# Goodfellas Prison Sauce

Old-school Sunday gravy, inspired by the movie Goodfellas.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- garlic
- onions
- 1 pound sweet Italian sausage
- 1 pound hot Italian sausage
- beef shank
- veal neck
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- red wine
- 3 cans San Marzano tomatoes
- 1 cup water
- fresh basil stems
- 1 carrot
- meatballs
- pasta
- parmesan cheese
- salt
- pepper

## Instructions

1. Slice the garlic very thinly with a razor.
2. Dice the onions.
3. Brown sweet and hot italian sausage.
4. Brown beef shank and veal neck
5. Set meats aside.
6. Add onions and tomato paste.
7. Add garlic until fragrant.
8. Deglaze with red wine.
9. Scrape up all that good fun.
10. Add canned San Marzano tomatoes.
11. Crush tomatoes.
12. Give the bottom of the pan a good scrape down before adding water.
13. Add water, meat, basil, and peeled carrot cut in three pieces.
14. Simmer for 4 hours, scraping occasionally.
15. Add meatballs during the last hour of cooking.
16. Continually taste the sauce, and after about 4 hours, fish out the carrots and bones.
17. Taste for seasoning, and add salt and pepper, if needed.
18. Add sauce to pasta.
19. Add meatball and sausage to the pasta.
20. Add sauce, parmesan cheese, and garnish.

## Equipment

- razor
- cutting board
- knife
- pot
- spoon

## Tips

- Slice the garlic so thin that it dissolves in the pan with just a little bit of oil.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AJSzpQ5aF/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3915f26d-13cd-42fe-997d-25ce9becd8a2
- Extracted: 2025-05-13

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