Grammy's Kitchen · Bolognese Sauce · Slow-Cooker Bolognese Sauce over Pappardelle
One of 115 bolognese sauce recipes we measured
4 cooks on www.southernliving.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 115.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 30% | 45% |
| fat | 1% | 4% |
| aromatics | 21% | 26% |
| sweetener | 1% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 191% | 126% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 150 g | 1 medium-size yellow onion, finely chopped |
| 80 g | 2 celery ribs, finely chopped |
| 61 g | 1 medium carrot, finely chopped |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon olive oil |
| 6 g | 2 garlic cloves, minced |
| 33 g | 2 tablespoons tomato paste |
| 907 g | 2 pounds lean ground beef |
| 11 g | 1 tablespoon kosher salt |
| 8 g | 2 teaspoons sugar |
| 4 g | 2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| 1 g | 1 bay leaf |
| 118 g | 1/2 cup red wine |
| 1588 g | 2 (28-oz.) cans whole peeled tomatoes |
| 159 g | 2/3 cup heavy cream |
| 454 g | 1 pound pappardelle pasta or wide fettuccine |
| Freshly shaved or grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.southernliving.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Through the years I have made several Bolognese sauces. Some were intricate, fun but time consuming. This was very straight forward with a delicious outcome. And I was able to leave it while I was at work. All my other recipes had the milk or cream blended in ” — a cook, 5★
“Easy because you can make it ahead. Delicious.” — a cook, 5★