Best Bolognese Sauce
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 23
- Serves:
-
10
ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 large sweet white onion, diced finely
- 2 tablespoons mustard
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 700 ml Ragu tomato sauce
- 28 ounces canned stewed tomatoes
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 700 ml water
- 1⁄2 cup ketchup
- 4 bay leaves
- 4 fresh garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 teaspoon dry basil
- 1 teaspoon dry oregano
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon pesto sauce
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 large carrots, chopped very fine
- 2 celery ribs, chopped very fine
directions
- 1.Start by making your beef mixture.
- In a big sauce pot add the first 7 ingredients,beef,chopped onion,mustard,vinegar,sugar,salt and pepper.cook on medium until browned.
- 2.Start adding your sauce mixture. add the Ragu sauce,canned tomatoes,tomato paste,water,ketchup,bay leaves,chopped garlic,basil,oregano,sugar,nutmeg,pesto,salt,pepper. Mix it all up very well.
- 3.turn the stove to high and let it come to a simmer,you can add a lid if you dont want sauce squirting everywhere.During this time chop your carrots and celery.
- 4.When the sauce starts to bubble add your carrots and celery and turn the stove down to low.
- 5.put the lid on and leave on low or minimum heat for 1/2 an hour-45 minutes.Turn off the heat and leave it covered with a lid.I like to leave it about 1/2 an hour covered before i serve with my favorite pasta.
- make sure to taste it to see if you need more salt, sugar or anything else.
- This makes enough for 2 dinners of 5 people. I use half then freeze the rest till later.
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I love in Ontario Canada,where the winters are cold and the summers are even colder. I grew up in an italian family,always cooking and ALWAYS eating.Watching my grandmother and mother cook has allowed me to become the great chef i am today.My mother,my sister(soupcookie)and myself are huge food critics,were always trying new foods and new recipes.It has almost become a competitive thing between the 3 of us,and were never afraid to voice our taste opinions.