Beef Braciole SauceYou can just use the meatballs too. Cook the sauce on low, after it boils, until the top looks a little black. Stir often. How to make the meatballs. Salt, Pepper, garlic powder, fresh basil. Mix with your hands until smooth. I do not add bread crumbs due to blood sugar problem. The eggs hold the meat together. Also sometimes I add a small can of tomato sauce to the meat. Pork I buy a pound of pork tenderloin due to its low fat. You can use a pound of pork roast too. The whole chunk can go in the sauce while it is cooking. You can also add a 1 lb of veal roast if you like. Time pretty much 5 hours. This is Nonna. Here is how I make it as taught to me by my Italian grandmother from Italy. EVOO enough to fry meatballs. Fry onions until translucent. Add meatballs and fry until ready. Meantime blend ITALIAN this recipe is 3 cans tomatoes soaked with basil leaves in the blender. When meatballs are ready, remove and place on plate with paper towels under them to soak up the oil. Pour blended tomatoes in pot. Add garlic or garlic powder I use a quality powder and put in a handful now till looks like a good amount on top, then add basil leaves, fresh is better. I grow them in a pot or you can buy them fresh. Add salt to taste. You can add oregano, I choose not to. I add grated ROMANO cheese to the sauce too till it looks right. Her secret for the sauce was sweet vermouth. You can just use the meatballs too. Cook the sauce on low, after it boils, until the top looks a little black. Stir often. How to make the meatballs. Salt, Pepper, garlic powder, fresh basil. Mix with your hands until smooth. I do not add bread crumbs due to blood sugar problem. The eggs hold the meat together. Also sometimes I add a small can of tomato sauce to the meat. Pork I buy a pound of pork tenderloin due to its low fat. You can use a pound of pork roast too. The whole chunk can go in the sauce while it is cooking. You can also add a 1 lb of veal roast if you like. I think this looks wonderful. Try a recipe before you pick it apart. Good grief This recipe doesnt claim to be THE traditional recipe or the ONLY true recipe. Talk to 2. 0 people who grew up on braciole youll get 2. Marking it down to two forks because it doesnt add an ingredient you put in yours is just silly. The question here is NOT does this recipe match exactly your recipe or that of everyone who has ever made it, but is this version any good, and the answer is a resounding YES Recipe is pretty accurate for Sunday gravy. One major error. If you really want depth of flavor, you start by adding just enough oil to coat the bottom of the sauce pan. You cook the braciole and then the sausage in this pot. Dont crowd and dont have heat too high. Take them out and put them on a plate as you continue to cook the remainder meat. You will be left with wonderful frond in the bottom of the pot. This is key to great flavor. Its the browned bits left, that you add the tomato paste to and brown that. Scraping the bottom and loosening all bits left. Then add the tomatoes water, again making sure youve loosened everything on the bottom. Add the braciole and sausage back to the gravy pot. Use a spatula to get all the juices that may be left on the plate and into the gravy. Ive never made it in the oven, but it seems like it would work well. I simmer for hours on lowsmall burner. Stirring every 2. You will see it reduce and thicken. Add cooked meatballs last 12 hour. Maybe 1 cup, not packed. For the first reviewer, did you actually READ the article b. Everything you complained about is in there. And in the ingredients list, what you mentioned is in there also. I have not made this yet, however this recipe is spot on with the Sunday gravy I have made for years I only use 1 cup of basil leaves, but that is the only difference. Passed down for generations in my family Sorr, this is not traditional. Where is the garlic and parmesan cheese for the meatballsThe gravy needs to cook longer. Flank steak is a much better cut for braciole.