Make Rao’s Famous Red Sauce At Home

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2 жыл бұрын

Frank Pellegrino, Jr. of Rao’s in NYC shares a classic family recipe: Sunday Gravy. In this version of the iconic Italian-American staple Frank braises 5 varieties of meat in a rich, velvety tomato gravy, then serves it over al dente pasta with plenty of fragrant basil.
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@TheZenomeProject 2 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that a renowned restaurant like Rao's is so open to just sharing their recipes on the internet without any fear of it backfiring on them. They know that nobody is going to have the patience to make it, so just let the recipe out and no one will notice. I think it's great!

@danb4811 2 жыл бұрын

Patience to make it? I have to start at 8 or 9 in the morning when making sauce to have it ready around 5. That's basic.

@americantragedies 2 жыл бұрын

Plus it takes 3 years to get a seat at raos lol

@sbakernyc5761 2 жыл бұрын

@@americantragedies you don't get a seat...u just gotta know someone that owns a table... u cud get seated at the bar during a week night tho

@HarryPujols 2 жыл бұрын

They can’t possibly host anyone who wants to eat there, so they likely don’t mind. The recipe isn’t exactly the easiest.

@steveyobs551 2 жыл бұрын

My grandmother made this almost the exact same way with the same ingredients every Sunday, the only difference was that she made her meatballs much smaller.

@hineighbor 2 жыл бұрын

It's expensive but it's the only jarred sauce I buy. Totally worth it

@rguzman3063 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't want to buy into the hype of a $7 jar of Rao's marinara sauce, but it was on sale one time at the grocery store and I said what the hell I'll just try it. It's ridiculously good. Literally like crack. That's how addictive it is. I never looked back and only buy Rao's marinara sauce now.

@blary5298 2 жыл бұрын

If you have a costco membership they sell two (28 oz jars each) for around 10-11 dollars.

@epasternak4206 2 жыл бұрын

Little Italy in Cleveland has a sauce too, it's really good, it's nice to try different things once in awhile. Or if your Italian like me you make your own.

@nickv1212 2 жыл бұрын

@@epasternak4206 Do you ever try different recipes just to switch it up?

@Hard_Labor_And_Fine_Dining 2 жыл бұрын

I was always religious about never buying jarred sauce. I grew up Italian in north jersey so jarred sauce was the biggest taboo. However I tried it and loved it and now I always have an emergency jar of Rao's for nights when J just want some pasta but too lazy to whip up a sauce.

@Kingx90 2 жыл бұрын

@@Hard_Labor_And_Fine_Dining I truly believe out of the jar is better than the can.

@victorbenner539 2 жыл бұрын

He seemed genuinely surprised and happy with his results. I understand. It's always wonderful when you put together a dish you know by heart and it still gives you such pleasure even after years of making it. I also want to say this video seemed to have a very nice ,slower pace then normal. No rushing of the cook. This is what I'm sure was HOW his grandmother did her cooks. Much like my own. It will be ready WHEN it's ready and no sooner. Everyone have a great day. 👍🌤😊🌹

@alalaalalalalabitch 2 жыл бұрын

Fax bruh there’s something about the first bite of a bowl/plate of pasta after waiting since 9/10 am that’s just godly

@MrVovansim 2 жыл бұрын

I read a tomato sauce rating on serious eats a few years ago, that rated Rao's #1. Been buying that brand since then, and loving it. Didn't realize it started as a restaurant.

@cris_here 2 жыл бұрын

Me too. Always wondered why it was $7 a jar and saw the restaurant in a movie one day and went OH that's why lol

@OKjoey86 2 жыл бұрын

It's the only jarred sauce I enjoy.

@D-Z321 2 жыл бұрын

Same mate.

@srodriguez721 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I had no idea it was a restaurant. It’s the absolute best hat sauce on the market.

@rguzman3063 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I recommend it to everyone I know. It's like crack to me.

@TheStallion234 2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly how my grandma and my mom do it, to the tee. Love seeing the Italian American traditions holding strong

@stevensmith5158 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Rigatoni, meatballs,braciole, and pork! The best food memories for me revolve around this meal.

