Sunday Gravy

Ingredients

• 6 top round steak very thin, about 8 ounces
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 cup pecorino cheese grated, plus more to pass at the table
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs homemade stale white, or panko, toasted
• 3/4 cup parsley leaves fresh flat-leaf, chopped
• 1/4 cup pine nuts or sliced almonds, toasted
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 4 ounces salami or prosciutto di Parma, finely chopped
• 6 cloves garlic 3 minced or grated, 3 crushed
• 2 chile peppers small, such as Italian cherry or Fresno, 1 seeded and finely chopped, can substitute 1 teaspoon dried red crushed pepp…
• 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 6 hot Italian sausage links
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds 1/3 palmful
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 2 cans San Marzano tomatoes large, Italian
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 small carrot peeled and halved
• 1 rib celery small, halved
• 1 onion small, halved and peeled
• 2 cups tomato passata or tomato puree
• 1 handful fresh basil leaves torn
• 1 large yellow onions or red, thinly sliced
• 2 cubanelle peppers thinly sliced
• 1 large red bell pepper thinly sliced
• 1 cup chicken stock or beef
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 pounds spaghetti