Ragù Alla Bolognese Recipe: This Easy Bolognese Sauce Recipe Is Italian Comfort Food at Its Finest by Chef Gigi

Pasta Dinner
3 years ago

Ragù Alla Bolognese Recipe: This Easy Bolognese Sauce Recipe Is Italian Comfort Food at Its Finest

Ragù Alla Bolognese is ultimate Italian comfort food over pasta or polenta. This easy Bolognese sauce recipe is packed with meaty flavor.

You’ll need:

  • 1/8 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 carrot, finely diced
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 rib celery, finely diced
  • 1 clove garlic, sliced
  • 1/2 pound veal, ground
  • 1/2 pound pork, ground
  • 1/2 pound ground round
  • 1/4 pound pancetta, chopped fine
  • 1/2 cup tomato paste
  • 2 cups low-sodium beef broth
  • 1 cup heavy cream or 1 cup dry white wine (optional)
  • 1 cup flat leaf Italian parsley, chopped fine
  • Parmigiano-Reggiano, for grating

Here’s how you make it:

  1. In a 6- to 8-quart, heavy-bottomed soup pot heat olive oil and butter over medium heat. Cook pancetta until almost brown. Remove with a slotted spoon. Set aside.
  2. Add onions, carrot, celery and garlic. Cook over medium heat until the veggies are translucent, but not browned, about 10-15 minutes.
  3. Add veal, pork and beef. Return pancetta to the pot. Stir until brown.
  4. Add tomato paste, broth and wine. Simmer over medium-low heat for 1 hour. Add cream.
  5. Heat to simmer and cook an additional 30 minutes until sauce is reduced and thickens. (Do not boil after addition of cream.) Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve tossed with pasta or topped on warm creamy polenta. Top with grated cheese and enjoy!

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Donna John
We LOVE spaghetti around here, @chefgigi. Love the three different meats in it. My "recipes to make of Chef Gigi's" list keeps growing, and growing, and...
Elisa Schmitz
Oh, man. It doesn't get better than this, Chef Gigi Gaggero! Major YUM!
Chef Gigi
Sooooo delicious! This is a typical regional dish taught to me by my Italian Aunt when I was growing up -- passed down by generations ! I make another one with chicken and the meat just falls off the bone! Virginia Woolf said something like this: "In order to live well, love well, and sleep well, one should fine well!"
Elisa Schmitz
Is that last line supposed to say "eat well" Chef Gigi Gaggero? Because if so, I'm IN!! :-)
Chef Gigi
"Dine well"
I can never change my little iPhone typos ;( Elisa All 30SecondMom
Elisa Schmitz
Ah, even better! Thank you for sharing your secrets, so we can all dine well, chica! Chef Gigi Gaggero Donna John
Chef Gigi
Please Add : carrots in step 2 with celery , onions and garlic ! Donna John

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