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Ragu alla bolognese
- Prep time:
- 15 mins
- Cook time:
- 3 hrs
- Serves:
- 5
Tom Parker Bowles cooks up a traditional Italian pasta sauce with beef, prosciutto and chicken livers
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- Sangiovese
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp extra virgin Olive oil
- 1 small Onion, finely chopped
- 2 stalks Celery, finely chopped
- 1 Carrot, finely chopped
- 3 slices prosciutto, finely chopped
- 3 chicken livers, finely chopped
- 300ml cold Milk
- 300ml veal stock
- 1 x 400g plum tomatoes
- 625g ground organic beef, (neck or chuck steak)
- 300ml hot Milk
- 150ml dry White wine
To serve
- cooked papardelle pasta
- parmesan shavings
Method
1. Heat the oil in large heavy pan, add onions and cook gently until translucent but not browned. Add the celery and carrots and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes more, then add the prosciutto and chicken livers and keep stirring for around a minute, until the livers are just cooked and still a little pink. Now pour the cold milk into the pan.2. Heat the stock and plum tomatoes together in a medium saucepan over a medium heat until hot. Add the ground beef, season with salt and pepper, and cook for about 5 minutes (should still be slightly pink).
3. Next add the beef to the chicken liver mixture. Pour in the wine and cook until the alcohol has burnt off (about 3 minutes). Reduce the heat to medium-low, pour in the hot milk and cook for 10 minutes.
4. Reduce the heat to low and simmer gently for 2½ - 3 hours, stirring occasionally. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
5. Serve with cooked papardelle pasta and sprinkle with parmesan shavings.
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Where can I buy veal stock?