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Bolognese Sauce
First, I must say this: there is NOTHING like homemade noodles with a hearty, meaty sauce. Nothing. Now, I’d never pass up pasta of any kind. I have a pantry full of dried pasta and it’s my favorite food on earth. But once I sunk my teeth into this homemade pasta Ryan made—covered with his rich <anchor>Bolognese Sauce</anchor>—I knew I’d finally come home.
Ryan’s Bolognese Sauce
Ryan’s Bolognese Sauce

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# Ryan’s Bolognese Sauce

By [Ree Drummond](/author/1143543/pioneerwoman/ "Ree Drummond")Published: May 20, 2009

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This is Ryan's version of a Bolognese sauce. It was totally delicious. I'm guesstimating the quantities of the ingredients, but that’s part of the deliciousness. Make it all your own, upping or decreasing ingredients to suit your needs.

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Yields:

8 serving(s)

Prep Time:

30 mins

Cook Time:

2 hrs

Total Time:

2 hrs 30 mins

## Ingredients

- **1/2** **c.** Olive Oil
- **1** **1/2** **c.** Grated Carrots
- **1** whole Large Red Onion, Diced
- **2** **lb.** Ground Beef
- **2** **Tbsp.** Dried Oregano
- **2** **Tbsp.** Dried Basil Flakes
- **1** can (6 Ounce) Tomato Paste
- **5** cloves Garlic, Minced
- **1** **c.** (to 2 Cups) Red Wine
- **2** **Tbsp.** Worcestershire
- **2** cans (28 Ounce) Whole Tomatoes
- **1** **c.** Milk
- Salt And Pepper, to taste
- Fresh Parmesan Cheese

## Directions

- Heat oil in a large Dutch oven or skillet over medium heat. Add grated carrots and onions and cook for a few minutes. Make a well in the center of the mixture, and then add in the ground beef. Cook for a few minutes until brown, gradually stirring it into the carrot mixture.



Throw in oregano and basil. Use fresh if you have it; if you don’t, it’s fine. When the meat is browned and combined with other ingredients, make another well. Add tomato paste and let it heat. Add garlic and stir to combine.



Make a well in the center of the mixture and add red wine. Stir together. Add Worcestershire and stir. Add canned tomatoes. Finally, pour in milk, stir, and let simmer for 30 minutes to 2 hours—however long you need.



Serve with pasta and a generous sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.

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The thing about my recent houseguest [Ryan](http://www.thisisreverb.com) is that he’s an exceptional cook. Bottom line: the guy just flat knows what he’s doing in the kitchen, wrestling pretty much any ingredient to the ground with complete confidence. If he wasn’t a minister, I’d say he missed his calling.

But…yeah. I don’t think he did.

The other thing about my recent houseguest Ryan is… _he doesn’t so much use recipes_. He’s one of those by-feel people, and he cooks using ratios more than anything else (more about that in a separate post.)

The night before Ryan and his family left Oklahoma (and guess what? He didn’t leave Oklahoma because…they missed their flight!) I took the liberty of inviting over a few folks from church. Ryan was good enough to, well, pretty much prepare a completely from-scratch meal for the six strangers he’d just met at church with us that morning. I asked him how he felt to be chained to a stove for three days straight and he said, “ _Here—grate this Parmesan for me_.” And I did.

For dinner Ryan prepared homemade pasta and his version of a Bolognese sauce. It was totally delicious.

Please bear with me on the quantities of the ingredients Ryan used. I’m guesstimating…but that’s part of the deliciousness. Make it all your own, upping or decreasing ingredients to suit your needs.

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He started by grating carrots.

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I started by having a glass of wine. We had a long evening ahead.

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Then he peeled and halved a red onion.

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Then he diced up a good amount. This was one very large red onion.

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Then he sliced and diced a HUGE boatload of garlic. Like, five to seven cloves.

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Lots of olive oil went into the Dutch oven. I’d say around 1/2 cup.

When it comes to adding olive oil to the pan, we don’t deal in tablespoons around here.

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When the oil was heated, Ryan threw in the grated carrots.

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Then came the red onions.

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According to Ryan, red onions are much stronger than yellow or white onions when they’re raw…but cooked down, there’s not much difference.

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I concur, Sir.

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He cooked this down for a few minutes…

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Then he made a well in the carrot/onion mixture…

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And added in a couple of pounds of hamburger right into the pot!

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He let it sit against the bottom of the pan and get nice and brown.

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As it began to brown, he threw in some parsley CORRECTED: OREGANO flakes and dried basil. All I had in the fridge was fresh cilantro, dadgummit.

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But Ryan wasn’t thwarted.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about Ryan, it’s that he doesn’t flinch if he finds he’s short an ingredient or two.

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And then: another well!

The point of these wells is to expose the hot pan so that the added ingredients can go straight against the heat and get nice and hot.

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This time he added tomato paste. One can, I think.

Ryan says that getting them up against the heat like this removes the pesky aluminum taste from the can.

