Sunday gravy
Slow-simmered tomato sauce
Sunday gravy is an Italian-American term for a slow-simmered meat sauce, typically tomato-based and cooked for hours with various meats like sausage, meatballs, or braciole.
The tradition centers on Sunday as a day for family gatherings around an elaborate meal: My grandmother spent all morning on her Sunday gravy.
The term is most common in Italian-American communities in the northeastern United States.
- marinaraSeasoned tomato sauce
- meatballsSeasoned ground protein spheres
- simmeringCooking below boiling point
- nonnaItalian for grandmother
- old countryImmigrant's ancestral homeland
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Sunday gravyweeknight dinner
Meal on working evenings
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