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secret italian family recipe!!

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[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"You see, you start out with a little bit of oil. Then you fry some garlic. Then you throw in some tomatoes, tomato paste, you fry it; you make sure it doesn't stick. You get it to a boil; you shove in all your sausage and your meatballs; heh? ... And a little bit o' wine. An' a little bit a sugar, and that's my trick." - Clemenza

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Jewish kids get a bar/bat mitzvah, Italian-(American) kids learn and make their own sauce.

And each person has their own unique take on it, so no two people’s sauces are quite alike. Finding out who was cooking dinner at a gathering is fun that way.

[–] Greg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Meatballs is a Swedish thing and I never saw that in Italy. Which Italian region has meatballs? Except New Jersey.

[–] be_gt@feddit.nu 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Italian version is called polpette. More often boiled in a sauce rather that fried in a pan.

[–] Greg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

So we can agree that “pasta with meatballs” is not a common dish even in the north of Italy? I rarely see polpette in general at restaurants and I never saw such paring with pasta.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Agreed on this. Polpette is supposed to be a second course, while pasta sauces are supposed to be “saucy”, not over-clumpy as polpette

[–] Greg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

I appreciate your clarification! Well put!

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago
[–] FishFace@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

Meatballs are an everywhere thing, my friend.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 3 points 2 days ago

In the north, they exist, usually in tomato sauce, but not as a pasta sauce

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[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

This moment from The Godfather is a staple of the "Italian American" fiction, made more ridiculous after The Sopranos.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 1 points 2 days ago

In the north, they exist, usually in tomato sauce, but not as a pasta sauce

Link

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 1 points 2 days ago

In the north, they exist, usually in tomato sauce, but not as a pasta sauce

Link