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Gnocchi in a Bolognese Sauce

Simple Bolognese Recipe

This delicious and simple bolognese recipe simmers slowly on your stove top and makes the tastiest home cooked meal.
5 from 2 votes
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp Butter
  • 1 large Carrot diced
  • 1 Celery Stalk diced
  • 1 small Yellow Onion diced
  • 4 Garlic Cloves minced
  • 16 oz Sweet Italian Sausage (raw) if you cannot find it pre ground then you can buy regular sausage, remove it from the casing, and then ground it.
  • 16 oz Ground Beef 85/15 or 90/10
  • 1/2 cup White Wine Red is ok, but white wine is what is traditionally used to make Bolognese sauce
  • 3 tbsp Tomato Paste
  • 10 oz Tomato Puree Passata
  • 1 cup Beef Broth
  • 1/2 cup Whole Milk
  • 3/4 tsp Sea Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1 pinch Nutmeg

Instructions
 

  • Heat the butter on medium heat and add the onion, carrot, and celery. Cook for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally so that it does not burn.
  • Add the garlic, italian sausage, salt, pepper, and beef. Cook until the meat is mostly cooked.
  • Add the wine and stir. Allow the alcohol to cook out of the wine for about 3-5 minutes. Then, add your tomato paste and stir it in so that it is fully incorporated.
  • Add your tomato puree, beef broth, bay leaf, pinch of nutmeg and milk. Mix well and allow to simmer on low heat for 2-3 hours.

Notes

Instead of using 90/10 ground beef, I have made this with 96/4 ground beef and it was still delicious. Your fat ratio will be different in this recipe, but the recipe still has a great flavor.
Also, instead of using pork sausage I have made this with raw Italian Chicken Sausage links. They sell them at Trader Joes, but you have to make sure you get the raw sausage and not the pre-cooked sausage. You want to be able to remove the sausage from the casing and ground it into your ground beef.
Do not skimp on the wine. It is an important ingredient in this dish to make it taste authentic. Also, even though red wine normally goes with red meat, white wine is traditionally used when cooking this dish.