Velly, velly intellesting.

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Oh, this is looking good.

And boy, was it smelling good.

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Then the chopped garlic went in.

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After the garlic, guess what? Another well for the red wine. Lots of it. About two cups.

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Followed by…Worcestershire sauce!

Intellesting.

![Image (26) 3545081262_61d9991e88.jpg for post 8877](https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3545081262_61d9991e88.jpg?resize=980:*)[![pinterest](/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff)](//pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a8877/ryans-bolognese-sauce/&description=thepioneerwoman&media=https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3545081262_61d9991e88.jpg?resize=1600:*)

You can’t imagine how good this smells. Guests began to arrive right about now, and they gasped when they walked through the door.

![Image (27) 3544273395_2344e23e05.jpg for post 8877](https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544273395_2344e23e05.jpg?resize=980:*)[![pinterest](/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff)](//pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a8877/ryans-bolognese-sauce/&description=thepioneerwoman&media=https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544273395_2344e23e05.jpg?resize=1600:*)

Next came the canned whole tomatoes.

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I think he added two cans, but I can’t be too sure. I was too busy licking my chops.

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Good gracious.

![Image (31) 3544274851_626e3212a4.jpg for post 8877](https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544274851_626e3212a4.jpg?resize=980:*)[![pinterest](/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff)](//pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a8877/ryans-bolognese-sauce/&description=thepioneerwoman&media=https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544274851_626e3212a4.jpg?resize=1600:*)

And the final ingredient was…a cup of milk!

![Image (32) 3545083390_3afd625017.jpg for post 8877](https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3545083390_3afd625017.jpg?resize=980:*)[![pinterest](/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff)](//pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a8877/ryans-bolognese-sauce/&description=thepioneerwoman&media=https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3545083390_3afd625017.jpg?resize=1600:*)

You’re just going to have to trust him on this.

![Image (33) 3544275571_ec0b9efa51.jpg for post 8877](https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544275571_ec0b9efa51.jpg?resize=980:*)[![pinterest](/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff)](//pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a8877/ryans-bolognese-sauce/&description=thepioneerwoman&media=https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544275571_ec0b9efa51.jpg?resize=1600:*)

We won’t talk too much about the noodles in this post. It would be a veritable explosion of bliss the likes of which we could never hope to comprehend.

We’ll cover them separately. If you want to make this sauce tonight, regular storebought pasta would work just fine.

![Image (34) 3544276063_1d967745f8.jpg for post 8877](https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544276063_1d967745f8.jpg?resize=980:*)[![pinterest](/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff)](//pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a8877/ryans-bolognese-sauce/&description=thepioneerwoman&media=https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544276063_1d967745f8.jpg?resize=1600:*)

But hear this:

![Image (35) 3545085996_04c5c0384d.jpg for post 8877](https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3545085996_04c5c0384d.jpg?resize=980:*)[![pinterest](/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff)](//pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a8877/ryans-bolognese-sauce/&description=thepioneerwoman&media=https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3545085996_04c5c0384d.jpg?resize=1600:*)

The noodles were absolutely beautiful. Wow.

![Image (36) 3544277679_04bcd3011b.jpg for post 8877](https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544277679_04bcd3011b.jpg?resize=980:*)[![pinterest](/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff)](//pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a8877/ryans-bolognese-sauce/&description=thepioneerwoman&media=https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544277679_04bcd3011b.jpg?resize=1600:*)

Oh…and speaking of beautiful. You just can’t know.

Unless you make it tonight. And then…you _will_ know!

![Image (37) 3544278823_32d4d21e85.jpg for post 8877](https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544278823_32d4d21e85.jpg?resize=980:*)[![pinterest](/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff)](//pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a8877/ryans-bolognese-sauce/&description=thepioneerwoman&media=https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544278823_32d4d21e85.jpg?resize=1600:*)

My sweet girl was one of the first in line.

![Image (38) 3544279219_5965b9f058.jpg for post 8877](https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544279219_5965b9f058.jpg?resize=980:*)[![pinterest](/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff)](//pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a8877/ryans-bolognese-sauce/&description=thepioneerwoman&media=https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3544279219_5965b9f058.jpg?resize=1600:*)

She was hungry, just like her mother.

Except her metabolism will actually balance out the quantity she’s about to eat.

Her mother’s won’t.

![Image (39) 3545089196_1132121388.jpg for post 8877](https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3545089196_1132121388.jpg?resize=980:*)[![pinterest](/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff)](//pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a8877/ryans-bolognese-sauce/&description=thepioneerwoman&media=https://hips.hearstapps.com/thepioneerwoman/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3545089196_1132121388.jpg?resize=1600:*)

The dinner guests absolutely loved it. I absolutely loved it.

_You’ll_ absolutely love it.

Here’s the recipe, in approximations.

_(Pastor Ryan, if you ever make it back home to Cincinnati, please correct me if I have anything wrong.)_

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