Description
Spaghetti Bolognese or Ragu Bolognese is an instant classic. Delicious pasta combined with an amazing meat tomato sauce. It is both delicious and perfect for a date night, or a cozy night in.
Ingredients
Beef
Veal
Tomato Passata (Mutti)
1 Crushed Tomato
Olive Oil
White or Yellow Onion
Garlic
Milk
Red Wine
Salt & Pepper
Ground Cloves
Ground Nutmeg
Bay Leaf
Thyme
Parmesan
Instructions
- Heat up a deep pan, low to medium heat. Add onions and pinch of salt and slowly cook/sweat the onions until translucent, then add garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes until you smell the garlic.
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Add ground beef and veal, gently season with salt and pepper. Make sure to stir frequently. This might take some time to cook. Feel free to slightly increase the heat of the pan until the meat is cooked.
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Once the meat is well cooked, add 200-300 ml of wine or 1 cup. Wait a few minutes for wine to cook and reduce and then add same amount of milk and reduce.
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Lower heat to low and add crushed tomato and tomato passata, salt, pepper, 2 bay leaves, a few sprigs of thyme, ½ teaspoon of cloves and ¼ teaspoon of nutmeg. Mix together with meat and cover with lid. Let the sauce cook for at least an hour and taste frequently to adjust for taste with salt.
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In a separate pot, cook spaghetti or other long pasta in a pot with water and salt. Follow instructions on package.
- Combine pasta with sauce and plate. Add Parmigiano Reggiano as a garnish on top of pasta.
Notes
- To make this recipe gluten free, simply replace the gluten pasta with gluten free pasta, very simple.
- Feel free to add more or less meat, bolognese is made to be versatile. Make it as you like it!
- You can omit the veal, or replace it with beef.
- For the soffrito (onion, garlic, carrot, celery) you can omit the carrot and/or celery