Boneless Neckbone Meat Ball Pasta Gravy Recipes

BONELESS NECKBONE & MEAT BALL PASTA GRAVY

Steps:

• 1. Season Neck Bones with spices of your choice. I used minced onion, granulated onion & garlic Powder, kosher salt, coarse Black pepper, sumac (or lemon zest) 2 bay leaves, and cook until meat falls off the bones. Allow to cool and remove all visible fat from pot. (I COOKED ONE DAY & REHEATED THE NEXT DAY) Then reheat, and remove meat from the bones when it has had time to cool enough to handle. SAVE THE MEAT TO BE ADDED TO THE SAUCE.
• 2. Chop the onions and peppers.
• 3. Add the oil to a large skillet, and heat over low heat.
• 4. Add the chopped onions and peppers to skillet along with the minced garlic, then allow to cook over medium low heat.
• 5. Next add the diced tomatoes & tomato paste & stir to blend mixture together.
• 6. Then add the dry spaghetti sauce, and stir to blend. Cook slowly over low heat stirring as you go to prevent sauce from sticking.
• 7. Now add nutmeg, Italian seasoning, garlic powder if desired, & salt and pepper to taste, and stir to blend and continue cooking over low heat about 15 minutes.
• 8. Next add the jarred Spaghetti sauce, stir to mix well and continue cooking.
• 9. Remove meat from bones while sauce is cooking.
• 10. Add the meat to the sauce mixture, and then add the precooked frozen meat balls. Continue cooking slowly, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
• 11. Add grated parmesan cheese, and stir to blend into sauce. Cook for a total of about 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or longer if you have the time, but REMEMBER TO STIR TO PREVENT SAUCE FROM STICKING.
• 12. COOK PASTA ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS. Then spoon onto a serving platter.
• 13. Add Meaty pasta sauce and extra grated cheese if desired. Serve with your favorite garlic bread, and tossed salad if desired.

SLOW COOKER BEEF NECK BONES AND GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat slow cooker to High.
• Clean neck bones and remove any excess fat. Season bones with cumin, allspice, black pepper, red pepper flakes, and salt; dust with 1/4 cup flour.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir garlic until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high and add seasoned neck bones; cook until bones begin to brown, about 1 minute per side.
• Transfer neck bones and drippings to the preheated slow cooker; add beef broth and onion.
• Cook on High for 1 hour. Reduce heat to Low and cook 4 to 6 hours.
• Transfer neck bones to a dish. Sprinkle remaining flour into the slow cooker and stir well. Return neck bones to slow cooker. Let stand until gravy thickens, 15 to 20 minutes.

THE MAURO FAMILY SUNDAY GRAVY

Steps:

• For the meatballs: In a large mixing bowl, mix together the milk, bread, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper to make a panade. Whisk in the cheese, parsley and eggs until uniform. Add in the chuck, pork and veal and, using your hands, mix together until combined. Do not overwork! Do a tiny test meatball to gauge seasoning. Once the mixture is properly seasoned, roll it into twelve 3-inch meatballs.
• For the sauce: Heat the olive oil in large Dutch oven over medium heat until shimmering. Add the sausage and brown on each side until golden, about 5 minutes. Set aside. Next, brown all sides of the meatballs until dark brown, about 5 minutes a side. Set aside. Drain out all but 2 tablespoons of the rendered fat.
• Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and golden around the edges, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the Italian seasoning and garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until the garlic is fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the wine and deglaze the pan, scraping up any bits. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add the tomatoes and increase the heat to medium high. Add the sausage, meatballs and neck bones and bring to a gentle simmer. Cook with the lid on until the meatballs are no longer pink in the middle and are about 170 degrees F, about 1 hour. Remove the sausage and meatballs from the sauce (leave in the neck bones) and refrigerate.
• Simmer the sauce, uncovered, until the neck bone meat is falling-off-the bone tender, skimming the fat off the top and stirring frequently, another 3 hours. (After about 2 1/2 hours, remove the sausage and meatballs from the refrigerator to come back to room temperature.)
• Add the sausage and meatballs back to the sauce and bring to a simmer again for 10 minutes to heat the meat up. Add salt and pepper to taste, then add the fresh basil just before serving.
• Serve on top of a mound of mostaccioli or rigatoni, with a side of hot giardiniera.

MEATBALLS AND GRAVY (SPAGHETTI SAUCE)

Steps:

• Place ground beef, pork, bread crumbs, Romano cheese, eggs, milk, seasoned salt and basil into a large bowl.
• Mix well with hands; shape into 24 balls.
• Brown meatballs in pan, making sure to keep a thin layer of water on the bottom of the pan at all times to prevent burning.
• While meatballs are cooking, start the gravy.
• Brown onion lightly in olive oil in a large pot.
• Add garlic and cook 1 or 2 minutes.(Do not burn.).
• Add tomato paste and water.
• Stir until tomato paste is thinned.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Bring to a slow boil and reduce heat.
• When meatballs are done, add to sauce.
• Simmer, covered loosely, over low heat about 2 hours, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
• If sauce is too thick water may be added.

SOPRANO'S SUNDAY GRAVY (SPAGHETTI SAUCE)

Steps:

• To make the sauce, heat the oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat.
• Pat the pork dry and put the pieces in the pot.
• Cook turning occasionally, for about 15 minutes or until nicely browned on all sides.
• Transfer pork to a plate.
• Brown the veal in the same way and add it to the plate.
• Place the sausages in the pot and brown on all sides.
• Set the sausages aside with the pork.
• Drain off most of the fat from the pot.
• Add the garlic and cook for about 2 minutes or until golden.
• Remove and discard the garlic.
• Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute.
• With a food mill (I use a Braun hand blender) puree the tomatoes, with their juice into the pot.
• Or for a chunkier sauce, just chop up the tomatoes and add them.
• Add the water; and salt and pepper to taste.
• Add the pork, veal, sausages, and basil and bring the sauce to a simmer.
• Partially cover the pot and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 2 hours.
• If the sauce becomes too thick, add a little more water.
• Meanwhile, make the meatballs: Combine all the ingredients except the oil in a large bowl.
• Mix together thoroughly.
• Rinse your hands with cool water and lightly shape the mixture into 2 inch balls.
• Heat the oil in a large heavy skillet.
• Add the meatballs and brown them well on all sides.
• They will finish cooking in the sauce.
• Transfer the meatballs to a plate.
• After the sauce has cooked for its two hours, add the meatballs and cook for 30 minutes or until the sauce is thick and the meats are very tender.
• To serve, remove the meats from the sauce and set aside.
• Toss the cooked pasta with the sauce.
• Sprinkle with cheese.
• Serve the meats as a second course, or reserve them for another day.