Authentic bolognese sauce
Maybe the most famous sauce for pasta in the world, for sure one of the most abused! Please read here for a truely bolognese recipe.
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 100kcal
Cost: $3
Equipment
- a knife
- a pot suitable to slow cooking
- a wooden spoon
- a mixer (if meat is not already minced)
Ingredients
- 1000 gr minced beef meat
- 150 gr ham I use ham from Tuscany, many use bacon instead
- 50 gr butter according to taste
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- half carrot
- half onion
- half celery stick
- 1/3 tube concentrated tomato paste Mutti is the best brand
- 1/2 glass red wine
- 1 pinch salt according to taste
Instructions
- Prepare a soffritto gently frying for 10-15 minutes the chopped onion, carrot and celery in part of the butter and the extra virgin olive oil.
- Mince the ham (or bacon).
- When soffritto is ready, add the beef minced meat and and make it gently fry for about 40 minutes. Use the wooden spoon to stir, from time to time.
- Add the minced ham and make it gently fry for about 40 minutes.
- Spray with the red wine. Then add the concentrated tomato paste (see picture above for the quantity) and a pinch of salt, according to taste. Cover the pot and let it boil at very low heat for an additional 3- 3.5 hours.
- During this time, if you think the sauce is getting too dry, add some butter. The final result should be like in the picture.
Notes
- If you want a more vivid red color, add a little bit more, but always remember that bolognese ragù is not based on tomato (like the sauces from Southern Italy, e.g. Naples).
- The choice of every bolognese is Mutti (an historical brand from Parma) concentrated tomato paste, hope you can find it.