Penne With Classic Bolognese Meat Sauce

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"Rachael Ray"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef (or a combination of ground beef, ground pork, and ground veal, from your butcher)
• cracked black pepper, to taste
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 pinches allspice (the secret ingredient)
• 1⁄2 medium Spanish onion
• 1 cup fat free low-sodium beef broth
• 1⁄3 cup red wine
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 2 -3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 lb penne (or rigatoni)
• grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese

directions

1. In a deep large skillet, brown the meat seasoned with pepper, over med-high heat.
2. Add in garlic, crushed red pepper, and allspice.
3. Grate the onion, using a hand-held grater, directly over the pan.
4. Cook another 3-5 minutes to soften the onion.
5. Add in broth and wine; give the pan a good shake(or stir); scrape up any good bits from the bottom of the pan.
6. Add in tomatoes and parsley; give the pan another good shake (or stir).
7. Decrease heat to low and simmer while you cook the pasta (cook pasta according to package directions until al dente; drain in colander).
8. Toss meat sauce with pasta; top with grated cheese.
9. Serve with green salad and bread.

Reviews

[paula146]

It was fast, easy and great. I used it to make lasagna . My uncle who is very critical gave it and 11 PLUS on a scale of 1-10. I did add alittle more red pepper flakes and my pinches of allspice were generous as I had to crush 6 whole ones to make the 2 pinches.

 

[Julie421511]

This was a nice easy recipe to put together. I followed the recipe exactly, but I did use Barilla Plus penne pasta. I did feel this recipe was missing something..I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe next time I will put a full tsp of the red pepper flakes to give it more oomph.