@jonathanbriggs7057 2 жыл бұрын

He has that dry voice and sense of humor and I love it. I love how is still shocked the the meal he knows and loves is still so good to him even through his whole life

@gibsonflyingv2820 2 жыл бұрын

It makes me feel, so very happy to see a fellow Italian American who runs one of the most successful restaurants in America represent this dish which us Italian American families still eat every Sunday to this day. At home we eat it, and to see it has people flocking to it in such a big restaurant is such a good feeling. Plus Frank is totally chill, a very classy vibe.

@GregCurtin45 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Frank (and Munchies)for a great lesson in making a basic Italian staple. Please come back again and share some more of your families cooking.

@inwiththenew414 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, as someone who doesn't cook often, Rao's sauces are my favorite. I pretty much always have a jar of various sauce, soup and frozen dinners on hand.

@chrisguy95 2 жыл бұрын

Bring this guy back for sure.

@dstein111 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’m sure the owner of rao’s will be available every week

@ginnyweatherbee7941 2 жыл бұрын

Love Rao’s sauce, we stock up on it,whenever we can

@ot7stan207 2 жыл бұрын

Do they sell at Safeway? I can’t stand most jarred sauces but I want to taste it if it’s good.

@coljar100 2 жыл бұрын

Rao's Marinara is my go to.... I love to cook, and make sauces. But I always have that in my cupboard for when I need just a small amount of the most delicious marinara sauce to compliment something else. and I just read this morning on a food blog that Rao's ALfredo sauce beat out 9 others. top 10. nice to put a face to the brand, really nice to hear the amazing story behind the restaurant. next time I come to NYC I will plan ahead and hopefully snag one of 10 !!!!! tables. thank you Frank

@crabmansteve6844 Жыл бұрын

My family makes Sunday gravy almost this exact way, a few small differences, but almost exactly the same. Beautiful.

@tld7661 2 жыл бұрын

rao's roasted garlic sauce is undefeated in my book

@thrashpantera 2 жыл бұрын

My family does the same gravy recipe but usually adds wine to deglaze after you sear the meat or adds it during cooking and it adds a extra depth of flavor

@BrutishYetDelightful 2 жыл бұрын

The very first cooking trick my mother ever taught me was this: she let me stand on a chair so I could see the stove, and then she let me get a taste of the brown gravy she had going. It was brown gravy, just about my favorite thing for rice OR potatoes. She unscrewed the cap from a bottle of wine, and poured the cap full. She let me add the capful of wine to the gravy, and then let me taste it again. WOW! I could not believe how that simple, tiny capful of wine just utterly changed that gravy. And a cooking nut was born...

@MacaroniDemon 2 жыл бұрын

I love cooking a rustic style inexpensive meal with my $20k plus watch on my wrist. This guy has an excellent timepiece

@brandonblank 2 жыл бұрын

Try 80k in today's prices. Hopefully its sauce-resistant.

@Hoffbottraces 2 жыл бұрын

This is the video I wanted but didn’t know I needed. Their meatball recipe is the best

@johnpandolfino8663 2 жыл бұрын

Very reminiscent of my Sundays growing up in Bensonhurst Brooklyn......my grandmother would bottle here own tomato's and my mother would ask me to go down into the basement to get her a few bottles of tomatoes ....to start the Sunday gravy .....

@huntakilla1234 2 жыл бұрын

Man, that looks fantastic. Real comfort food right there

@PT84 2 жыл бұрын

This man is cooking with a Patek on his wrist, legend

@dvldog_ 2 жыл бұрын

I really like this guy's laid-back style! Entertaining and informative!

@mrn13 2 жыл бұрын

Its Monday, but next Saturday/Sunday dinner already decided...Fantastic!

@klu222 3 ай бұрын

This has become a family favorite! I just made this tonight for my parents, brothers, nephew, husband and baby girl. I use my homemade tomato sauce but do everything else the same :)

@warrenparker7961 2 жыл бұрын

And now I finally know how to pronounce it. It doesn't rhyme with rouse, it's Ray-O's. Nice.

@Nicole-br8rf 2 жыл бұрын

I have a secret - Rao’s makes the best jarred sauce on the market. It doesn’t taste like it’s jarred in the least. Italian-Americans are SUPER picky about sauce - I’m a Brooklyn born, full blooded Sicilian myself - but Rao’s is in a whole other class. Their marinara is a dupe for my late grandma’s recipe. Extremely convenient when you don’t have time to make it from scratch.

