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Bolognese sauce

Bolognese sauce

I believe you will like bolognese sauce made this way. It is really very tasty and is one of my family's favorite combinations for a nice weekday lunch.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Course Lunch, Meal
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 2 medium-sized sliced red onions
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 2 peeled grated medium-sized carrots
  • 2 chopped stalks of celery
  • 3 ½ oz smoked bacon
  • 3 ½ cups minced meat if desired (I used a mixture of pork and beef)
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 small cans of pelats
  • 3 ½ cups water
  • salt
  • pepper
  • olive oil for frying

Serve with

  • 3 cups spaghetti

Instructions
 

  • Pour the oil into a wide pan and let it heat up on low heat.
  • First add the smoked bacon and fry it briefly.
  • Then add sliced red onion and then garlic.
  • Stew everything for about 10 minutes.
  • After that, add the grated carrot and the sliced celery stalk, and simmer for an additional 10 minutes while stirring.
  • Add the meat and break it into smaller pieces and stir until it loses its light color.
  • Stew for 10-15 minutes to evaporate the water released by the meat.
  • Salt and pepper.
  • Add the tomato paste and stir briefly, then pour in the pelats.
  • While everything is mixing, gently cut them in half or chop them into several pieces.
  • Add water, mix everything well and cook for an hour to reduce the liquid.
  • Towards the end of cooking, taste the Bolognese again and season it with salt and pepper if necessary.
  • About half an hour after adding the water, heat the spaghetti water in a separate bowl on the stove.
  • When it boils, add salt and cook the spaghetti according to the instructions on the package.
Keyword Bolognese, Bolognese sauce, sauce, spaghetti, spaghetti bolognese
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