Nonna's Bolognese Sauce
Ingredients
Nonna's Bolognese Sauce
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 lb fresh ground beef
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 6 oz cans plain tomato paste
- 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 4-6 cups water boiled
For serving
- Your favorite gluten-free pasta
- Olive oil for drizzling optional
- Parmesan cheese optional
- Fresh basil optional
Instructions
Nonna's Bolognese Sauce
- In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add and sauté onion for about 5 minutes or until tender. Add minced garlic and saute an additional 1-2 minutes.
- Add fresh ground beef, mix to combine and saute 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper to the meat & onion mix and continue cooking another 3-5 minutes, or until meat is fully cooked.
- Add wine (hear it sizzle!) and stir to combine. Then let wine boil off, approximately 5 minutes (generally you will no longer smell it).
- Add oregano and mix to combine.
- Add tomato paste and mix into meat/ onion mixture to combine.
- Add tomato sauce and mix to combine, cook 1 minute.
- Add boiling water, starting with 4 cups and stir well. Add more water as desired. Let simmer for at least 30 minutes.
- Add more water depending on desired thickness.
- Enjoy!
- Can be made ahead. When it heats up, sauce will thin up a bit and you can always add a touch more water.
- Freezes well.
Serving
- Prepare your favorite gluten-free pasta according to package. Before draining, reserve 1 cup of salted pasta water.
- Place a large ladel full of sauce into the hot pot the pasta just cooked in. Add the cooked pasta and more sauce. Stir and add reserve pasta water as desired to make extra creamy. Add a drizzle of olive oil as desired.
- Serve into bowls. Top with Parmesan cheese if desired, top with fresh chopped basil if desired or even a drizzle of olive oil..
- Enjoy!
Quick, easy and delicious. The white wine was the winning secret ingredient I’ve always been missing when I’ve tried to make bolognese sauce!
Yesss! The white wine makes all the difference! Happy you loved it!