Bolognese Sauce
Ingredients
- 5 lbs ground beef
- 12 oz carrots, chopped
- 8 oz celery, chopped
- 6 oz yellow onion, chopped
- 2 oz fresh garlic, smashed
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil (divided)
- 1 bottle Burgundy wine
- 1 lb tomato paste
- 4 (28 oz) cans peeled tomatoes, seeded & pureed
- 1 oz salt (check for flavor after 1 hour)
- 1 tsp black pepper
How-to
- Heat large stock pot over high flame
- Once hot, add ¼ cup olive oil, followed by vegetables. Simmer for a few minutes
- In a separate large sauce pan, heat ¼ cup of olive oil
- When heated, add beef to pan and brown
- Once meat is brown, add salt and black pepper (check to taste)
- Combine beef (with all of the liquid) to large stock pot with all of the vegetables and cook for a couple of minutes
- Add burgundy wine and cook for 5-10 minutes
- Add tomato paste and stir into ingredients
- Add pureed peeled tomatoes and stir well
- Once boiling, put heat to low and simmer
- Simmer on low/med heat for roughly 3 hours, stirring occasionally
- Check salt and pepper on the hour (add, if necessary)
- When sauce is finished, skim grease from the top
- Serve & enjoy!