Homemade Pappardelle With Bolognese Sauce

Serves: 5

Carolyne Schoen

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

46

Spice

49

Sweetness

47

Sourness

43

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

5 tbsps

Butter

1.25 cups

Celery (chopped)

1.5 cups

Whole Milk

1.5 cups

White Wine (dry)

Directions:

1

Melt butter with oil in heavy large pot over medium heat

2

Add next 4 ingredients

3

Sauté until vegetables are soft but not brown, 12 to 14 minutes

4

Add beef, sausage, venison, and bacon

5

Increase heat to high

6

Cook until meat is brown, breaking into small pieces with back of spoon, about 15 minutes

7

Stir in milk, wine, and tomato paste

8

Reduce heat to low

9

Simmer until sauce is thick, flavors blend, and juices are reduced, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour 15 minutes

10

Season with salt and pepper

11

DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead

12

Cool 1 hour

13

Chill uncovered until cold, then cover and chill

14

Rewarm over low heat

15

Cook pasta in very large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring often, 4 to 5 minutes if cooking immediately or 5 to 6 minutes if previously chilled

16

Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid

17

Return pasta to same pot

18

Add warm Bolognese and 1 cup cheese

19

Toss over medium heat until heated through, adding reserved cooking liquid by 1/4 cupfuls if dry

20

Season with salt and pepper

21

Transfer pasta to large shallow bowl

22

Serve, passing additional cheese

23

Melt butter with oil in heavy large pot over medium heat

24

Add next 4 ingredients

25

Sauté until vegetables are soft but not brown, 12 to 14 minutes

26

Add beef, sausage, venison, and bacon

27

Increase heat to high

28

Cook until meat is brown, breaking into small pieces with back of spoon, about 15 minutes

29

Stir in milk, wine, and tomato paste

30

Reduce heat to low

31

Simmer until sauce is thick, flavors blend, and juices are reduced, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour 15 minutes

32

Season with salt and pepper

33

DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead

34

Cool 1 hour

35

Chill uncovered until cold, then cover and chill

36

Rewarm over low heat

37

Cook pasta in very large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring often, 4 to 5 minutes if cooking immediately or 5 to 6 minutes if previously chilled

38

Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid

39

Return pasta to same pot

40

Add warm Bolognese and 1 cup cheese

41

Toss over medium heat until heated through, adding reserved cooking liquid by 1/4 cupfuls if dry

42

Season with salt and pepper

43

Transfer pasta to large shallow bowl

44

Serve, passing additional cheese

45

What to drink: Pour a medium-bodied red, like the Michele Chiarlo 2007 Barbera d'Asti "Le Orme" ($15, Italy)

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Pour a medium-bodied red, like the Michele Chiarlo 2007 Barbera d'Asti "Le Orme" ($15, Italy)