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pasta in bolognese sauce

Pasta In Bolognese Sauce Just Like In Italy

Pasta In Bolognese Sauce Just Like In Italy

Course Tags Main Course
Cuisine Tags Italian
Keyword Tags bolognese, bolognese sauce, pasta bolognese, spaghetti bolognese
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 55 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 297 kcal
Author Hanan Evyasaf

Ingredients

  • 1 kg grounded beef
  • 1.5 - 2 bottle passata (uncooked strained tomato puree)
  • 4 tbsp tomato concentrate BX 28-30 full tbsp
  • 2 cups dry red wine
  • 4 onion chopped to small dices
  • 4 carrots chopped to small dices
  • 5 -6 celery stalks chopped to small dice
  • 5 -6 cloves of garlic minced
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tbsp kosher salt
  • 2 -3 tbsp sugar
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 12 - 15 leaves basil

Instructions

  1. Chop the carrots and onions to 1X1 cm dices. 

    Chop the celery to 0.5X0.5 cm dices. 

    pasta bolognese ingredients
  2. Heat the olive oil in a pot. 

    Pasta in bolognese sauce
  3. Add the meat and brown it.

    add the meat and brown it bolognese sauce
  4. In the browning process, the meat might release some fluids. it's ok. keep on browning the meat until the meat is brown and all the liquid evaporates.  

    meat for bolognese sauce
  5. When the meat is nicely brown, around 10 minutes, remove it from the pot.

    the meat is browned bolognese sauce
  6. Add a bit of olive oil and let it heat.

    Add the onion, carrot, and the celery to the pot and saute them until partially soft about 10 minutes. don't let the vegetables to get brown. 

    adding vegetables to the bolognese sauce
  7. Add the garlic and let it saute for 2 more minutes.

    Add the garlic to the vegetables - bolognese sauce
  8. Return the meat to the pot and add the passata. Stir well.

    return the meat and add the pasata - bolognese sauce
  9. Add the oregano, salt, black pepper and sugar to the pot and stir.

    add thesalt, pepper, sugar and oregano to the bolognese sauce
  10. Add the tomato concentrate and the wine and stir well. 

    add the tomato concentrate and the wine and stir
  11. Cook the bolognese sauce on small simmer for 2.5 hours. the sauce will reduce its volume over that time.  don't forget to stir the bolognese sauce from time to time and scrape the bottom of the pot well to avoid the sauce from sticking to the bottom of the pot and burning. 

    cook the bolognese sauce for 2.5 hours
  12. After 2 hours, about 30 minutes before the end of the cooking time. chope some fresh basil into small strips. the best way to do so is to lay the basil leaves one on top of the other and chop them.  

    chop the basil for the bolognese sauce
  13. After 2.5 hours of cooking the bolognese sauce is ready. 

    Serve the bolognese sauce with pasta.

    The perfect pasta for bolognese sauce is the tagliatelle - long and broad pasta that can handle the sauce perfectly. this is the pasta that is originally used with the dish.

    Another pasta that is great for the bolognese sauce is large shells. the shells turn into small bowls that hold the sauce nicely. you can also use fettuccini, linguini penna or fusilli. 

    And if you really feel like it, just go ahead and eat it with spaghetti. it's your dish!

    pasta in bolognese sauce