Ragu (Ragù bolognese)

Ragu (Ragù alla bolognese in Italy, or Bolognese sauce) is perhaps one of the most popular sauce in Italy and in the world.

It is a tomato sauce enriched with three types of meat, minced and flavored with bay leaf: perfect for preparing delicious pasta dishes or the classic lasagne in which it is the absolute protagonist together with the béchamel sauce.

Let's discover how to prepare the italian beef ragu!

Category: Main courses

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Prep Time 90 min
Difficulty Easy
Serving 2
Price Cheap
7 oz/ 200 g of pork 7 oz/ 200 g of pork
14 oz/ 400 g of minced beef 14 oz/ 400 g of minced beef
7 oz/ 200 g of sausage 7 oz/ 200 g of sausage
1 small onion 1 small onion
1 carrot 1 carrot
2 stalks of celery 2 stalks of celery
1/2 glass of red wine 1/2 glass of red wine
300 g of tomato puree 300 g of tomato puree
Salt to taste salt
olive to taste extra virgin olive oil
to taste laurel to taste laurel

Preparation

How to make the classic beef ragu

Ragù alla bolognese - Passaggio 1
Ragù alla bolognese - Passaggio 2

Pour a little oil and the chopped vegetables (celery, carrots and onion) [1] into an already hot saucepan, then brown for about 3-4 minutes.
Now let's add the three types of meat: the pork cut into small pieces, the minced beef and the casing-free and chopped sausage. [2]

Ragù alla bolognese - Passaggio 3
Ragù alla bolognese - Passaggio 4

Let them brown for a few minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon and flavoring with one or two bay leaves [3].
Let's then blend with the red wine [4] and let it evaporate well.

Ragù alla bolognese - Passaggio 5
Ragù alla bolognese - Passaggio 6

Now add the tomato puree [5] and, closing with a lid, cook for an hour and a half/two hours on a low flame.
Once the time has elapsed, add salt to taste and our Bolognese sauce is ready to be used [6].

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