Bolognese

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Bolognese

Prep time: 1 HourCook time: 30 MinInactive time: 1 H & 30 MTotal time: 3 Hour

There is nothing better than making a big pot of bolognese, letting it cook for hours and then enjoying a hearty bowl of pasta. So we’re sharing our favorite way we make bolognese but we know there are many ways to make it!

Ingredients

• Pasta of your choice, we used papardelle
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 3 celery stalks, diced
• 2 large carrots, diced
• 3 minced garlic cloves
• 1 lb 80/20 ground beef
• 3/4 lb ground pork or italian sausage
• 1/2 diced pancetta or pork belly
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1 1/2 - 2 jars passata (tomato puree)
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tbsp heavy cream
• Pinch of nutmeg
• 2 tbsp butter
• Grated parmesan reggiano
• salt & pepper
• Fresh ricotta, optional
• Fresh basil, optional

Instructions

1. Start by browning the pancetta in a pan, remove and set aside
2. Then brown your veggies - onion, celery, and carrots in 2 tbsp butter, season at every step
3. Once browned add garlic cook off for 2 minutes and add tomato paste too caramelize
4. For the ground meat, we like to cook this in a separate pan so we can drain if necessary, once that is seared remove it from the pan and put into the veggie mixture with the pancetta
5. Now deglaze the pan you seared your meat in with the white wine, cook off alcohol then add to the larger pot
6. Pour in passata, water, pinch of nutmeg, and salt and pepper - let simmer on low for at least 1 hour (or up to 3)
7. Finish sauce with heavy cream and parmesan
8. Boil pasta water and salt well (save some water), now transfer your bolognese sauce into another pan and top with pasta water and cooked pasta
9. Top with a dollop of ricotta, a little olive oil, grated parm, basil, and pepper!

Watch us make bolognese!