Bolognese Sauce!
Hearty Tomato Sauce with Ground Beef, Veal, Pork, and Italian Sausage
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground Beef, Pork, and Veal
- 1 ib Ground/Bulk Sweet Italian Sausage Use Hot if you want to give it a kick
- 7 Oz Mirepoix (Diced onion, celery and carrots)
- 4 Cloves Garlic Diced
- 4 48 oz Cans of Crushed Tomatoes I use Tuttorosso
- 2 48 oz Cans Tomato Sauce for a softer finish I use Tuttorosso
- 2 Tbs Chopped Basil
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 2 Tbs Olive Oil
Instructions
- Heat a large stockpot on medium and add olive oil
- Saute Mirepoix 3-5 minutes until tender
- Add diced Garlic and saute another 1-2 minutes, adding salt and pepper as you go
- At this point, you can either add the meat with the veggies, or remove the veggies, brown the meat then add the veggies back
- Once the meat is browned and combined with the veggies, add the cans of crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce.
- Bring sauce to a boil
- Reduce the heat to a low simmer for several hours to cook down the acid in the crushed tomatoes.
- Taste your sauce to see if it needs more salt and pepper. About 15 minutes before serving add the chopped basil.