Exploring the Tradition of Sunday Gravy at Rao's

Apr 27, 2015 913

It's a sacred thing. Be careful when tinkering with any Italian family's recipe for Sunday gravy, that meat-stocked tomato sauce that gets simmered and reduced into a savory explosion of nostalgic happiness. "If you tweak and twist my family's recipe, you might be subject to harm," says Frank Pellegrino Jr., known best as Frankie, co-owner of the original Rao's in Harlem and the Rao's restaurants in Las Vegas and Hollywood.

At his Caesars Palace spot on April 26—as part of Vegas Uncork'd—Pellegrino will demonstrate how Rao's does Sunday gravy during a special brunch event. He invited the Weekly into his (incredibly delicious smelling) Caesars kitchen for a preview, cooking up a batch of family-feeding love stacked with sweet and hot pork sausages, pork butt, veal and braccioli—flank steak wrapped around basil and Parmegiano Reggiano.

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Source: https://lasvegasweekly.com/

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