Beef Bolognese - Delish!

Submitted by LifeIsGood

"Eva Longoria is a fabulous cook. She developed this recipe through many trial and error attempts, until it was perfected. Now we can all benefit from her trials. This is a really delicous bolognese. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups yellow onions, chopped
• 8 garlic cloves, minced
• 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup carrot, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
• kosher salt & fresh ground pepper, to taste
• 2 lbs ground beef (or turkey)
• 1 1⁄2 cups beef broth, low sodium, plus more if needed
• 1⁄2 cup dry red wine
• 1⁄2 cup dry white wine
• 4 cups tomato sauce, plus more if needed
• 1⁄4 cup ketchup
• 2 bay leaves (fresh or dried)
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 3 tablespoons dried oregano

directions

1. In a food processor, pulse the onions, garlic, celery and carrots until finely chopped.
2. In a Dutch oven (or large soup pot), heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onion mixture with a pinch each of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.
3. Add the ground beef and cook, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add the broth and the red and white wines and simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Add the tomato sauce, ketchup, bay leaves, thyme, oregano, 1 t. salt and 1/2 t. black pepper. Bring to a boil,then reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for about 30 minutes. Check on it occasionally during the cooking time and add more broth or tomato sauce if a saucier consitency is desired.
5. Remove and discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Serve the beef bolognese over any pasta and enjoy!

Reviews

[PanNan]

Delish is right! This recipe makes a lot, which is great. We'll be happy to have the leftovers for another meal this week. It's very meaty and flavorful. The family raved about it. Made for Susie's World Tour 2018.

 

[FLKeysJen]

Highly recommended! How does Eva stay a size zero? I made two versions, one with beef and one with veggie crumbles and both were delicious. Will make this one again!

 

[Linky]

This was great! I'm so glad I tried it! Way better than any sauce in a jar. I cut everything in half for the two of us and there's plenty left for tomorrow - yay! Made for SWT2018

 

[GibbyLou]

This was really delicious. I've never had Bolognese before and enjoyed the change from traditional tomatoey pasta sauces. It hit the spot for the DH requested spaghetti dinner. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Annacia]

I'm so pleased that I tagged this recipe. DH enjoyed his dinner last evening more than he has anything in a long time. My adaptations were to omit the ketchup and to replace the wined with beef broth. To us it was ideal and I was instructed to print and keep this one *wink*. Thank you ,my friend, for something that finally made him a happy camper. Super easy and quick for a pasta sauce. I did have to let it simmer slowly for closer to an hour and a half as he was late getting home. It didn't harm the sauce in any way and, in fact, it had a very deep and rich flavor. Kudo's on your wonderful recipe.