Pasta with Bolognese Sauce
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 small onion, chopped fine
- 1 carrot, chopped fine
- 1 celery rib, chopped fine
- 1/2 pound ground chuck
- 1/2 pound ground pork
- 1 cup milk
- freshly grated nutmeg to taste
- 1 cup dry white wine
- a 28-to-32 ounce can whole tomatoes including juice
- 1 1/4 pounds dried pasta such as penne, rigatoni, fusilli, or orecchiette, or 1 1/4 pounds Fresh Semolina Orecchiette
- In large heavy saucepan heat oil and butter over moderately high heat until foam subsides and saute onion, carrot, and celery, stirring 2 minutes.
- Add beef and pork and cook, stirring, 2 minutes, or until meat is no longer pink.
- Season mixture with salt and pepper.
- Add milk and nutmeg and cook, stirring, until most milk is evaporated, about 10 minutes.
- Add wine and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid is evaporated, about 10 minutes.
- In a blender or food processor coarsely puree tomatoes with juice and stir into sauce.
- Cook sauce at a bare simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 1 hour and 15 minutes (sauce will be thickened) and season with salt and pepper.
- Sauce may be made ahead and cooled, uncovered, before being chilled, covered, 2 days or frozen 1 month.
- In an 8-quart kettle bring 7 quarts salted water to a boil.
- Cook pasta until al dente (about 6 minutes for fresh, longer for dried) and drain in a colander.
- In a heated large bowl immediately toss pasta with sauce.
olive oil, unsalted butter, onion, carrot, celery, ground chuck, ground pork, milk, nutmeg, white wine, tomatoes including juice, pasta
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pasta-with-bolognese-sauce-10500 (may not work)