Bolognese Sauce
The slow-cooked Bologna meat ragù — beef, pork, wine, and milk simmered for hours into the most satisfying pasta sauce in Italian cooking.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 250 g ground beef
- 150 g ground pork
- 1 piece onion
- 1 piece carrot
- 1 piece celery stalk
- 2 pieces garlic cloves
- 400 g canned chopped tomatoes
- 120 ml whole milk
- 120 ml dry white wine
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper
- 1 piece bay leaf
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- water, as needed
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1683 kcal · P 103.1g · C 55.7g · F 110.2g
Estimated from 14 of 15 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Finely dice onion, carrot, and celery (soffritto). Mince garlic.
- 2Warm the olive oil in a large heavy pan over medium heat. Cook the soffritto for 8 minutes until soft and golden, adding the garlic for the last minute.
- 3Add minced meat and cook, breaking it up, until no pink remains.
- 4Pour in the wine and cook until fully evaporated.
- 5Add tomatoes, milk, bay leaf, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Stir and simmer on very low heat for at least 2 hours (ideally 3), stirring occasionally. Add a splash of water if it dries out.
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Questions and answers
How long does Bolognese Sauce take to make?
About 195 minutes: 15 min prep and 180 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Bolognese Sauce?
15 ingredients: ground beef, ground pork, onion, carrot, celery stalk, garlic cloves, canned chopped tomatoes, whole milk, dry white wine, olive oil, salt, black pepper and 3 more.
How many servings does this Bolognese Sauce recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Bolognese Sauce?
About 281 kcal, with 17.2 g protein, 9.3 g carbohydrate and 18.4 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Bolognese Sauce?
Bolognese Sauce comes from Italian cuisine.
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