Nana's zoogu (my rough spelling of sauce)

garyk1398 · Feb 10, 2009

This was in memory of my Nana who came from Sicily and tought me here recipe. It was almost as good as hers.:wink:

HeSmellsLikeSmoke · Feb 10, 2009

Sure looks good. Gonna give us any hints as to what is in it? :biggrin:

garyk1398 · Feb 10, 2009

HeSmellsLikeSmoke said:
Sure looks good. Gonna give us any hints as to what is in it? :biggrin:

I'll do it cause you are my extented familia.:wink: It's traditional Sicilian sauce or southern Italian. Basically more sweeter (sugar) than most people like; tomato paste, baking soda to lower the acid level, garlic, onion, basil, oregano, bay leaves (later removed).

Que-Dawg · Feb 10, 2009

The meat balls sure look good, are they all beef or a combo beef and pork? The sauce looks really smooth and good

HeSmellsLikeSmoke · Feb 10, 2009

Thanks for sharing.

The baking soda is a good idea I have never heard of. Thanks. My sauce is very similar except I add olive oil too. Did you actually put sugar in there?

garyk1398 · Feb 10, 2009

Que-Dawg said:
The meat balls sure look good, are they all beef or a combo beef and pork? The sauce looks really smooth and good

sorry i spaced on them...50/50 mild italian and beef, fresh parsley, shredded garlic and breadcrumbs, S&P.

garyk1398 · Feb 10, 2009

HeSmellsLikeSmoke said:
Thanks for sharing.

The baking soda is a good idea I have never heard of. Thanks. My sauce is very similar except I add olive oil too. Did you actually put sugar in there?

evoo the onions first and get them opacque, get the H20 and paste boiling then add the soda, turn it down add the rest of the stuff.

HeSmellsLikeSmoke · Feb 10, 2009

Could zoogu have been the word succo?

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Old-Fashioned-Sicilian-Succo/Detail.aspx

garyk1398 · Feb 10, 2009

HeSmellsLikeSmoke said:
Thanks for sharing.

The baking soda is a good idea I have never heard of. Thanks. My sauce is very similar except I add olive oil too. Did you actually put sugar in there?

HeSmellsLikeSmoke said:
Could zoogu have been the word succo?
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Old-Fashioned-Sicilian-Succo/Detail.aspx

You are probably right she was in her late 80's (back in the mid 70's), didn't speak a lick of english and her daughters did all the translation so that must be it. Thanks

bigabyte · Feb 10, 2009

Sounds great! I'll have to give that a try on our next noodle night.

Nana's zoogu (my rough spelling of sauce)

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