Best Bolognese Sauce Recipe (Meat Sauce)
My favorite bolognese recipe is a rich tomato sauce made up of pancetta, ground beef, and Italian sausage. Use this meat sauce in your favorite lasagna, baked ziti, or stuffed shells recipe. Or use this versatile pasta sauce recipe on spaghetti, rigatoni, or tagliatelle. Delicious with a side of garlic knots and a simple salad.
Ingredients
Instructions
Place a large saucepan over medium heat. Add oil and pancetta and cook for 5 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until browned.
Add the sausage and beef and use a wooden spoon to break the meat up into pieces. Continue cooking until meat is browned and no pink remains, about 5 minutes.
Add garlic and cook for 1 minute, or until fragrant. Add in the onion and carrot and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for 6 to 8 minutes, or until onion has softened and is almost translucent. Stir in the tomato paste.
Add in the wine and stir to combine. Cook for 5 minutes. Then stir in a 1/2 cup of the beef stock and all of the crushed tomatoes, stirring well to combine.
Bring sauce to a boil, then reduce to medium low and continue cooking for 2 hours, slowly adding in the remaining beef stock as it begins to thicken.
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Very good and not too difficult to make.
This recipe was PHENOMENAL. And I even forgot half of the ingredients!! 😂 I accidentally added the noodles before any cream or other seasonings, and I couldn’t believe how good it was. Can’t wait to try it again with all the ingredients!
Fantastico!
I’ve used lots of bolognese recipes and this is the absolute best! So much flavor!
I followed this recipe with some modifications (no cream) and it was Delicious!!!
This recipe is excellent. Love the flavor. About the recipe itself. I was concerned about how dry it seemed. So I ended up putting the lid on, reducing the heat to simmer and adding more water. I think my stove med/low is too strong😂.
One question I had is should the cream, sugar, fresh basil and nutmeg be put in right before serving or after the two hours regardless of when you will be serving the sauce?
Our family loved this recipe! We used rigatoni and it paired great with the hearty meat sauce.
Can I make this without meat?
This was so good! I used red wind since you said it was ok and that’s what I had. So flavorful and my kids were basically licking their plates clean lol.
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