What is a recipe for a TRADITONAL 100% ITALIAN RAGU-BOLOGNAISE SAUCE?
Authentic Bolognese with Tagliatelle Pasta Serves 4 Ingredients 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 lb ground beef or veal 1 lb ground pork 4 tablespoons finely chopped onion 4 tablespoons finely chopped carrots 4 tablespoons finely chopped celery 2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 cups dry red wine 3 cups Chicken Stock 1/2 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg 2 28-ounce cans diced tomatoes 2 1/2 lbs Tagliatelle or Pappardelle Directions Note: Bolognese is NOT a tomato sauce with meat; it is a ragù made of meat with few ingredients, including tomatoes, cooked slowly, to develop it’s rich, unique flavor. It takes about four hours to prepare and cook Bolognese. If you are a curious, adventuring cook and want to experience a wonderful, authentic taste; take the time to learn how to prepare and cook Bolognese. There really is nothing to compare with the slow, home cooked flavor of this ragù. Make a soffrito. Soffrito, roughly translated as “softly fried”, is the fri
400 grams of ground beef, or the same weight in a 50:50 split of beef and pork; One tin of good quality tomatoes such as San Marzano; One medium size onion; two sticks of celery; one medium size carrot; 250 millilitres of a good quality white wine; 250 millilitres of whole milk; Begin by making a soffrito, or chopped vegetable base, of the onion, carrot and celery. Chop finely, place in a heavy bottomed pan or casserole and sauté on a low heat for around 15 minutes in a good measure of extra virgin olive oil. (Northern Italians traditionally favour butter over oil as a fat for sautéing but either will do the job perfectly well.) When the onion and celery have become translucent, add the ground meat and caramelise, or brown, on all sides, stirring occasionally. Now add the white wine, turning up the heat to encourage the alcohol to burn off. After three minutes, reduce the heat and add the milk and nutmeg. Let the mix simmer until the liquid has evaporated, then add the tomatoes and tur
