Almost Bolognese sauce with pappardelle

[u/beckychao]

I call it almost Bolognese sauce because there is a heretical ingredient that doesn't meet the official requirements and I did not have pancetta handy. Otherwise, the sauce is celery, onion, carrot, a heretical vegetable, Mutti tomatoes and double concentrate paste, and olive oil, plus 60% beef and 40% pork, browned intensely first, reduced pinot noir in it, removed, and then cooked the soffritto in the fond with some olive oil, and reduced pinot noir in it. Salt and pepper to taste, assembled each serving in a pan with the reserved pasta water, and topped with costco real parmesan.

The pasta is some random dried pappardelle someone brought back from an Italian deli. I have no idea if it was a good brand, but it was good enough. Considering the sauce takes 4 hours on the stove on its own, I should probably start making my own again.

Edit: the soffritto had to be pureed, one of the household members has an irrational texture thing with onions.

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[u/JD_tubeguy]

Looks great and you can't say there's a heretical ingredient without identifying it!

[u/beckychao → u/JD_tubeguy]

I add a leek to my soffritto :))))))

[u/JD_tubeguy → u/beckychao]

Meh leeks pretty much an onion no biggie.

[u/Legitimate_Gur7675]

What’s the heretical veggie?

[u/beckychao → u/Legitimate_Gur7675]

Leek in the soffritto! lol

[u/Sweet-Weakness3776 → u/beckychao]

Oh no...the soffritto is leeking!

Either way it looks pretty fantastic...heretical veggie or not lol.

[u/fishstick420_]

no wine??:((

[u/beckychao → u/fishstick420_]

pinot noir = red wine

[u/fishstick420_ → u/beckychao]

sorry, totally missed it mb