Bolognese
also called ragù alla bolognese · ragu · meat sauce · spaghetti bolognese
- Pizzeria
- serves 8
- about 4 hr
- Sauces & Gravies
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| 3 oz(85 g; finely chopped)pancetta | sweat 12 min | brown 15 min | reduce until dry | reduce until dry | simmer 3 hr |
| 1 medium(finely diced)yellow onion | |||||
| 1 medium(finely diced)carrot | |||||
| 1 rib(finely diced)celery | |||||
| 3 Tbs(45 g)unsalted butter | |||||
| 1 lb(450 g)ground beef chuck | |||||
| 1/2 lb(225 g)ground pork | |||||
| 1 1/2 tspkosher salt | |||||
| 1 cup(240 mL)whole milk | |||||
| 1/8 tspgrated nutmeg | |||||
| 1 cup(240 mL)dry white wine | |||||
| 28 oz(800 g; crushed)canned whole tomatoes | |||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.12 things to get out.
1sweat 12 min
2brown 15 min
goes in with what step 1 made
3reduce until dry
goes in with what step 2 made
4reduce until dry
goes in with what step 3 made
5simmer 3 hr
goes in with what step 4 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 3 hr 27 mintwo waits that overlap count once
- Needs you
- 27 minof the steps that give a time
2 of the 5 steps never say how long they take, so both numbers are floors. 12 min of that is counted as needing you only because the step never said otherwise. The recipe itself says 4 hr.
sweat 12 min
12 minneeds you(assumed)from the start
brown 15 min
15 minneeds you(read off the step)12 min in
reduce until dry
not timed27 min in
reduce until dry
not timed27 min in
simmer 3 hr
3 hrwalk away(read off the step)27 min in
- needs you
- you can walk away
- never timed
Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. The minutes are always the recipe’s own; a dashed edge means we worked out from the step whether you have to be there, and a dotted one means nothing was said, so we assumed you are standing over it.
Goes with
See how it is written
>> title: Bolognese
>> category: Sauces & Gravies
>> tags: beef, pork, tomato, pasta, stovetop
>> counters: Pizzeria
>> aka: ragù alla bolognese, ragu, meat sauce, spaghetti bolognese
>> pairs-with: bechamel
>> servings: 8
>> time: 4 hr
>> step.1: sweat 12 min
>> step.2: brown 15 min
>> step.3: reduce until dry
>> step.4: reduce until dry
>> step.5: simmer 3 hr
Sweat @pancetta{3%oz}(85 g; finely chopped), @yellow onion{1%medium}(finely diced), @carrot{1%medium}(finely diced), and @celery{1%rib}(finely diced) in @unsalted butter{3%Tbs}(45 g) over medium heat for ~{12%min}.
Brown @ground beef chuck{1%lb}(450 g) and @ground pork{1/2%lb}(225 g) in @&(~1)soffritto{} with @kosher salt{1 1/2%tsp} for ~{15%min}, breaking up the meat.
Reduce @whole milk{1%cup}(240 mL) and @grated nutmeg{1/8%tsp} into @&(~1)meat{} until the pan is nearly dry.
Reduce @dry white wine{1%cup}(240 mL) into @&(~1)meat{} until the pan is nearly dry.
Simmer @&(~1)meat{} with @canned whole tomatoes{28%oz}(800 g; crushed) at the barest bubble for ~{3%hr}.