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Bolognese Sauce

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  • Servings: 9
  • Prep: 45m
  • Cook: 3 1/2h
  • The following recipe serves 9 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 large yellow onion
  • 1 medium carrot (peeled and coarsely chopped)
  • 1 celery stalk (coarsely chopped)
  • 1 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 pound ground pork
  • 4 ounces pancetta ham (finely diced)
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 can (14.5 ounce) crushed tomatoes
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • Salt, to taste
  • Pepper, to taste
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Pulse onion, carrot and celery in a food processor until finely chopped.

  • Step 2: Heat the oil in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add ground beef, pork, pancetta and vegetables; cook , breaking up ground meat with a spoon, until moisture is almost completely evaporated and meat is well browned, 25-30 minutes; season with salt and pepper.

  • Step 3: Add wine to pot and bring to a boil, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pot, about 2 minutes.

  • Step 4: Add milk; bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until moisture is almost completely evaporated, 8-10 minutes.

  • Step 5: Add tomatoes, and 2 cups broth; bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, adding remainder of broth by 1/2 cupfuls if sauce looks dry, until flavours meld and sauce thickens, 2 1/2- 3 hours.

  • Step 6: Let sauce cool, then cover and refrigerate for at least 12 hours to allow the flavours to meld.

  • Step 7: Reheat in saucepan when ready to use.


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