Zander’s Bolognese Sauce
July 14, 2014
List ingredients: Use large cast iron fry pan
- Pancetta 4 0z
- ½ LB each: ground beef, mild Italian sausage (skin removed)
- 2 carrots coarsely chopped
- 2 celery coarsely chopped
- 2 shallots chopped
- 1 onion coarsely chopped
- 1 clove garlic (minced or TJs frozen)
- 2 – 28oz cans whole San Marzano tomatoes
- 1 6oz can tomato paste
- 2/3 C red wine
DIRECTIONS
- In large cast iron pan, brown pancetta then add ground beef and sausage until browned. Remove meat from pan leaving juices.
- Saute carrots, celery, onion, shallots until translucent, then add garlic. S & P
- Add tomato paste into middle of pan to “melt”
- Add 2/3C red wine to deglaze, reduce by half.
- Return meat to pan.
- Add 2 cans whole tomatoes, squeezed by hand to break up or coarsely chopped.
- Continue to cook on low heat until reduced.
- cook Orecchiette pasta, add sauce.