Homemade Bolognese Sauce with Fresh Pappardelle
This slow-simmered meat sauce is rich without feeling greasy, with beef, pork, pancetta, milk, white wine, and finely chopped vegetables cooked until everything melts together. The key is to reduce each liquid properly and keep the simmer gentle; the mistake to avoid is browning the meat until crisp. When it is ready, the sauce should be thick enough to leave a brief trail across the bottom of the pot when stirred.
- Time: 240 min
- Servings: 6
Source: Michel Dumas
Ingredients
- tablespoons olive oil
- pound ground beef
- pound ground pork
- ounces pancetta
- finely chopped white onion
- finely chopped carrot
- finely chopped celery
- dry white wine
- tomato paste
- bay leaf
- teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- whole milk
- unsalted chicken stock
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Italian 00 flour
- large eggs
- large egg yolk
- to 2 teaspoons water
- quarts water
- tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- Freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano