Bolognese Sauce. An excellent chunky pasta sauce with beef, pork, lots of vegetables and tons of flavor. Freeze any unused portions for later use. Our best ever spaghetti bolognese is super easy and a true Italian classic with a meaty, chilli sauce.
The Italian word "ragù" comes from the French "ragôuter" which can be translated as "awaken the appetite".
The word "Bolognese" comes from Bologna, a city in Emilia Romagna region.
Best bolognese I've ever had is an understatement.
You can cook Bolognese Sauce using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Bolognese Sauce
- You need 11 oz of ground beef or minced beef.
- You need 5 1/2 oz of finely minced bacon.
- Prepare 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- You need 1 of medium carrot finely chopped.
- Prepare 1 leaf of stalk of celery finely chopped.
- Prepare 1 of medium onion finely chopped.
- It's 2 of garlic cloves finely chopped.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of red or white wine.
- It's 1 cup of beef broth.
- It's 3/4 cup of milk.
- You need 42 oz of fresh crushed plum tomatoes or 1 can (42 oz) of crushed tomatoes.
- You need of Salt and pepper (to taste).
The Bolognese Sauce is rich, thick and has beautiful depth of flavour. It's perfect for a quick midweek meal though if you have the time to simmer this Meat Sauce for a couple of hours, you'll take it from seriously delish to OMG this is amazing!! Use it to top pasta noodles, or layer in lasagna. Make a double or triple batch to enjoy all winter long!
Bolognese Sauce step by step
- Ingredients:.
- Preheat a pan at over medium/high heat add oil and bacon and fry until it starts to release its fat (not burn).
- Add vegetables and sautee until the onions are trasnlucent, stir occasionally.
- Add the ground beef and cook it until it is lightly browned.
- Add the tomatoes, wine, beef broth, mix well.
- Cook it semi-covered at very low temperature for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
- Add salt, pepper, milk and cook it semi-covered very slowly for about 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Stir occasionally and if it looks like it is drying out, add a little more milk or beef broth Taste to adjust the salt.
A classic Bolognese Sauce should be in every home cook's repertoire! Bolognese is much thicker, creamier (milk is one of the ingredients) and with just a touch of tomato. This sauce is such a classic and definitely one of those dishes that spark epic fights regarding authenticity. Bolognese sauce is a ground beef ragú made with pancetta, onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes, wine, and cream. My easy version has been lightened up.