Homemade Bolognese Sauce

PASTA BOLOGNESE! Traditional Flavor Packed With A Punch. This Recipe Us Guaranteed To Leave Your Mouth Watering!

Unbalanced

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Pulse onions in a food processor, set aside; then pulse half fresh garlic and roasted garlic with celery, carrots and peppers in a food processor. Set aside.

Step 2

Add marinated and seasoned beef to a large sauce pan. Brown until no pink remains. Continue to brown to achieve a nice crust. Remove meat with slotted spoon and use the rendered fat to sauté onion mix; you can add a bit of butter to this as well.

Step 3

Add onions to pan and sauté for 5-10 mins (USING THE SAUTÉED ONIONS RECIPE IN THE MENU); then add the garlic-celery mix and continue to sauté for another 5-10 mins. Then add the meat back into the pan.

Step 4

Pour in stock and simmer until evaporated and incorporated into the meat, about 10 minutes. Add 1/2 the milk and simmer until evaporated and fully incorporated into the meat, about 7-10 minutes.

Step 5

Stir in tomato paste, and seasonings, and brown. Then add tomatoes with juice (or tomato sauce) and bay leaf. Break tomatoes up with a spoon. Cover and simmer for 1-2 hours or until thickened. (THE LONGER THE MEAT SIMMERS THE MORE TENDER IT BECOMES!) Season more to taste.

Step 6

Meanwhile, cook pasta in seasoned water, according to package directions. Drain, reserving 1 ½ cups of pasta water.

Step 7

Add the rest of the milk to the meat and allow to simmer for another 10-15 mins.

Step 8

Toss pasta with the sauce with a splash of olive oil; and add pasta water to thin out if needed. Then simmer together for 5 more minutes to incorporate the sauce with the pasta.

Step 9

Serve hot with parmesan cheese.