Nateur Cooking With Jena Covello: Beef Bolognese
This takes a while to make. I promise it's worth it. My picky boyfriend said it's one of the best bolognese dishes he's ever had...
2 tbsp organic olive oil
16 ounces grass fed organic ground beef
1/2 brown organic onion, finely diced
3/4 small organic carrot, finely diced
3/4 of 1 stalk organic celery, finely diced
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/2 tbsp of rosemary
1/2 tbsp fresh sage, finely chopped
⅓ cup tomato paste
1 cup white wine
2 cups chicken bone broth
1 cup whole organic milk
2 tbsp organic salted butter
Salt and pepper
¼ cup raw heavy cream
Instructions
- Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil over medium heat and add the ground meat. Don't worry about breaking it all up, I prefer to leave it in one or two big chunks to get color on outside and leave raw on inside.
- When it has some color on it, but still raw in the middle, set aside.
- Heat the other 1 tbsp of olive oil in a heavy bottomed saucepan and add the onion, celery, carrot mixture and plenty of pink salt and pepper and sautee until soft- about 10 mins. Lower heat if it starts to brown and add more oil if it dries out too much.
- Add the garlic and herbs and continue cooking.
- Add the ground meat and stir in the tomato paste. Cook for five minutes and break up the meat really well with a wooden spoon.
- Add the wine and butter let it cook. The meat should be completely broken up.
- Add the chicken stock and milk and bring to a simmer.
- Taste the liquid for seasoning and add salt and pepper.
- Lower the heat to a 1 or 2 right and cook it uncovered for 1-1.5 hours. It should barely be bubbling. Stir it occasionally.
- Turn the heat off, place a lid on top and let it sit and marinate on the stove at least 3 hours. It should taste amazing!
- Once it’s cooled down, place in food processor and blend it altogether.
- When you’re ready to heat it and serve it, add 1/4 cup of raw heavy cream to the pan and mix it together.
- Boil your pasta and serve the sauce with parmigian. It tastes so good it doesn’t even need parmigian!