Bolognese Meat Sauce

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Cooking time: About 2 hours
Prep time: About 15 minutes

Makes: about 24 oz. (enough for 6 - 8 servings)

    

Ingredients

• 24 oz.       lean ground beef
• 1 cup       chopped baby carrots
• 1              celery stalk, chopped
• 1/2           yellow onion, minced
• 1 clove     garlic, minced
• 3 T.         olive oil
• 2 T.         tomato ketchup
• 1/2 cup    chicken broth
• 1 cup        dry white wine
• 1 1/2 cup    milk

    

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a wok or heavy skillet.
2. Add carrots, celery and onion. Stir-fry 5 minutes.
3. Add ground beef and garlic, and stir-fry 5 minutes, separating meat with a spatula.
4. Stir in broth, wine and ketchup. Cover and simmer 30 minutes.
5. Stir in 1/2 cup milk. Cover and simmer 30 minutes.
6. Stir in 1/2 cup milk. Cover and simmer 30 minutes.
7. Stir remaining 1/2 cup milk, cover and simmer 30 minutes

The sauce can be frozen (1/2 cup per serving) and used in omelets, spaghetti, lasagna, or tacos.

Based on a recipe from the Joy of Cooking, 1997, p. 307.

 

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