The legend of the meat sauce
The tied up legend to the famous Neapolitan meat sauce, settled also by the great de Phillip in one poetry of his from the title note 'or rrau'
To Naples at the end of 1300 the Company of the Whites of justice that crossed the city existed' afoot invoking "mercy and peace."
The company came near the "the emperor's Building" still existing in the street Courts, that you/he/she was abode of Charles, emperor of Constantinople and Maria of Valois gives birth of king Carlo of Angio' .All' epoch the building was inhabited from a gentleman that it was hostile of everybody, as discourteous as cruel and, that all looked for to avoid. The preaching of the company convinced the population to become reconciled with his/her own enemies, but only the noble that resided in the "the emperor's Building" definite not to accept the invitation of the whites feeding ancient and tenacious grudges for a long time. It didn't even surrender when the three month-old son, in arm to the nanny it unthread the manines from the bands and crossing I shout her' three times: "Mercy and peace."
The noble had blinded from the anger, you/he/she put aside grudge and revenge and one day his/her woman, to move I prepare him for it' a dish of macaronis. The providence you fill' the dish of a sauce blood's flood. Finally moved by the prodigy, the obstinate gentleman, he reconciles' with his/her enemies and dresses' the Company's white saio.
His/her wife following the unexpected decision, prepares' again the macaronis, that also that time as for magic they became red. But that mysterious gravy had a strange and inviting perfume, very good and the Lord in to taste I find her/it' that it was really good and tasty.
I call her' so' "raù" the same name of his/her child.
'Or 'rraù, the poetry of Eduardo
Eduardo De Phillip makes free, with one poetry of his to the Neapolitan meat sauce in his/her comedy Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
'O 'rraù
'O rraù ca me piace a me
m' 'o ffaceva sulo mammà.
A che m'aggio spusato a te,
ne parlammo pè ne parlà.
io nun songo difficultuso;
ma luvàmmel' 'a miezo st'uso
Sì,va buono:cumme vuò tu.
Mò ce avéssem' appiccecà?
Tu che dice?Chest' 'è rraù?
E io m' 'o mmagno pè m' 'o mangià...
M' ' a faja dicere na parola?...
Chesta è carne c' ' a pummarola
The recipe
The meat sauce is not the meat ca' pummarola. as it recites the poetry of Eduardo.
It is not of easy realization and besides to be tasty as that of the mother of the de Phillip asks for a long cooking.
Currently it is used to call meat sauce a juice of tomato in which is cooked some meat.
The meat sauce, as Eduardo recites, was cooked on a coal fornacella and had to cook for at least six hours!
The pot in which you/he/she should be cooked is a wide and low clay saucepan, and to stir again needs him/it the wood cucchiarella.
The Neapolitan meat sauce is the Sunday typical dish and base for other dishes as many tasty, as for instance the typical lasagna that to Naples you/he/she is prepared with the well of God during the period of Carnival.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg. of stew of calf,
- 2 middle onions,
- 2 liters trail of tomato,
- a spoon of assembled of tomato,
- 200 grs. of oil of olive,
- 6 tracchiulelles (ovverosia cost her of it of pig),
- 1/4 of liter of red wine preferably of Gragnano,
- basil,
- q.b climbs.
