Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Slow Cooker Sunday Sauce/Gravy

Slow Cooker Sunday Sauce/Gravy. Gather around the table with our recipe for Sunday gravy. Bring out the slow cooker to develop deep flavor with tender beef short ribs and spicy sausage in. Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen.

Review Body: Southern Italians call it gravy, I am Sicilian, my great grandmother came over from Sicily and called it gravy, my mother called it gravy and I call it gravy. Canned whole peeled tomatoes work best in this delicious sauce. Canned whole peeled tomatoes work best in this delicious sauce. You can cook Slow Cooker Sunday Sauce/Gravy using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Sunday Sauce/Gravy

1. You need of Use my Nana's Italian Meatballs Recipe for this, but do not bake it.
2. Prepare 1 lb of Italian Sausage, preferably Hot.
3. Prepare 1 lb of Stew Meat.
4. It's 1 (28 oz) of can of No Sodium Crushed Tomatoes.
5. It's 1 (28 oz) of can of Tomato Puree.
6. Prepare 1 (6 oz) of can of Tomato Paste.
7. You need 1 tsp of Ground Black Pepper.
8. Prepare 2 tsp of Dried Oregano.
9. It's 2 tsp of Garlic powder.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of Dried Basil.
11. You need 1 tsp of Dried Parsley.
12. You need 1 tbsp of Sugar.
13. Prepare 2-3 of Bay leaves.

Use a pair of kitchen shears to coarsely cut them in the can, or Other than that followed exactly. Meat literally fell off bones, making for a very nice Sunday "gravy". This Authentic Italian Sunday Gravy is what I grew up eating. Nana's tomato meat sauce holds a fond place in my heart & her recipe lives on to this day.

Slow Cooker Sunday Sauce/Gravy instructions

1. Preheat Broiler for the meatballs. Put the meatballs into the broiler for 7 minutes, flip them. Place the meatballs back into the broiler for another 7 minutes. Remove the meatballs, put them to side to cool..
2. Keep the broiler on and put the sausages into the broiler. Cook the sausages for 6 minutes, flip them, and put them back into the broiler for 6 minutes. Place the sausages with the meatballs to cool off..
3. Preheat a medium sized pan on a stove-top over a medium high heat. Add ground black pepper to all of the sides of the stew meat, then brown the stew meat on all sides. Once each side is browned, store with the sausages and meatballs..
4. Place the meatballs, sausages, and stew meat in a 6 quart slow cooker. Pour the crushed tomatoes, tomato puree, and tomato paste on top of that..
5. Add all of the spices, except the bay leaves, into the sauce. Stir it all together, then add the bay leaves on top..
6. Put the cover on top of the slow cooker, set the temperature to low and put the timer to 4 hours..
7. Stir and enjoy!.

This slow cooked roast beef will warm up your Sunday. Try it with our slow cooker Sunday sauce now! When meat is cool enough to handle, slice and serve with sauce. Cut any remaining meat into strips or cubes and combine with remaining sauce. This slow cooker Sunday Sauce is a hearty, delicious crowd pleaser.