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Olive Garden Bolognese Sauce Recipe

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 onion (finely chopped)
  • 1 carrot (finely chopped)
  • 1 celery stalk (finely chopped)
  • 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
  • 1/2lb ground beef
  • 6 ounces Italian sausage (ground or casings removed)
  • 1 cup red wine
  • 1 (28 ounces) can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped (or ¼ teaspoon dry rosemary)
  • 1 teaspoon fresh sage, chopped (or ¼ teaspoon dry sage)
  • salt and ground black pepper (to taste)

Notes

  1. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, carrot, celery, and garlic and sauté for about 5 minutes.
  2. Be careful not to burn the garlic.
  3. Add the ground beef and Italian sausage and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat, while chopping up into chunks with a spatula.
  4. Deglaze the pan from red wine, allow the mixture to simmer to let the wine to reduce a bit. Add the crushed tomatoes, rosemary and sage. Season with salt and pepper.
  5. Stir and mix together well. Simmer for 1 hour.
  6. Serve over hot cooked pasta.