How to Make Spaghetti Bolognese

Bolognese sauce, known in Italian as Ragù alla Bolognese, is a meat-based sauce in Italian cuisine, typical of the city of Bologna of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. The recipe was first published there in the 19th century. Since then, the dish has been loved by many foodies around the world.

5-Minute Crafts would like to share the correct recipe for spaghetti Bolognese with you. This is the way they cook it in Italy.

Kitchen gear

You will need:

• a deep pan
• a cutting board
• a knife
• a saucepan
• a spatula

Ingredients

You will need:

• pasta (it is customary to use tagliatelle in the classic recipe, but the whole world has replaced it with spaghetti or other types of pasta)
• 1 pound of ground beef
• 7 ounces of bacon
• 5 medium-sized ripe tomatoes or 10 small tomatoes
• 2 carrots
• 1 big onion
• 1 small stalk of celery
• 3 cloves of garlic
• olive oil
• 7 ounces of cream
• 7 ounces of tomato purée
• salt
• pepper
• oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
• Parmesan cheese

Cooking process

• Chop the onion, garlic, carrot, and celery into small pieces. Carrots can be grated.
• Pour olive oil into the skillet.
• Sauté the vegetables for 5 minutes.

• Mince the bacon.
• Add it to the vegetables.
• Sauté the bacon and vegetables together for another 5 minutes.

• Add the ground beef.
• Mix the ingredients in the skillet well.
• Braise the meat, constantly stirring it with the spatula until there is no redness inside the meat.

• Add cream.
• Cover and simmer the ingredients for 10 minutes on low heat. The mixture should not boil, otherwise, the meat will become tough.
• Add nutmeg.
• Add sliced tomatoes.

• Add the tomato purée.
• Add salt, pepper, and oregano.
• Thoroughly mix the ingredients in the skillet.

• Simmer the ingredients under the lid on low heat for 1 hour until the sauce becomes thick.
• Stir regularly, don’t let the sauce boil.

• Meanwhile, start making the pasta.
• Boil the water.
• When the water starts boiling, add salt.
• Then put the pasta into the boiling water.
• Cook the pasta for one minute less than is indicated on the package. This way your pasta will be al dente, as this is customary in Italy.

• As soon as the pasta is ready, strain the water, and add a little bit of olive oil.
• Stir everything well.
• Cover the pasta with a lid.

• Remove bolognese sauce from the heat after one hour.
• Taste it to see whether there is enough salt. Add some more, if necessary.

• Serve the pasta and sauce hot, without mixing them.
• Complement the dish with grated Parmesan cheese.