Here is my guide on how to make spaghetti bolognese sauce.
This is everyone’s favourite and children just love it. I must admit that after cooking it so often I had got totally fed up with it. I found this recipe in an old Italian cookery book and it changed my opinion. This makes enough sauce to put half aside to make a Lasagna. Bolognese comes from the Bologna region of Italy. They are famous for their dairy products, so this is why this dish has milk in. The meat is simmered in milk and this protects the proteins in the meat from the acids in the wine. This might seem weird adding milk, but it just does something and the meat tastes better. Don’t ask how, it is just science.
Ingredients:
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750g Minced Beef
– 150g Pancetta or Smokey Bacon, Diced
– 2 Large Onions
– 2 Carrots
– 2 Sticks of Celery
– 2 Cloves of Garlic
– 150ml Whole Milk
– 200ml Red Wine
– 200g Tomato Purée
– 1 tsp Basil
– Salt and Pepper
Method:
1) In a large frying pan dry fry the minced beef, once browned add the pancetta or bacon. Continue to fry.
2) Finely chop the onions, carrots, celery and garlic. I usually use a blitzer.
3) Add this to the mince and cook for 10 minutes.
4) Pour the milk into the mince and stir to coat all the meat.
5) Simmer for 5 minutes. Pour in the red wine wine, then add the tomato purée.
6) Stir in the Basil and season with salt and pepper.
7) Cover and simmer for 1 hour stirring occasionally. You will notice that the sauce has turned a rich colour.
8) Once the hour is up, remove the lid and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes.
9) Put half the sauce to one side to use in the Lasagne, so that you have two meals for the price of one.
10) Serve with a pasta of your choice. Use some of the cooking pasta liquid and add to the meat sauce.
11) Sprinkle with Parmesan.
I hope you enjoy x
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Hello! My name is Jacqui Candy and I’m a menopausal fifty-something with two grown children. I live in the beautiful County of Warwickshire in England. My passion is cooking and there is always enough to feed any extras that turn up – and they often do! There is truly nothing better than sitting around a table enjoying food with friends – it’s where you laugh, cry, let off steam and appreciate each other. I can be lazy too! If I can make enough to be either eaten the next day and the day after, I will. I make mistakes too and my boys are my greatest critics. Never be scared to try something new. Everyone can cook xx