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Bolognese Sauce Recipe
Our family-favorite homemade Bolognese Sauce is filled with rich, savory ground beef and juicy crushed tomatoes. Serve it over pappardelle pasta or Homemade Pasta for the ultimate Italian comfort food! For the full batch of sauce, you will need 1 1/2 to 2 lbs of pasta. Bolognese Sauce keeps well in the freezer, so feel free to double the recipe and freeze leftovers.
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h 20m⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 2h👤 Natasha Kravchuk📖 natashaskitchen
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
- ●dutch oven
- ●oven
- ●spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Sauté - In a 6-quart Dutch oven or pot over medium heat, add oil and butter. Add onion and stir until it is softened and translucent, about ⏱️ 3 minutes. Add celery and carrots and stir until golden, another ⏱️ 5 minutes. Add garlic and stir for another ⏱️ 30 seconds.
medium carrot (peeled and shredded)1
2
Add ground beef, 1/2 tsp fine sea salt, and 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper. Cook the beef, breaking it up with a spatula until it’s browned and begins releasing fat and juices, about ⏱️ 5 minutes.
ground beef (20% fat, or use a mixture of beef and pork)1 lbtsp fine sea salt (plus more to taste)1/2tsp freshly ground black pepper (plus more to taste)1/4
3
Add white wine, turn up the heat, and continue stirring until most of the liquid has evaporated, about ⏱️ 5 minutes.
dry white wine (or red wine)1 cup
4
Form the sauce - Add crushed tomatoes, 1 1/2 cups hot water, tomato paste, and parsley, and stir to combine. Stir in the milk.
cups hot water (plus more as needed)1 1/2
5
Cook - Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to the lowest simmer, partially cover, and continue cooking for at least 1 1/⏱️ 2 hours or preferably ⏱️ 2 hours or until the meat is very tender, stirring occasionally. Add more hot water, 1/2 cup at a time, only as needed to keep the sauce from sticking to the bottom of the pot. When the meat is tender and you’ve reached the consistency of sloppy joes, add more salt to taste and serve.
Nutrition Facts
calories
287 kcal
fat Content
19 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
8 g
sodium Content
364 mg
protein Content
13 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
50 mg
carbohydrate Content
14 g
saturated Fat Content
7 g
unsaturated Fat Content
9 g
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