How to make Grandma Nonna’s Bolognese

Directions 📝

PREP 🔪

1. Peel and dice onions and garlic.

2. Chop the rosemary and finely chop the truffles.
3. Blend whole peeled tomatoes.

HOW TO COOK 🍳

1. Add olive oil in the pot on medium low heat. Add garlic and onions, cook until soft without color.

2. Add truffle salt.
3. Add red wine and turn the heat up to medium high.  Cook until there is no liquid left in the pot.
4. Add the tomatoes and rosemary to the pot and simmer over medium low heat for 45 minutes.
5. While the tomatoes are simmering, it's time to cook the beef. Heat another large rondeau over high heat.
6. Add enough canola oil to the bottom of the rondeau to coat.  Continue heating until smoking.
7. Add the beef to the rondeau and cook to brown over high heat.  Season with Truffle Salt and continue cooking until broken up and well browned.
8. After the sauce has simmered for 45 minutes, using a stick blender, blend until smooth.
9. Add the beef to the sauce and cook for an additional 30 minutes.
10. Transfer the sauce to a container to cool and stir in the chopped truffle and whole basil to steep.
11. Allow to cool completely, remove the basil, and portion as needed.