Recipe: Perfect Traditional Spaghetti Al Ragù Bolognese

Traditional Spaghetti Al Ragù Bolognese.

You can have Traditional Spaghetti Al Ragù Bolognese using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Traditional Spaghetti Al Ragù Bolognese

1. Prepare 2-4 rashers of bacon, diced.
2. You need 2 of brown onions, finely diced.
3. It's 2 of carrots, finely diced.
4. You need 2 of celery sticks, finely diced.
5. It's 2 of garlic cloves, crushed.
6. You need 2-3 of Rosemary sprigs.
7. You need 500 g of beef mince.
8. Prepare 800 g of Italian whole tomatoes.
9. It's Handful of basil leaves.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of dried oregano.
11. You need 2 tbsp of tomato paste.
12. You need 1 of beef stock cube.
13. It's 125 ml of white wine.
14. Prepare 6 of cherry tomatoes, halved.
15. You need 1 dash of nutmeg.
16. Prepare 500 g of spaghetti.
17. You need 1 cup of full cream milk.
18. It's of Parmesan cheese.

Traditional Spaghetti Al Ragù Bolognese step by step

1. Cook the bacon on a medium heat.
2. Add the onion, carrot, celery sticks, garlic and the leaves from the rosemary and cook until soft for about 10 minutes, stirring often.
3. Move the vegetables to one side, increase the heat to high and add the beef mince, stirring until the beef is completely browned.
4. Add the Italian tomatoes, a handful of basil leaves, 2 tbsp tomato paste, tsp oregano, 125ml white wine, beef stock cube and 6 halved cherry tomatoes. Stir, breaking up all the tomatoes and bring to a boil. Add a dash of nutmeg..
5. Reduce to a gentle simmer and cover with a vented lid. Cook for 1 hr, stirring occasionally.
6. When the sauce is nearly finished, reduce 1 cup milk to 1/3 its volume on the stove and mix in with the sauce.
7. Cook 500g spaghetti in about 5L boiling water for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
8. Drain the spaghetti and serve with the sauce, parmesan and basil to taste.