Posted on 03/08/2024 3:28:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
Recreate the iconic tomato sauce from 'The Godfather' and bring a taste of the Corleone family into your home
Few films have made as lasting an impact in popular culture as "The Godfather."
And beyond the silver screen, its influence extends from the couch to the kitchen.
One of the most iconic culinary elements in the movie is the tomato sauce recipe, a closely guarded secret in the Corleone family. Here's a deep dive into the mystique of "The Godfather" tomato sauce — and how to recreate this legendary concoction.
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Does this have anything to do with Jimmy Hoffa?
Only the meatballs...
“Leave the gun, take the canoli.”
I can’t abide any pasta sauce that has sugar in it. I never buycommercial sauces because they’re way too sweet, but always just cook down a can of diced tomatoes, adding onion and garlic
You don’t put a lot of sugar you just put enough to cut the acidity.
Ideally the correct amount is just enough that it works, but you don’t actually taste the sugar
I felt he used too many onions, but it was still a very good sauce.....oh, wait a minute.....wrong movie.
Sicilians always add sugar to their sauce. A spoonful or two. A quarter of a cup is nuts.
Horse-head soup?
I always brown up my sausage and meatballs in the pan before I start adding the the rest of it.
After you get the main sauce going, you put the meats back in and let it cook for a few hours.
That was no heart attack that killed Clemenza.
He wanted more money.
This one always works for me:
fuggedaboudit
I understand. But in most commercial preparations you can definitely taste it. And I’ll confess as a kid my mother would feed us Chef Boy-ar-Dee canned raviolis. That stuff you could put a stick in, freeze it, and make popsicles.
Gravy
Keep in mind they are cooking like a whole stockpot of sauce to feed probably 20 people. Not just your usual large saucepan.
Brown them, then I put a little red wine in there to deglaze and get all the yummy brown bits that stick to the pan, then you can add that to the sauce since it will need a little red wine anyway.
Not related to Jimmy, but you won’t be seeing Pauly no more.
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