Maroni Sauce

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I believe the secret is the 12 cloves of garlic. I've tried a hundred sauces and this is the perfect one. I've tried sauces that I had to put a pork chop into it, sauces with cream, sauces that you had to cook for hours with wine and none of them,NONE, is as easy and as delicious as this one. Rave reviews from the Fam and friends.

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So simple and so easy!

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For those of you that gave such negative ratings - learn how to cook and follows directions!! From my Italian family - this was fantastic.

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My Italian husband and I LOVE this sauce. There is something about slicing the garlic that is so much better. The meatballs are wonderful , too! I do cut down on the olive oil slightly, but other then that it is terrific!

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I tried this recipe, following it to the letter, YUK! I?m 2nd generation Italian. My mom?s parents emigrated from a small town southeast of Rome in 1911. They were poor and starving. Out of necessity my grandmother could make a peace of shoe leather taste good. I spent much of my child hood growing up in the kitchen watching and learning. Maroni?s sauce is a shining example of how not to do it. Like other reviewers mentioned, slow cooking is key. I?d say this sauce was bland but it did have flavor; it was bitter and sour with way too much garlic. There are basically 2 camps in the world of tomato sauce, the sweet camp and the not sweet camp. I like a sweeter sauce. My friend?s family is from Sicily. They like some sweetness too, they achieve it by only using sweet cherry tomatoes in the making of there sauce. I had to sugar this recipe with 2 tbls just in order to choke it down. I thought the meatballs were average at best. I can?t believe this recipe won the through down! Maroni must be doing something different. This closely guarded family recipe can?t be coughed up for TV that easily. It?s how he makes his living. I find it hard to believe he would post it without tweaking it so people will still come to his resturante for the real deal. Most non Italian-American families don?t know any better because all they are used to is jarred sauce and Spaghetti-O?s. If you want a good general recipe for sauce, watch the Godfather Part I where fat Clemenza shows Mikey how to cook for the boys. Make your sauce with love and serve it with homemade pasta made with semolina on the old hand crank pasta maker. It?s not quick or easy like Chef Boyardee but its well worth the effort if you want truly good Italian food. Oh yeah, and before you eat, make sure you stop for a moment and give thanks to God for all he?s given you and for the good food your about to eat. God Bless and good eating.

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I find the problem with most sauces is that they're too heavy and time consuming. Whenever I go to little italy, i love the sauces because they don't necessarily overpower the food. this is the closest thing i have found to those versatile sauces. i love this recipe and love the meatballs that go with it.

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And I don't mean that in a good way. I have made spaghetti and meatballs all my life and this recipe is just ridiculous. 12 cloves of garlic in your sauce, come on. Poor Grandma Maroni, no one ever had the courage to criticize her cooking. The recipe for the meatballs has got to be a mistake. 4 eggs to 1 lb of meat is just crazy. Don't waste your time with this mess.

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I am so glad someone else mentioned the use of fresh bread, NOT bread crumbs in this recipe. If you see the episode, when Chef Maroni makes his meatballs it becomes apparent that fresh bread may be the "secret" to the Maroni meatball. When I came online today to get the recipe I immediately noticed the recipe mistakenly calls for bread crumbs. I think fresh bread would likely be much more binding and give a softer texture. Can't wait to make these and report back. Maroni's is legendary in this area....

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The reviewers who rated this poorly and called it watery probably used diced tomatoes instead of crushed tomatoes.. BIG DIFFERENCE!! I halved the recipe and used chopped garlic from a jar and dried basil. I also added a little crushed red pepper. We loved it. It's not often that my boyfriend raves on and on lkie he did about this sauce and the meatballs!

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Used less garlic than it called for but it was still good.