@joecro1453 2 жыл бұрын

how dare you insult your grandma like that

@normagoff1916 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I’m trying to duplicate this marinara sauce at home. Just from the ingredients listed on the label, mine didn’t quite look and taste like RAO’s. Any suggestions?

@marselbicentennial5159 2 жыл бұрын

Looks fantastic. I can’t wait to make this in the next 5 days.

@aintmisbehavin7400 2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the vibe of the chefs that Vice features. Helpful, interesting and knowledgeable.

@TeeMcbee1 2 жыл бұрын

Always charismatic too

@supersupersteve3 2 жыл бұрын

For anyone interested, there is a raos in Hollywood if anyone wants to eat at the restaurant. Used to work there.

@travisalexphoto 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Nice guy. Glad this is online for us to enjoy.

@danb4811 2 жыл бұрын

Rao's is a solid sauce.

@BrickhausENT 2 жыл бұрын

He looks a lot like that guy who’s in every climate change/food documentary

@florencebastien2162 2 жыл бұрын

Lol Michael Pollan! You’re right, that’s hilarious

@michaelgiannetti3846 2 жыл бұрын

Michael Pollan’s long lost Italian brother 😂 that’s so true

@mikeysalinas2956 2 жыл бұрын

Hahah hahahahaha omg omg this is the most fucking hilarious thing ever!!!! Are you Dane cook?

@alalaalalalalabitch 2 жыл бұрын

@@florencebastien2162 lmfaooo and that bruh also from Long Island kinda crazy for them to be so close

@alalaalalalalabitch 2 жыл бұрын

Ducking hilarious bruh thinking the same shit

@charlieryan1736 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe with us

@ToniToniKitchen 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my looks super delicious! 💙

@milesbrust5591 2 жыл бұрын

Thought he would be more stereotypically Italian American, serves me right! Love his Rao’s cookbook, he’s absolutely brilliant.

@Tonya7219 3 ай бұрын

Your Grandmother would be very proud! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I will be making this today ❤️

@meridethtexastwister 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the recipes.

@lonewolf2513 Жыл бұрын

I tried this version of Sunday Gravy for a group of friends awhile back and this man did not miss with any step of the recipe

@Saddmun 2 жыл бұрын

I like the fact that he's wearing a $40,000 watch (Patek Phillippe Aquanaut) while making meatballs and tomato sauce. Pure class

@hummersd 10 ай бұрын

Been eating the jarred sauce for years now. Love it. I really hope someday I can get into the restaurant; that'd be such a treat.

@RalphBarbagallo 2 жыл бұрын

Best sauce in the game.

@nunyabusiness3625 2 жыл бұрын

I lived on 114th (same block as Rao's) for a few years when I first moved to NYC. I never saw anyone from the neighborhood eat there. It was mostly black chauffered cars pulling up every weekend.

@sheriboren2556 Жыл бұрын

Just beautiful! Love the story!

@gamby16a 2 жыл бұрын

Italian American soul food. Looks spectacular.

@sandylukemarsden7160 2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely, calm dude....

@CookingWithTheCajun 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing, I will try this. Happy New Year.

@545linda Жыл бұрын

my hubby adds everything Rao's does for meatballs but he also adds finely diced carrot, celery, onion and that makes them super juicy. Also, one of his Christmas gifts this year was Rao's cookbook LUCKY ME

@johnscimeca899 11 ай бұрын

He probably does the same but he doesn't show it it was a guy is makes steak sandwiches by my house said the secret formula is olive oil salt pepper and oregano when he doesn't tell you and I seen him put it on with lemon juice

@erica_thecreator 2 жыл бұрын

Wow now we get to make this at home! Thanks 🙏

@CountryLifeVlogofSORIYA 2 жыл бұрын

like me

@Lyndanet 2 жыл бұрын

Got this at grocery outlet ! I like making sauce like yours it works with some left over meats too !

@wilsonmcc1 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is super calming to listen to

@jefedelacocina3309 2 жыл бұрын

I love rao's sauce ❤❤🤗

@DONNIEDEVOURS 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you again, Frank! Thanks for the recipe 👌

@GRCDriver23 2 жыл бұрын

it's the best pasta sauce you can buy in a jar...

@toren2099 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing opening love this dude already

@JohnnyBRocks71 2 жыл бұрын

OMG I'm less than 3 minutes in and I'm loving these stories !!!!!

