Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Traditional Italian meat sauce...it's time to invite!

italian meat sauce ragout alla bolognese
 














This is a traditional recipe of my family, generally we prepare meat sauce for a typical Italian Sunday lunch: use it to season tortelli, fresh egg pasta, cannelloni, lasagne and potatoes gnocchi!!!
 
italian sofrito base to prepare other sauces
 
















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ngredients for 6 people
 2 medium-sized carrots
2 shallots
1 white or yellow onion
6/7 ribs of celery
8 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons of tomato paste
Salt / pepper
300/400 g of minced beef
300g minced pork
1 tomato sauce can
1 glass of red wine
Nutmeg to taste
 
 
italian sauce
Clean vegetables and shred in a food processor, pour the mixture in a large pan with olive oil . Lightly fry everything for 5/7 minutes, stir in the meat, salt, pepper, nutmeg and mix often.
When the meat will be cooked, add the tomato paste, stir and pour in the wine and let it evaporate. Cook for 10 minutes and mix also the tomato puree.
Cook for about two hours on low heat with the lid, mix occasionally. When cooked, add salt, pepper and nutmeg. I suggest to add cinnamon, this spice will give a special taste to the dish.

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