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
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How To Make Homemade Bolognese – Step By Step
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. 🤣
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Homemade Authentic Bolognese Sauce Recipe
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Bolognese Sauce
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
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Sauté onions, carrots, and garlic in olive oil with some salt. Add chopped bacon. Cook for about 5 minutes.
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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.
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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.
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Add 1 cup of bone broth if you have it. Simmer for another hour over low. Stir.
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Always simmer uncovered so extra liquid cooks off. This cooked for about 3 hours. So much flavor!
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I took an immersion blender to the sauce to smooth it out a little.
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At the end, I added about 1/4 cup of cream and stirred it through and cooked it for a few more minutes.
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This was so good. Perfect for a Sunday dinner.
Other Sunday dinner ideas …
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