Classic Italian Bolognese sauce with minced meat

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make classic Italian Bolognese sauce with minced meat? To prepare, prepare all the necessary ingredients. Minced meat can be pork, beef or pork-beef. I will cook with minced pork. It is best that the minced meat is not frozen. Peel the onion and rinse in cold water. Wash the leaves of fresh basil and celery. Instead of tomato paste, you can use tomatoes in their own juice.

2. STEP 2

   

   Place a suitable size frying pan on the heat. While it is heating, finely chop the peeled onion and celery. Pour a little olive oil into a hot frying pan and add chopped vegetables. Fry them, stirring occasionally, until golden brown.

3. STEP 3

   

   Then add the minced meat to the pan. Mix everything and fry until the minced meat is ready. This will take 7-8 minutes. Don't forget to stir everything so that the minced meat doesn't start to burn.

4. STEP 4

   

   During this time, chop the garlic and basil.

5. STEP 5

   

   Then add tomato paste, chopped garlic and basil to the minced meat in the frying pan. Lightly salt everything to taste and sprinkle with ground black pepper. Pour in dry red wine and mix everything well. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer over low heat for 5-7 minutes.

6. STEP 6

   

   Our sauce is ready! It shouldn't be too liquid. Its consistency is more like a stew. It should be served with pasta, such as tagliatelle, penne or fettuccine. But you can also use regular spaghetti. Boil them until tender according to the instructions on the package.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the finished sauce on top of the spaghetti and sprinkle with grated cheese. Grated Parmesan is usually used with this sauce. Its unusual taste harmonizes perfectly with the entire dish. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Elena Elena

14.08.2023

4.8

Delicious! There is a video on the website for making Bolognese sauce. The recipe uses white wine instead of red and a slightly different set of spices.

Corason

14.08.2023

4.9

I prepared classic Italian Bolognese sauce with minced meat according to this recipe. Very simple preparation and accessible description. I fried the onions first and did not use celery for my own reasons. Then I added store-bought minced chicken to the pan. I cooked everything together, stirring so that there were no lumps of meat. The minced meat and onions cooked very quickly. Added tomato paste, garlic and dried basil. From the spices I also added salt and pepper, as well as ground nutmeg and some Italian herbs. I added red wine and simmered over low heat for about 7 minutes. The aroma was magical. The sauce turned out to be medium thick. Very tender and tasty Bolognese. Served with boiled spaghetti for dinner. The dish turned out to be nourishing, aromatic, and incredibly tasty. All products complemented each other perfectly. The spices fit perfectly into the sauce, the garlic showed itself well. The perfect sauce recipe. It’s easy, made from affordable ingredients and mega delicious! I will definitely repeat this sauce and recommend it to everyone. Many thanks to the author!

viktorina

14.08.2023

4.6

With this sauce, lasagna will turn into something incredible! Classic Italian Bolognese sauce with minced meat is my love from the first spoon! :) It's incredible what this sauce does with spaghetti! But I also use it for lasagna - it’s simply universal. Prepare and please your family!