@Psycrovv 5 ай бұрын

Snooorree pyyyh snooorree pyyh zzzzzzz yaawn !!

@billydebianchi Жыл бұрын

Just like home. My favorite memories were waking up on Sunday mornings to the smell of fried garlic and onions and all of the meat.

@victorsperandeo3609 8 ай бұрын

GREAT EDUCATION -THANK YOU ! I HAVE BEEN TO RAO’S AND BUY THE BOTTLED SAUCES ! ALL GREAT

@trusted_traveler 2 жыл бұрын

Best sauce I've ever had

@stevenw2933 2 жыл бұрын

Came a long way from grandma’s sunday gravy recipe feeding the family on a budget to cooking it wearing a $150,000 watch.

@Fierag 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a PP aquanaut. Definitely not 150k but a beautiful watch nonetheless

@stevenw2933 2 жыл бұрын

@@Fierag Thats a travel time not the regular, they can go for about 150k on the grey market. Almost nobody can get them at retail.

@BiancaBeauty690 2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenw2933 its so sexy when a man knows his timepieces!!!

@Fierag 2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenw2933 you’re right, I noticed the subdial, beautiful watch indeed.

@jacksonfl 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, that's what makes America great, right? Don't doubt that they worked their a**es off. Smart that they decided to publish the recipe. Sales will go up, not down…

@alvinlee140 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing this meat gravy.

@Genious. 2 жыл бұрын

I'm vehemently against jarred sauces, but the Rao's marinara is one of three that I truly love.

@anthonyhusband3699 2 жыл бұрын

What are the other two?

@Genious. 2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyhusband3699 There's one by a company called 'Menu' called Pomodorina. It comes in a can and the style of it looks like it's from the 70s. It might be a little trashy and also has a nice lake of oil on the top when you open it. The other one isn't as easy to get called Michael's of Brooklyn. I get it when I'm there but sometimes it's also on ebay or Amazon at some rediculously obscene price.

@anthonyhusband3699 2 жыл бұрын

@@Genious. I work at a grocery store and we sell Rao’s like crazy when it’s on sale…. Right now and I don’t understand the fuss. It’s 2 to 3 times the price of national brands and it flies off the shelf. I tried it and it’s nothing special. I do prefer to make my own when I can so maybe I’m just picky.

@Genious. 2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyhusband3699 I'm totally the same way - I actually LOVE making it on Sunday and oddly enough the recipe that I go to the most came from my Dad's mother, who is Italian and is mostly cooked in the oven. As far as Rao's, it's only the marinara that I really like. The others are fine but are still not that close to what I've tasted in the restaurant. But in a way, I do get people preferring theirs over any of that well known slop: Hunts, Ragu, Prego, Barilla and the worst to me is that Classico stuff. It's like the Subway of pasta sauces.

@andrewfelixferdaus8767 2 жыл бұрын

It’s really similar to ragu alla napoletana 😃

@cjaquilino 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's the Italian Americanized version of Ragu Napolitana. He's wrong that this is how Sunday Sauce is made *all* over the US, it's mostly just true in the Northeast or made by descendants of Southern Italians, particularly from Campania/Naples, but yeah.

@YOUNGNGRATEFUL 2 жыл бұрын

Frank Pelligrino’s son. Frank was the real deal on E114 st. Drove a Bentley, a mans man.

@susanruzicka2555 6 ай бұрын

Thank You Frank.

@Tonya7219 3 ай бұрын

Best sauce ever!

@ellierk2880 2 жыл бұрын

One day I WILL get into your restaurant. Until that day, I just use your jarred sauce. Literally the best.

@Blitzkrieg1976 2 жыл бұрын

I love Rao's sauce❤

@defions4208 Жыл бұрын

If Stevo went to Culinary School.

@LindsayDaly 2 жыл бұрын

Haha yes! My brother and I would steal meatballs and taunt each other by singing a little song about how we did a very bad thing lol

@Pazaroni436 6 ай бұрын

Homemade of its finest 👍

@theheckwithit 2 жыл бұрын

As a non Italian, Sunday Sauce rules. I think I Unwittingly ate at Rao's in the past, it is pretty damn good from my memory.

