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Bolognese Sauce is an Italian recipe. Flavor of this dish is very tasty and it comes from the city of Bologna. It is made from delicious ground meat and mostly mixed with beef and pork. Apart from this, vegetables are also used in it like onions, carrots and tomatoes. Wine is also used in this recipe.
This sauce is cooked on low flame to give it a rich flavor and is very thick and meaty. Bolognese sauce is Very famous for its delicious taste. And this sauce is mostly used as a topping on pasta. The combination of this sauce and pasta is very tasty.
I am going to tell you a new Bolognese Sauce recipe and I hope you will like it very much.
CONTENT OF RECIPE
| Ingredients / Ingredienti | (14 oz)nGround Beef (5 oz) Fresh Sliced Pork Belly (½ No) Onion (1 No) Carrot (1 No) Celery Stalk (1/2 Cup) Wine (1 Cup) Tomato Puree (1 Tbsp) Double Tomato Paste (1/2 Cup) Whole Milk Meat or Vegetable Broth (3 Tbsp) Extra Virgin Olive Oil (To Taste) Salt (To Taste) Pepper |
| Cooking Time / Tempo di cottura | 2 Hours (Until Tender) |
| Cooking Temperature / Temperatura di cottura | 203°F ~ 95°C |
| Utensils / Utensili | Bowl Non-Stick Pot Lid |
| Cooking Method / Metodo di cottura | Stove |
METHOD OF BOLOGNESE SAUCE
Step 1: Take a large non-stick pot and cook the pork belly (chopped or ground) with three tablespoons of oil. Step 2:Finely chop the onion, carrot and celery. Cook them on medium-low heat and keep in mind that the onion shouldn’t burn. Step 3: Cook the minced meat on high flame for 10 minutes until it begins to sizzle. Step 4: Now add the wine and cook it well until the smell of wine is gone and it has completely evaporated. Step 5: Add tomato paste and tomato puree to it. Step 6: Add a cup of warm broth to it, you can also use water and start cooking it slowly. Step 7: Put the lid on the pan and cook it for two hours until the meat is tender, adding as much water or broth as needed. Step 8: You can also use milk in it and cook it so much that it disappears. Step 9: When it is all cooked then you can add salt and pepper to it. Step 10: You have to cook this sauce until it turns dark orange in color with creamy consistency.
NOTE
By the way, beef diaphragm is used in this recipe, but nowadays if it is not available, you can use muscle, shoulder, belly, and under belly instead.
Another way to make this sauce is to brown the meat separately and make the mixture separately and then combine them together. Some variants you can use or not in this Bolognese Sauce are given below:
ALLOWED IN BOLOGNESE SAUCE
- You can mix meat that contains both beef and pork.
- Minced (knife-chopped) meat can be used.
- If fresh pancetta is not available, stretched pork belly can be used.
- Apart from this, you can also use Nutmeg.
NOT ALLOWED IN BOLOGNESE SAUCE
- You can’t use Veal’s meat in it.
- Smoked bacon or just pork, Don’t use garlic Rosemary, parsley , other spices or herbs are not allowed.
- You can’t even use flour to thicken it.
TIP
To enhance the flavor of this Bolognese Sauce you can add Chicken livers, hearts and sweetbreads, crumbled pork sausage, peas and soaked dried porcini mushrooms in it.
Another Classic Bolognese Sauce Recipe
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What are the ingredients for Bolognese sauce?
- Ground beef
- Fresh sliced pork belly
- Onion
- Carrot
- Celery stalk,
- Wine
- Tomato puree
- Tomato paste
- Whole milk
- Meat or vegetable broth
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper
What are the ingredients in traditional Bolognese sauce?
- Ground beef
- pork belly
- Onion
- Carrot
- Celery stalk
- Wine
- Tomato puree
- Tomato paste
- Meat or vegetable broth
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Pancetta
- Garlic
What is the difference between meat sauce and Bolognese sauce?
How do you make Bolognese sauce taste nicer?
What gives Bolognese its flavor?
- Sugar
- Chicken livers, hearts and sweetbreads
- Crumbled pork sausage
- Peas
- Soaked dried porcini mushrooms
- Milk
