Bolognese Sauce
This bolognese sauce is a hearty, easy to make meat sauce using ground beef, crushed tomatoes, wine, Italian herbs and spices and just a few other simple ingredients served over the pasta of your choice.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Olive oil
- 2-3 stalks Celery, chopped
- 2 medium Carrots, peeled and chopped
- 1 large Onion, chopped
- 1 pound Ground beef
- 4 cloves Garlic, minced
- 1 6 oz can Tomato paste
- ½ cup Beef broth
- ½ cup Red wine
- 1 28 oz can Crushed tomatoes
- ½ cup Heavy cream
- 2 tbs Butter (divided)
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tbs Italian Seasoning (divided)
- 2 tbs Garlic powder (divided)
- 5 leaves Fresh basil, shredded
- 1 pound Choice of pasta (and ladle of the pasta water)
- Parmesan cheese (optional)
Instructions
- First, heat half of the butter and olive oil in a large skillet and add the chopped carrots, celery and onion. This may seem like a lot of oil, but you're meant to almost fry the veggies.
- Now, lightly season them with salt and pepper and cook them for about 10 minutes or until the vegetables are soft.
- Then, add the ground beef and break it into small pieces while browning it.
- Next, once the beef is browned, add the minced garlic and season it with salt, pepper, 1 tbs of garlic powder and 1 tbs of Italian seasoning.
- Now stir in the wine and bring it to a gentle boil out for about 2-3 minutes.
- Then, stir the tomato paste and into the beef mixture for about one minute.
- Next, add the beef broth and let that gently boil in the sauce for about 2 minutes.
- Now, stir in the crushed tomatoes and add the cream.
- Then, season the sauce with salt, pepper, garlic powder and Italian seasoning and let the sauce simmer for about 10 minutes or more if desired.
- Next, add the rest of the butter, a ladle of pasta water and some freshly shredded basil and stir that into the sauce until the butter has melted.
- Finally, add the pasta to the sauce and toss everything together until it’s evenly coated in the bolognese sauce.
- Serve warm, top with some grated Parmesan cheese (optional) and enjoy!