Classic Bolognese Sauce
Bolognese sauce is originally from Bologna, a city in the North of Italy, and is characterized by: minced meat, tomato sauce, and very long cooking time. So, you can take advantage of a rainy morning to stay at home and prepare this recipe: its amazing smell will spread throughout your house - much better than any air freshener!
Ingredients
- 1/2 big onion
- 1 carrot
- 1 celery stick
- Extra virgin olive oil
- ⅔ cup white wine (150 ml)
- 1 lb minced beef (500 gr)
- 3.5 oz sausage (optional) (100 gr)
- 2 cups tomato sauce (500 ml)
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- ⅓ cup milk (100 ml)
- 1 cup water (optional) (200 ml)
Instructions
- Clean and carefully chop the onion, celery and carrot and put them in a pot with enough extra virgin olive oil and let them become golden. In the meantime, remove the casing from your sausage and chop it.
- When the vegetables are golden add the minced meat and the sausage and make sure that the meat separates well, and create very small pieces.
- Once the meat is a bit cooked (you should not see pink parts), add the wine and wait for the alcohol to evaporate.
- Add the tomato paste, the tomato sauce and the milk and mix it well. If your tomato sauce is very thick, add some water too.
- When the sauce comes to a boil, lower the power of the stove, cover the pot with the lid and let it cook on low.
- Set an alarm to mix your bolognese sauce every 15/20 minutes and cook it for 2,5/3 hours.
- Add salt during the last hour, and be careful not to oversalt!
- Enjoy the bolognese sauce with your favorite pasta!