Tortellini Bolognese

"After enjoying a Bolognese dish at a famous Italian restaurant, I knew I had to find a recipe I could make at home. The very first one I stumbled upon, from an old $1.00 cookbook I'd purchased, rivaled that of the restaurant's. What luck!!!!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
18
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large, deep skillet, over medium heat, heat olive oil.
  • Add bacon and cook until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Drain grease.
  • Add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring often, until onion is softened.
  • Break up ground sirloin and pork and add to skillet.
  • Cook until no longer pink, about 10 minutes.
  • Add half the wine and half of the beef broth.
  • Cook over medium-high heat until liquid is almost absorbed, about 15 minutes.
  • Lower heat and stir in the tomato paste, salt, black pepper, parsley, and basil.
  • Pour in remaining wine and beef broth.
  • Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
  • While sauce is simmering prepare tortellini according to package directions.
  • After sauce has simmered 20 minutes, stir in the heavy cream and heat through.
  • Spoon sauce over tortellini and garnish with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
  • {Note:I use a food processor to finely chop the bacon, onion, carrots, and celery for a smoother textured sauce, and to save an abundance of time}.

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Reviews

  1. I enjoyed this--something a little bit different. I didn't use the wine (I prefer to drink wine, not have it in my food), used a lot of fresh parsley and doubled the dried basil. Thanks for sharing!
     
  2. Great flavor and so easy to do. I did use 1/2 lb. beef 1/2 lb. pork and added pepperoni to the 3 slices already baked bacon. It is so rich but so good. I may try adding anchovies to the veggie next time but great as is.
     
  3. This was a delicious meal. It had lots of flavor and was very meaty. I thought the sauce would go perfect with some sliced smoked sausage, so I will use that next time instead of the ground up meat. I didnt read to puree the veggies til the end. So next time I will for sure puree the carrots and celery in a food processor to make a smoother sauce. I liked the small chunks but I agree that pureeing them would make it even better. I as well will double the garlic! I will surely make again sometime, thanks for the recipe!
     
  4. Delicious!!!! Thanks so much for this little beauty Christmas Carol! My Italian husband approved of this Bolognese so that's saying something. This will be a regular in our house now and it's one of the easiest bolognese I have ever made! Cheers!
     
  5. This was so good! I would say it was even better the next week we ate it out of the freezer. Very hearty and thick sauce. The only thing I would change is not to add the salt, since the bacon had plenty, so it was pretty salty for us..but it was still very flavorful, we loved it! Thanks so much for this recipe!
     
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I love to try new recipes and mainly look for ones that are new and different, such as a twist on an old favorite or something no one's ever thought of! I also enjoy writing in my spare time. I live in Northeast Ohio where the weather isn't the greatest, humid in the summer and cold winters- but it has been nice growing up by the lake! I own two wonderful cats who can be quite a handful at times, but my fiancee and I couldn't live without them!
 
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