Ragu Bolognese Recipe

The greatest pasta sauce ever

📝 Ingredients

• 1 medium onion (finely diced, about 1.5 cups)
• 2 small carrots (finely diced, about 1.5 cups)
• 4 stalks celery (finely diced, about 1.5 cups)
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 2 filets anchovies (or 2 tsp anchovy paste or fish sauce)
• 1 cup white wine (dry Italian such as pinot grigio preferred)
• 2.5 cup chicken stock (no sodium preferred)
• 1 cup milk (whole/full fat milk preferred)
• 6 oz tomato paste
• 1 lb ground pork (lean preferred)
• 1 lb ground beef (lean preferred)
• 4 oz Prosciutto di Parma (thinly sliced, then minced)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (finely grated)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Finely mince your onion, carrots, celery; you want about 1 cup of each. Mince the garlic. If you have a food processor, use it: the mince should be very small.
2. 2Add the olive oil to a very large heavy bottomed pot or dutch oven and heat over medium. Add the onions, carrot, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring, until very soft, but not brown.
3. 3Stir in the anchovies, breaking them up. Add the wine, stir to deglaze and cook over high heat until the wine is mostly evaporated.
4. 4Stir in the chicken stock, milk, and tomato paste. Add the meats, making sure they’re broken up in the liquid. We’re not browning the meats, instead opting for a very tender, slow braise. Add the bay leaf and bring to hard simmer, the reduce the heat to a bare simmer. Simmer for 6 hours, partially covered, checking on it every hour or so to make sure it hasn’t gone dry. Add stock as necessary.
5. 5After simmering, the liquid should be almost completely reduced and the sauce should be thick and luscious. Stir in the cheese and season with salt to taste.
6. 6To sauce: Cook your pasta 1-2 minutes before the time indicated on the package. Transfer 1/2 cup sauce per portion to a nonstick skillet and toss your pasta in the skillet for 1-2 minutes over medium heat.
7. 7Serve with extra cheese and chili flakes.