Note : Stanley Tucci ‘s BIG NIGHT TIMPANO. Timpano and Timballo, essentially describe the same thing, which is baked Maccheroni Pasta incased in some sort of crust that can be made using pastry dough, psheets of homemade pasta, or thin slices of vegetable such as zucchini or Eggplant (Melanzane).
In Big Night, Chef Primo (Stanley Tucci’s character brother) encases his baked maccheroni Timpano with pasta sheets. Timpano is the term used in Abruzzo and other parts of Italy, while Timballo is the dialect for the same thing in Sicily and most of Italy that names this dish that comes in many variations, depending what part of Italy it is made in.
LEARN HOW To Make SUNDAY SAUCE … Recipes in SUNDAY SAUCE by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
Above : Ingredients for SUNDAY SAUCE (Gravy) Braciole, Sausages, Pork Neck, San Marzano Tomatoes, garlic, Olive Oil, and onions … Brunello to Drink with The GRAVY !
The BELLINO FAMILY
Lodi NEW JERSEY , 1940
Left to Right : Nonno Phillipo Bellino, my Mother Lucia Bellino, Nonna Giuseppina Salemi Bellino, and my uncle, Tony Bellino ..
WATCH Author Daniel Bellino and His Cousin Anthony (Bellino) Make SUNDAY SAUCE for The Bellino Family; Jimmy, Uncle Tony (Anthony’s Dad), Barbara, and Uncle Frank in Lodi, New Jersey “Jersey Style” alla Tony Soprano alla Bellino ….
WATCH Author Daniel Bellino and His Cousin Anthony (Bellino) Make SUNDAY SAUCE for The Bellino Family; Jimmy, Uncle Tony (Anthony’s Dad), Barbara, and Uncle Frank in Lodi, New Jersey “Jersey Style” alla Tony Soprano alla Bellino ….
BELLINO On SUNDAY SAUCE
When a meal centered around a Sunday Sauce is announced, one can have visions of Blissful Ecstasy at thoughts of eating Pasta laden with Italian Sausages, Savory Meatballs, Beef Braciola, and succulent Pork Ribs. All this has been slowly simmered to culinary perfection. Yes just the thoughts can enrapture one into a delightful frenzy of the “Most Blissful Feelings” of smelling, seeing, and consuming all the ingredients; the Sausages, Meatballs and Gravy. Yes a Sunday Sauce can and does have such effects on one’s mind, body, and soul. And, I do not want to sound prejudice, but this is pure fact, it is the Male of the Italian-American species who Love The Sunday Sauce in all its form, far more than the female sex. True! Meatballs too! And Italian-American men and boys Love and hold oh-so-dear, their Meatballs, Sunday Sauce, Sausage & Peppers, and Meatball Parm Sandwiches as well.
Excerpted From SUNDAY SAUCEby Daniel Bellino Zwicke
Cooking Italian 