I love to make this recipe when cooler weather rolls around. It takes over an hour to cook, so it’s one of those dishes with deep, rich flavor. The Pasta Bolognese recipe I used is from Food and Wine.
I didn’t make major changes to the recipe, just a few minor tweaks based on ingredient availability:
1) I didn’t have veal, so I just used ground beef and ground pork.
2) I didn’t have canned whole tomatoes, but I did have tomato puree, so I used that instead. Another Bolognese recipe I’ve seen uses the puree, so I figured it would work out ok.
3) I didn’t have chicken stock or broth, so I used beef bouillon instead.
4) I grated some Parmigiano Reggiano to sprinkle on the dish when it’s ready. I put the Parmesan rind in the sauce while it cooked to add flavor and then removed it when the sauce was ready.
The Food and Wine recipe makes 8-10 servings and there were just 2 of us, so I made a much smaller amount of the penne pasta and froze the extra sauce. Since this dish takes a while to cook, it’s really nice to be able to pull a batch out of the freezer at short notice.
Wine
We drank Bogle Old Vine Zinfandel 2006 with this dish. Zinfandel, Shiraz, Barbera or Chianti would all probably work with Bolognese.
i must admit pasta is my favourite dish and i once had the best vegetable lasagne in Rome. I like your Pasta Bolognese, too
Wowwww! Deliciosa!!!