John Spencer's Bolognese Sauce Recipe

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John Spencer's Bolognese Sauce
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Ingredients
24
Count
Nutrition
4254
Calories
Total time
180
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. In a large cast iron skillet, place the olive oil and cloves of garlic. Cook for about 2 minutes over medium heat until garlic gets light tan but not brown. Add the tomatoes into the oil and garlic and scald tomatoes for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, and breaking up with wooden spoon. Transfer tomato mixture to a large saucepan and keep on low heat. Clean out cast iron skillet for upcoming use.
  2. Mix chopped vegetables and herbs together in a big bowl. Take 1/3 of mixture and set aside. Put the remaining 2/3 into saucepan with tomato mixture. Add 1 cup of good Italian red wine, such as Chianti (do not use cooking wine) to tomato mixture. Add 2 (16-ounce) cans of tomato sauce to tomato mixture. Add 1 teaspoon salt to taste, and freshly ground pepper (as such as you like). Let the tomato sauce cook uncovered simmering for 1hour.
  3. Put about 1 tablespoon of olive oil in bottom of cast iron skillet. Add ground beef, ground pork, and remaining 1/3 vegetable mixture. Cook until meat is medium well and then add mixture to tomato sauce. Add 2 tablespoons of sugar to pot. Simmer tomato sauce partially covered for another 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
  4. When tomato sauce is about 15 minutes away from being done, take the 2 sausage links, make a slit down the middle, but do not cut in half. Put the water on to a boil for pasta. Cook Pasta. Place the sausage links in the cast-iron skillet and cook until browned all the way through. Slice sausage into chunks. Either add sausage to tomato sauce or use as suggested below.
  5. Place pasta in large serving bowl, add butter, mix, add enough sauce to coat, and as much fresh grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese as you like. Serve pasta from the big bowl into individual servings with a few sausage chunks and more if desired. Bon Appetit!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 4253.97 Kcal (17811 kJ)
Calories from fat 429.24 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 47.69g 73%
Cholesterol 148.53mg 50%
Sodium 545.58mg 23%
Potassium 4503.48mg 96%
Total Carbs 189.71g 63%
Sugars 48.55g 194%
Dietary Fiber 2.22g 9%
Protein 26.1g 52%
Vitamin C 47.2mg 79%
Vitamin A 1mg 34%
Iron 20.3mg 113%
Calcium 59.8mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 834.72 Kcal (3495 kJ)
Calories from fat 84.23 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.36g 73%
Cholesterol 29.14mg 50%
Sodium 107.05mg 23%
Potassium 883.68mg 96%
Total Carbs 37.22g 63%
Sugars 9.53g 194%
Dietary Fiber 0.44g 9%
Protein 5.12g 52%
Vitamin C 9.3mg 79%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 34%
Iron 4mg 113%
Calcium 11.7mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 88.6
    Points
  • 35
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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