Spaghetti Bolognese
By Let's Cook It · May 3, 2026
Slow-simmered Italian meat sauce served over spaghetti.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 2 h
- Total
- 2 h 15 min
- Serves
- 6
- #italian
- #pasta
- #beef
- #comfort food
- #dinner
Ingredients
- 500g ground beef
- 200g ground pork
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 2 carrots, finely diced
- 2 celery sticks, finely diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 200ml red wine
- 200ml whole milk
- 800g canned crushed tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 bay leaves
- 500g spaghetti
- Parmesan to serve
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper
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Instructions
- 1
Heat olive oil and sauté onion, carrot and celery for 8 minutes until soft.
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- 2
Add garlic, cook 1 minute.
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- 3
Add ground beef and pork, brown for 8 minutes breaking up clumps.
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- 4
Pour in milk and simmer until almost evaporated.
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- 5
Add wine and reduce by half.
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- 6
Stir in tomatoes, tomato paste and bay leaves.
- 7
Simmer uncovered on low for 90 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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- 8
Cook spaghetti al dente and toss with sauce. Finish with parmesan.
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