Perfect Sunday Sauce that will make Nonna Proud

I ate spaghetti at my grandparents house EVERY SUNDAY. Everyone was welcome at this table. The tradition of the DiMarino sauce is something hard to capture. It's about so much more than the sauce. My grandfather was literally making sauce when he died. I used to go over early and eat sauce sandwiches. The dogs beards were permanently stained red from eating leftover spaghetti. My uncle makes sauce that tastes identical to my grandparents and NOTHING tastes better. It is the definition of the best sauce in the world to me. People would come over to the family dinner and would no joke talk about it for the rest of their lives. That sauce was love.

So…just my experience with this recipe, folks…I set aside last Sunday to make this sauce..11/24/2023…. First…it turned out AMAZING..!! I used the same three meats that Chef Steve used… BUT…I used a Dutch oven to seer them…using a low pan like in the video will create a splattery mess, IMO… (but it’s a kitchen, I get it)…. I also used 1 large can of Nina’s tomatoes from Costco and 2 28-oz can of San Marzanos…also from Costco… Crushed by hand, no food mill… The sauce reduced quite a bit over the 7-9 hours that I cooked it, but MY LORD, was it OUT OF THIS WORLD GOOD… Some good pasta, wine and high-quality Parmesano reggiano and you get some serious grub for you and your loved ones… A lot of work, but waaaay worth it, IMO… Kudos to the chef from NY..!! You hit this one outta the park, Sir…. Definitely the best cooking channel on Ytube…Cheers from Ohio….

I made this a few weekends in a row last year and let me tell you it's time consuming but absolutely worth it. You get leftovers for days that reheat incredibly well, the sauce itself freezes and reheats great, and so on. My mom's side of the family is Greek so I definitely spent plenty of Sundays getting stuffed with yia yia's dolmades and spanakopita, but this is on another level.

Oh maaaaaan, I’m DROOLING. This seems like a great way to spend a day in the kitchen!

My mother made Sunday sauce every week, and the whole house was filled with the delicious aroma and the windows in the kitchen would be fogged up from the condensation from the long simmering sauce. No jar sauce can ever come close to the flavor of my mother's and grandmother's homemade sauce. And yes, there was always a loaf of Italian bread for dipping while the sauce cooked. I miss them and those days. I think I'll make some sauce this weekend.

I love you, I love your recipes. But I am a kosher vegetarian and I used to help my best friend growing up, she was Sicilian and her dad was a butcher, we made briaciole for the gravy. Her mother had a 24" platter that we made antipasto on. Laura & I would help peel the skin off the roasted peppers and we rolled the meats and cheeses that were put around the edge of the platter. The peppers, olives, and giardiniera went in the middle. I learned all the tricks of an Italian mother.

I love the technique of starting the tomato sauce, then searing the meats separately! Brilliant. Also, frying the basil is interesting, will try. Thank you Stephen, you always have slick methods.

Growing up Sicilian if I meet non-Italians they would always ask me if we cooked our sauce for hours. And I would tell them that if you add meat other than meatballs and sausage then it's called a ragu. If you don't use all of the meat then it's sugo/sauce. I love adding the ricotta cheese the meatballs. Delicious!!! Great video as usual.

This channel deserves millions of subscribers! I’m a fan since years and the quality is constantly top notch Cheers from San Diego California

Just want to thank you for all these Italian American recipes. I grew up in a very Italian family and every sunday my great grandparents, to grandparents, to parents and aunts/uncles did a sunday night dinner with ingredients and technique similar to yours. I don't really see any other recipes like this on youtube that emulate that feeling of MY home's cooking and you pretty much always seem to nail it on the head. I'm definitely going to be doing this sometime soon, over the years we lost our traditional sunday dinners and I've been missing it so much.

Dude, today is Tuesday and my day off. I made this for my family. Used blade steak instead of short rib, it turned out AMAZING, everyone loved it. Thank you Steve

Working on my first ever Sunday Sauce and my house is smelling amazing! Excited to have the finished product. Thank you!

We usually used them in the restaurant alley for cig buds and roaches but a flower pot works too ;)

No, I'm not Italian but from experience,( and growing up in New Jersey in an Italian neighborhood) the meal is only as good as the sauce. This was fabulous! I'd spend the entire day making this. I've had some delicious Italian food where I'm from. RIP Dino's mom, that lady could cook!

I made this today..without the fried basil leaves but it was one of the best sauces and I learned some improvements on my usual sauce. My boyfriend ate two bowls. Sooo good thanks for the recipe.

Been watching this channel for a few years now and it's so nice to see it grow. You consistently put out high quality and professional recipes with a great amount of respect for tradition. Keep it up man, greetings from Belgium

This looks so good, the ricotta garnish is just that extra thing that really takes it next level!

This looks amazing. I absolutely love the 50beef/50veal combo for meatballs (and meatloaf!). My grandma would make sunday sauce with sausage, meatballs, and bone-on short ribs too and it was always so incredible. I've been wanting to try to make the ribs like her and I think if I follow this video I'll nail it.

Man, I gotta tell you, this sauce is what I have been searching for, for the last 45 years! I had a meal with sauce that was incredibly thick and rich & the most incredible flavor I’ve ever tasted. I’ve been chasing that sauce ever since, until now! I freaking found that flavor in your recipe. Thank you friend so much, you have no idea…

For meatballs I always use a mixture of ground beef, veal, and pork equal parts. Turns out beautiful! I use the same meat mix for meatloaf too! Definitely wanna try my hand making homemade gravy (sauce) instead of my ol’ standby Rao’s