There is a dish known throughout Italy as Orchetti, Salsiccia con Rapini or Sausage pasta to you and me. Translated to Orchetti with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe. The Orchetti pasta shape means little ears and the sausages tuck into the dome shaped pasta perfectly. Rapini,the perfect amount of heat and Olive Oil make this Italian pasta recipe a real friend and family pleaser.

Just one more Italian Meat Sauce to broaden your taste buds horizon.

Italian Pasta Sauce made with Veal

An Italian Veal sauce with a tomato base is called VEAL RAGU! And any way you look at it Veal is good meat hands down. It brings a unique flavor to sauce and ground veal is a beautiful alternative in any Italian meat sauce recipe.

In Puglia, a region in the South of Italy but in the heel of the country rather then the all too familiar toe, you'll be delighted to find a Orchetti al Vitello in a rich tomato sauce.

Veal is a almost must when making any of your favorite Meatball recipes.

The list goes on and on as cardiologists across the country are buying houses in Florida over this section of Italian meat sauce recipes.

Please read on and try them all!