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The ORIGINAL Bolognese from 1881



The ORIGINAL Bolognese from 1881

The sauce recipe originally appears in Pelegrino Artusi’s “La scienza in cucina e l’arte di mangiar bene” in 1881. He doesn’t call it a ragù because that refers to a slow-cooked sauce, whereas this sauce can be cooked in under 10 minutes.

50g Pancetta
150g Veal
¼ Yellow Onion
½ Carrot
Celery (2 Palms)
40g Butter
Flour (Pinch)
Broth (Ladle)
Very little or no salt
Pepper
Nutmeg (Optional)
Horse-Tooth Pasta

-Fry the pancetta for a couple minutes, then add the veal and fry till slightly brown.
-Add finely diced veggies and butter.
-Once cooked, add a pinch of flour, broth, salt, nutmeg, and toss with the al dente pasta.

Top with ground black pepper and Parmesan, and enjoy!

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  1. The ORIGINAL Bolognese from 1881

    The sauce recipe originally appears in Pelegrino Artusi’s “La scienza in cucina e l’arte di mangiar bene” in 1881. He doesn't call it a ragù because that refers to a slow-cooked sauce, whereas this sauce can be cooked in under 10 minutes.

    50g Pancetta
    150g Veal
    ¼ Yellow Onion
    ½ Carrot
    Celery (2 Palms)
    40g Butter
    Flour (Pinch)
    Broth (Ladle)
    Very little or no salt
    Pepper
    Nutmeg (Optional)
    Horse-Tooth Pasta

    -Fry the pancetta for a couple minutes, then add the veal and fry till slightly brown.
    -Add finely diced veggies and butter.
    -Once cooked, add a pinch of flour, broth, salt, nutmeg, and toss with the al dente pasta.

    Top with ground black pepper and Parmesan, and enjoy!

    #bolognese #bologna #italianfood #cooking #recipe

  2. why so insistant on calling it 'original'? Have people in Bologne never before cooked their own pasta and is this really the first instance of such. I doubt it's some kind of creatio ex nihilo personally. If anything it seems to be the copyright itself that's ORIGINAL, which only tells us it was in someone's interest to patent it and was successful in doing so

  3. That is precisely what I've always hated about cooking shows. "It only takes 10 minutes to make" and you have every ingredient prepared in a separate container. The prep and doing the dishes is 75% of the work, the actual cooking is just the fun part that nobody has a problem with in the first place.

  4. Yea, a large majority of the 'classic' quintessentially Italian dishes were invented in the last 80 years or so, and many of those not even in Italy lol. It annoys me when we treat the cooking of certain dishes as an immutable artform worthy of borderline liturgical rigour and reverence and Italy is definitely guilty of that haha

  5. Add finely diced potatoes to that instead of pasta and you've got store brought Norwegian "pytt i panne". If you fry it at low heat for a longer while you get this incredible caramelization and taste that indicates that it is probably bad for you… 🙁

  6. because alla bolognese doesn't mean what americans think it means, pasta with meat sauce is called ragùю therefore pasta alla bolognese is another recipe.
    as an italian it is very hard for me to not use the word:"coglione" in this comment

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