Recipe Tip: Pasta Sauce: Ragú alla Bolognese - Falstaff

Recipe Tip: Pasta Sauce: Ragú alla Bolognese - Falstaff

Top Recipe by Julian Kutos. All ingredients and tips for getting it right. This classic is an ideal dish to cook in a large batch: eat some now and stash more away in the freezer for a quick weeknight dinner.

    Ingredients

    Instructions

    1. Step 1

      In a large casserole, fry finely chopped celery, carrots, onion, parsley and chopped garlic cloves in oil and butter without browning too much. Season sightly with salt.
    2. Step 2

      In a separate pan, heat olive oil and fry finely chopped bacon with thyme until lightly browned. Then add the minced meat and fry until lightly browned. Season with salt.
    3. Step 3

      Deglaze with red wine and allow the wine to evaporate. Add the meat and bacon to the vegetables.
    4. Step 4

      Add the tomato passata, bay leaves, sugar and salt, stir well and bring to the boil once. Season to taste and add salt as required.
    5. Step 5

      Simmer the sauce, covered and on low heat, for 90 minutes, it should only bubble slightly. Then finish cooking the sauce uncovered until excess liquid evaporates.
    6. Step 6

      Finally, heat the milk in a saucepan and stir into the sauce. Remove bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Season to taste with salt, pepper and sugar as needed.
    7. Step 7

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    8. Step 8

      Ham and Pasta Gratin This recipe is essentially the same as the one that appeared in Louise Seleskowitz's legendary 'Viennese Cookbook' from 1879. Pasta
    9. Step 9

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    10. Step 10

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    11. Step 11

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