@Redsoxking 2 жыл бұрын

In vegas

@TheZenomeProject 2 жыл бұрын

@@Redsoxking Now, TBF, not even Gordon Ramsay can secure reservations into the Harlem Rao's, so it's a totally OK and reasonable thing to get the experience in Vegas instead.

@Redsoxking 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheZenomeProject sadly Vegas closed

@TheZenomeProject 2 жыл бұрын

@@Redsoxking I know! I get the feeling that they'll eventually return in some way after the nonsense ends, though, because I knew that they made a killing over there before the craziness.

@Redsoxking 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheZenomeProject here hoping

@blksteve11 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who was never into red sauce after years of eating Preago, I LOVE Rao’s it’s pretty much the only red sauce I eat now

@BrutishYetDelightful 2 жыл бұрын

God bless you, you know better now. Prego is a crime upon humanity exceeded only by Ragu. Actually I hate most jarred sauces, but Rao's, Famiglia Del Grosso, and (weirdly) Newman's Own Sockarooni are all acceptable in my house.

@rafaelmena-cuesta1279 2 жыл бұрын

This is awesome

@ckck4483 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@ericmagee9054 Жыл бұрын

This man is a national treasure!

@phatziggylx1 Жыл бұрын

Boy do I really miss those Sundays. Had a box of Veniero's. Grew up in Chinatown. Lost my mom's family to drugs.

@MobWithGuns 2 жыл бұрын

As an American Italian here , it’s sauce , gravy must be a NY/NJ term , gravy goes on potatoes, biscuits , and Christmas/Thanksgiving meals , everything else is a sauce.

@VitruvianSoundNYC 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely a wonderbread wop thing. Anyone in touch with the culture, instead of Rao’s Americanized merde, knows this is a shitty interpretation of Ragu alla Napolitano and that those meatballs are too big

@PerfectPrinceX1 2 жыл бұрын

rao's is "for the neighborhood" with a 2 year wait behind celebrities

@Thouxanbann 2 жыл бұрын

The way he says marinara sauce is revolutionary.

@FactoryFugitive 9 ай бұрын

It's funny, got this recipe at the restaurant when I was 16. I'm 29 now and it's been the way I've been making Sunday gravy ever since.

@polish2x91 2 жыл бұрын

What a sweet laid back gentleman

@miles4948 Жыл бұрын

I attempted to make Sunday gravy on my own last Christmas with my grandpa's recipe because I want to keep the tradition going. It turned out okay but I'm going to make it with these instructions since I think I forgot to add water so it was too thick.

@jasoncora1 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Presentation!

@kwelitysoul 2 жыл бұрын

Rao’s is good and has good ingredients. No matter the price, I always pickup a couple jars.

@richardbitte1176 Ай бұрын

Awesome

@se1663 2 жыл бұрын

Cool. We found Farm to fork just before the pandemic started and then they went out of business. Been searching for a replacement and found Rao's marinara. It's awesome. Based on that sauce alone, we are going to be trying their other sauces and pre-made products. 👍🏾

@se1663 2 жыл бұрын

@varun prasad Not an ATK fan since they canned Christopher Kimball. Milk Street Kitchen FTW!

@JZeverybody 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastico!

@wusumar10 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! You got RAO'S on here?!? Hands down!

@A-HotSauce 2 жыл бұрын

Looks tasty

@cptcosmo 2 жыл бұрын

I'm having meatballs with Rao's red sauce tonight. YUM!

@raymondmann5740 10 ай бұрын

It would be my dream to dine at the restaurant…maybe one day

@AditiNath1234 2 жыл бұрын

Yummy😋😋😋

@michaels1326 2 жыл бұрын

"Bra-cholé" made me laugh.

@BrutishYetDelightful 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I only ever heard "bra-ZHOOL". I still remember the first time I ever tasted it. MMM.

@divernathan Жыл бұрын

This dude really makes me want to buy a jar of their sauce.

@onesimpletrick 2 жыл бұрын

What a nice guy

@mattoshields7637 2 жыл бұрын

I did not know Quark could cook. This place sounds great.

@loveinthematrix 2 жыл бұрын

This is THE BEST SAUCE of all time

@StelmachsWorld 2 жыл бұрын

“This is my grandparents recipe cause they didn’t have money” *uses 3 steaks*

@anthonygm85 9 ай бұрын

Making mine today, got all the cuts i wanted minus brocole this time, meatballs gonna be the longest prep time,