If you have never tried a Bolognese sauce you are going to be blown away by this. This is one of my favorite sauces ever and my family loves it also. It is very time consuming but very worth it. This sauce can be used over pasta or, my favorite, in Lasagne Verdi alla Bolognese (I will be posting the recipe for this soon). This is not a tomato sauce but a meat sauce and I prepare it in the traditional way that they make it in Bologna. So without further a do, let us begin.
Ingredients
1/2 pound ground pork
1/2 pound ground beef
3 ounces minced smokey bacon
2 stalks celery
2 carrots
1 medium onion
3 tablespoon unsalted butter
3 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup red wine (I use Sangiovese)
1 cup beef stock
1 cup milk
salt
pepper
Finely chop the onion, celery and carrots. Saute them over medium heat in the melted butter and olive oil. Make sure they are well saute'd and the onions are translucent. Add the mined bacon and cook it until it starts to develop some color. Add the ground pork and ground beef. Cook until browned. Add the red wine and cook until completely absorbed. Thin the tomato paste with some of the beef stock and add this, stirring well. Salt and then lower heat to a simmer. Now it will need to simmer for an hour, while you slowly add the beef stock to keep it moist. Once this is done you will add the cup of milk, taste and season. Enjoy it over a plate of Spaghetti.
