Tagliatelle With Bolognese
- 600gm coarsely ground lean beef
- 400gm coarsely ground lean pork
- 200gm pancetta diced or chopped
- 100gm chopped onion
- 100gm carrot diced
- 100gm celery diced
- 1kg tomato peeled (canned)
- 300ml dry white wine
- 500ml fresh milk
- 3 pc bay leaves
- Black pepper and salt to taste
- * Place the pancetta in a thick base large stainless steal saucepot (cm30x20) stir and cook over low flame until the fat is melted, add the onion and keep stirring until the onion is translucent
- * Add the carrot and celery and the bay leaves and keep cooking until the vegetables start to soften and get some colour,
- * Raise the flame to very high and add the ground meats, previously mixed and seasoned with salt and black pepper and mixed well, by hand ( wearing gloves!)
- * Keep cooking and stirring with a wooden spoon until the meat is well done
- * Pour in the white wine and keep cooking until the wine has evaporated
- * Process briefly the peeled tomatoes in the food mill and add to the pot and continue cooking slowly over a low flame for at least 2 hours, if it becomes too dry add some beef stock
- * Add some milk and some chicken stock, stir and leave to slow boiling at low flame
- * Keep going with the milk and the stock for 60 minutes at low flame
- * Season to taste and leave to rest
- Tagliatelle:
- 1 kg pasta flour
- 8 whole fresh eggs
- Procedure:
- * Mix the flour and the eggs by hand or in the planetary mixing machine
- * Cover and leave the dough to rest in a cool place for 2 hours
- * Roll out the dough, with a rolling pin if you have the know-how, or use the pasta machine, cut the tagliatelle with a knife or by using a proper cutter
- * Arrange in a traditional nest shape and leave to dry
ground lean beef, ground lean pork, onion, carrot, celery, tomato, white wine, milk, bay leaves, black pepper
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/tagliatelle-with-bolognese-50068198 (may not work)