Ragu Bolognese Recipe
The greatest pasta sauce ever
Servings: 10
Calories: 286kcal
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion finely diced, about 1.5 cups
- 2 small carrots finely diced, about 1.5 cups
- 4 stalks celery finely diced, about 1.5 cups
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 filets anchovies or 2 tsp anchovy paste or fish sauce
- 1 cup white wine dry Italian such as pinot grigio preferred
- 2.5 cup chicken stock no sodium preferred
- 1 cup milk whole/full fat milk preferred
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 1 lb ground pork lean preferred
- 1 lb ground beef lean preferred
- 4 oz Prosciutto di Parma thinly sliced, then minced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup Parmigiano Reggiano cheese finely grated
Instructions
- Finely mince your onion, carrots, celery; you want about 1 cup of each. Mince the garlic. If you have a food processor, use it: the mince should be very small.
- Add the olive oil to a very large heavy bottomed pot or dutch oven and heat over medium. Add the onions, carrot, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring, until very soft, but not brown.
- Stir in the anchovies, breaking them up. Add the wine, stir to deglaze and cook over high heat until the wine is mostly evaporated.
- Stir in the chicken stock, milk, and tomato paste. Add the meats, making sure they’re broken up in the liquid. We’re not browning the meats, instead opting for a very tender, slow braise. Add the bay leaf and bring to hard simmer, the reduce the heat to a bare simmer. Simmer for 6 hours, partially covered, checking on it every hour or so to make sure it hasn’t gone dry. Add stock as necessary.
- After simmering, the liquid should be almost completely reduced and the sauce should be thick and luscious. Stir in the cheese and season with salt to taste.
- To sauce: Cook your pasta 1-2 minutes before the time indicated on the package. Transfer 1/2 cup sauce per portion to a nonstick skillet and toss your pasta in the skillet for 1-2 minutes over medium heat.
- Serve with extra cheese and chili flakes.
Nutrition
Calories: 286kcal | Carbohydrates: 7.7g | Protein: 33.7g | Fat: 12.6g | Saturated Fat: 4.3g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 371mg | Potassium: 833mg | Fiber: 1.3g | Sugar: 4.6g