Spaghetti Bolognese

A hearty and flavorful red sauce made with beef and pork served over spaghetti noodles

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword pasta, spaghetti

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Total Time 25

Servings

Calories 610kcal

Author Emma Chapman

Ingredients

1 shallot
1 carrot
1 celery
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt and pepper
1 pound ground Boston burger
24 ounces marinara sauce
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
8 ounces spaghetti noodles
¼ cup Parmesan cheese

Instructions

Prepare the vegetables. Finely chop the onion, carrot and celery. Mince the garlic.
In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Cook the onion, carrot and celery until it begins to soften (2-3 minutes). Season with a little salt and pepper.
Then add the garlic and continue cooking for another minute. Remove this vegetable mixture from the pan.
In the same pan, add the meat and cook until no pink remains.
Then add back in the cooked vegetables, marinara sauce and Italian seasoning.
While the sauce continues to simmer on low, cook the noodles according to the directions.
Once the noodles are ready, drain and mix in with the sauce.
Serve hot with parmesan sprinkled over everything.

Notes

You can substitute 1/3 yellow onion for the shallot. And I tend to use 3-4 baby carrots instead of one regular carrot, as we tend to have baby carrots at our house (my kids eat them more).

The Boston burger ground meat I use is a mixture of 60% beef and 40% pork. It’s very common for the grocery stores I shop at in my area. But if you don’t have an option like this, you can simply use a mixture of ground beef and ground pork. Or you can substitute a different meat like ground turkey or chicken for a lighter option.

Sometimes, I will use a box grater for the onion, carrot and celery if I want to really, really finely chop up the vegetables.

While I usually make this with spaghetti noodles, any long, thin noodles (angel hair, fettuccine) will work just as well. You could serve this sauce over other noodle shapes or even rice if you wanted to.

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