Authentic Bolognese Sauce

I want to challenge someone’s Italian grandma to a sauce duel. This sauce came out so good today!!!! 😍😍😍 I thought I would have so much leftover. Nope. I am not sure if this qualifies as an authentic bolognese sauce. I’m Irish. We don’t know these things – but it certainly tasted delicious! Jump to Recipe

How To Make Homemade Bolognese – Step By Step

Sauté onions, carrots, and garlic in olive oil with some salt. Add chopped bacon. Cook for about 5 minutes. If I had celery, I would have added some celery in with the onions and carrots.

Add 1 lb beef and 1 lb pork. Add a little salt. I actually used a very simple pork sausage (it’s what was in the freezer!). Break it up and cook until there is no more pink. Add 1 cup wine. Simmer for 5-10 minutes.

Add 4 cans of diced tomatoes. Break up the tomatoes with a wooden spoon. Simmer for an hour. Taste test and add salt and ground pepper. Friends have recommended using San Marzano tomatoes – I will definitely try this recipe with those next time.

Add 1 cup of bone broth if you have it. I used a cup of Brave Bone Broth – it is locally made and so good and good for you. It adds A LOT of flavor. Simmer for another hour over low. Stir.

Finals Steps To Amazing Sauce

Always simmer uncovered so extra liquid cooks off. This cooked for about 3 hours total. So much flavor!

I took an immersion blender to the sauce to smooth it out a little after about 3 hours.

At the end, I added about 1/4 cup of cream and stirred it through and cooked it for a few more minutes. If I had cooked more pasta, we might not have had any leftover sauce. Everyone had seconds and they would have had thirds if there was more spaghetti. 🤣

Homemade Authentic Bolognese Sauce Recipe

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Bolognese Sauce

Course Dinner

Cuisine Italian

Cook Time 3 hours

Servings 8

Calories 414 kcal

Author Erin Brighton

Ingredients

• 2 medium onions - chopped
• 1 large carrot - chopped
• 5 garlic cloves
• 2 T olive oil
• 1 slice thick bacon chopped
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 lb ground pork
• 1 cup white wine
• 4 cans diced tomatoes
• 1 cup beef bone broth
• 1/4 c cream - at the end

Instructions

1. Sauté onions, carrots, and garlic in olive oil with some salt. Add chopped bacon. Cook for about 5 minutes.

2. Add 1 lb beef and 1 lb pork. Add a little salt. I actually used a very simple pork sausage (it’s what was in the freezer!). Break it up and cook until there is no more pink. Add 1 cup wine. Simmer for 5-10 minutes.

3. Add 4 cans of diced tomatoes. Break up the tomatoes with a wooden spoon. Simmer for an hour. Taste test and add salt and ground pepper.

4. Add 1 cup of bone broth if you have it. Simmer for another hour over low. Stir.

5. Always simmer uncovered so extra liquid cooks off. This cooked for about 3 hours. So much flavor!

6. I took an immersion blender to the sauce to smooth it out a little.

7. At the end, I added about 1/4 cup of cream and stirred it through and cooked it for a few more minutes.

This was so good. Perfect for a Sunday dinner.

Other Sunday dinner ideas … 

Easiest Gluten-Free Lasagne

Baked Chicken Caprese

Copycat Pork Fried Rice