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Chula Vista · 03-04-2016, 07:48 PM

Mario Batali's Ragu Bolognese. To die for.

4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons butter
2 carrots, finely, diced
1 medium onion, diced
2 ribs celery, finely diced
3 clove garlic, sliced
1 pound veal, ground
1 pound pork, ground
1/4 pound pancetta or slab bacon, ground
1/2 tube tomato paste (be sure to use the concentrated tube stuff)
1 cup milk
1 cup dry white wine
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Parmigiano-Reggiano, for grating

Directions

In a 6 to 8-quart, heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat the olive oil and butter over medium heat. Add the onions, celery, and garlic and sweat over medium heat until the vegetables are translucent and soft but not browned, about 10 to 15 minutes. Add the veal, pork, and pancetta and stir into the vegetables. Add the meat over high heat, stirring to keep the meat from sticking together until browned. Add the tomato paste and let cook for about 5 minutes stirring constantly, then do the same with the milk, and finally the wine and simmer over low heat for 1 to 1 1/2 hours stirring often. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and remove from the heat.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Mario Batali's Ragu Bolognese. To die for. 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 tablespoons butter 2 carrots, finely, diced 1 medium onion, diced 2 ribs celery, finely diced 3 clove garlic, sliced 1 pound veal, ground 1 pound pork, ground 1/4 pound pancetta or slab bacon, ground 1/2 tube tomato paste (be sure to use the concentrated tube stuff) 1 cup milk 1 cup dry white wine Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Parmigiano-Reggiano, for grating Directions In a 6 to 8-quart, heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat the olive oil and butter over medium heat. Add the onions, celery, and garlic and sweat over medium heat until the vegetables are translucent and soft but not browned, about 10 to 15 minutes. Add the veal, pork, and pancetta and stir into the vegetables. Add the meat over high heat, stirring to keep the meat from sticking together until browned. Add the tomato paste and let cook for about 5 minutes stirring constantly, then do the same with the milk, and finally the wine and simmer over low heat for 1 to 1 1/2 hours stirring often. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and remove from the heat. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”