Grammy's Kitchen · Bolognese Sauce · Pasta With Rich and Hearty Mushroom Bolognes
One of 115 bolognese sauce recipes we measured
from www.seriouseats.com
It ranks #1 of 115 for gravy quality among the bolognese sauce recipes we compared. 11 cooks on www.seriouseats.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 115.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 0% | 45% |
| fat | 0% | 4% |
| aromatics | 0% | 26% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 126% |
| collagen idx | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1 medium eggplant | |
| 108 g | 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided, plus more for serving |
| Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper | |
| 150 g | 1 medium onion, finely diced (about 1 cup) |
| 122 g | 2 medium carrots, finely diced (about 1 cup) |
| 80 g | 2 large ribs celery, finely diced (about 1 cup) |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh sage leaves |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley leaves |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh basil leaves |
| 12 g | 4 medium cloves garlic, minced |
| 472 g | 2 cups dry red wine |
| 3 g | 3 bay leaves |
| 454 g | 1 pound button mushrooms, finely chopped (see note) |
| 340 g | 12 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stems discarded, caps finely chopped |
| 66 g | 1/4 cup tomato paste |
| 2 tablespoons white or red miso paste | |
| 794 g | 1 (28-ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes packed in juice, crushed roughly by hand or with a potato masher |
| 32 g | 2 tablespoons soy sauce |
| 183 g | 3/4 cup almond milk |
| 454 g | 1 pound short, tubular pasta like penne or rigatoni, or long wide pasta like pappardelle |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.seriouseats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“My first shot at this, at Step 1, I roasted the eggplant whole (and later peeled it and removed the flesh). That worked fine but this 2nd go, reading things more carefully I realize that it makes no sense to Salt and Pepper the intact skin of a whole eggplant.” — a cook
“Fantastic! I must admit I bastardized it by adding vegan mince instad of mushrooms to get more protein, but it was amazing. I didn't tell my girlfriend the dish was vegan, and she didn't even notice she wasn't eating any meat. That says something, for a sauce ” — a cook