Bolognese Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 33 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 13 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 10 ounces pancetta, diced
• 2 carrots
• 2 stalks celery
• 1 onion
• 3/4 lb ground beef
• 1/4 lb ground veal
• 1/4 lb ground sausage
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste, diluted in
• 10 tablespoons beef stock
• 1 cup milk
• salt and black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a small sauce pot, bring the cream up to a simmer and reduce by 1/3.
• 2 about 6 t of cream should be remaining.
• 3 in a sauce pot, render the pancetta over medium heat, about 8 minutes, or until almost all the fat is rendered.
• 4 in a food processor, shred the carrot, celery and onion, stir into the pancetta mixture.
• 5 season with salt and pepper.
• 6 saute the vegetables for about 3 minutes or until the vegetables are translucent.
• 7 in a mixing bowl, combine the meats.
• 8 season the meats with salt and pepper.
• 9 increase the heat and stir in the meat.
• 10 brown the meat for 5 minutes, or until the meat is medium brown in color.
• 11 stir in the wine and diluted tomato paste, reduce the heat to very low.
• 12 cook partially covered for 2 hours.
• 13 from time to time stir ina tablespoon or so of the milk, by the end of the two hours the milk should be incorporated.
• 14 stir in the reduced cream.
• 15 season with salt and black pepper.
• 16 serve over your favorite pasta.