Sunday dinner · No. 14
Italian Sandwich
A rainy-day lunch: crusty Italian bread, good salumi and a drizzle of olive oil. Nothing extra.
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Every Sunday
Sansalone Sundays.
Weekly Sunday dinners from the Sansalone kitchen. Luciano cooks, Alex films, and the whole family sits down to eat.
Our family table
Food is how we say I love you.
For over forty years Luciano has put in a full day on the job site, come home, showered, and cooked dinner for his family. He is particular about his food, so particular that he would rather cook after a long day than have it any other way.
His father and grandfather were wonderful cooks too. Along with the mason's trade, Luciano inherited the kitchen, and he has passed both on to his son Alex. For years the family has made its own sopressata, its own wine and its own ricotta.
Since 2020 we have been filming it. These are our Sunday dinners.
This week's Sunday dinner · No. 16
Sunday Pasta
POV: your dad doesn't say "I love you." He shows it. Pasta cooked just to al dente, tossed in the pan with Sunday sauce and finished with grated cheese.
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Every Sunday dinner.
New dishes most weeks. Follow along on Instagram and Facebook at @americanstonels.
Sunday dinner · No. 06
Pasta Parmigiana
Pasta baked in tomato sauce under a blanket of parmigiano and melted mozzarella.
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Crocchè di Patate
Potato croquettes: mashed potatoes mixed with egg, grated cheese and parsley, shaped by hand, breaded and fried golden.
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Eggplant Rollatini
Thin slices of eggplant, breaded and fried, rolled around ricotta and parmigiano, then baked in tomato sauce with mozzarella.
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Easter Lamb
Lamb for Easter Sunday, seasoned with garlic, herbs and olive oil and cooked slowly until tender.
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Pasta e Piselli
Pasta with peas: onion softened in olive oil, peas simmered with a little tomato, tossed with short pasta and grated cheese.
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Chicken Cutlets
Chicken breast pounded thin, dipped in egg, coated in breadcrumbs and grated cheese, and fried until golden.
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Sunday dinner · No. 15
Sunday Sauce
The heart of every Sunday: tomatoes simmered low and slow with olive oil, garlic and fresh basil until the sauce turns deep red.
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Pasta & Ribs
Ask an Italian father for "something light." Pork ribs browned, braised in tomato sauce until tender, and served over spaghetti.
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Homemade Wine
Keeping the tradition going with the cousins: crushing the grapes and straining the juice for the family's red wine.
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Pasta Bolognese, Served
Sunday dinner on the table: Luciano's Bolognese tossed with pasta and topped with grated cheese.
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Pasta Bolognese
Onion, carrot and celery cooked soft, ground meat browned, then simmered slowly with tomato into a thick, rich meat sauce.
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The Pasta Pot
Before the next dish, Luciano tells the story of the pot that cooks the pasta every Sunday.
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Rainy-Day Spaghetti
The only thing that can make Luciano smile on a rainy fall day: spaghetti twirled in red sauce.
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Sauce Day '25
Once a year, crates of fresh plum tomatoes become a year of sauce: cooked, milled to remove the skins and seeds, and jarred with basil.
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Back to the stone.
The same hands that roll the pasta repoint Bucks County's old stone houses, walls and patios all week. Ask for a free estimate.