Best 4 Pork Bolognese Recipes

DELICIOUS VEAL AND PORK BOLOGNESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat.
• Add in the diced bacon and saute until beginning to brown (about 5 minutes).
• Add in the onion, celery, carrot, garlic, thyme, basil, dryed pepper flakes and bay leaves; saute for about 5-6 minutes.
• Add in tomato paste; cook stiring with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes.
• Then add in the ground veal and pork; cook until cooked through and well browned (about 12 minutes, the meat should be BROWNED well!).
• Add in the wine then simmer for about 8 minutes uncovered.
• Add in the broth and crushed tomatoes; reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring often with a wooden spoon.
• Uncover and season with salt and pepper; simmer for another hour or more (uncovered).
• If you prefer a creamy sauce, add in about 1/4 cup whipping cream towards the end of cooking.
• Serve over cooked pasta and top with parmesan cheese.

VEAL, PORK AND PORCINI BOLOGNESE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onions and cook gently to sweat for about 2 minutes. Do not let the onions caramelize. Add the garlic and rosemary and cook about 1 minute, or until garlic is lightly browned.
• Add the veal and pork and cook, smashing the meat apart with a wooden spoon, to keep it from clumping together. Cook for about 2 minutes and season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the mushrooms and continue to cook about 4 minutes, evaporating any liquid and caramelizing the meat.
• Add the porcini juice to the meat and cook for 1 minute to evaporate. Add the veal stock and cook for 2 minutes. Add the marinara and the wine. Reduce the heat and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in the parsley.
• Toss 2 tablespoons of the Parmesan into the sauce to help it bind. Add some reserved pasta water, as necessary, if the sauce appears too dry. Top with the remaining Parmesan.
• Heat the olive oil in a large non-reactive pot over moderate heat. Add the onion and saute until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the parsley and garlic and cook briefly to release their fragrance. Add the tomatoes, basil and salt. Simmer briskly until reduced to a sauce like consistency, stirring occasionally so nothing sticks to the bottom of the pot. The timing will depend on the ripeness and meatiness of your tomatoes and the size of your pot. If the sauce thickens too much before the flavors have developed, add a little water and continue cooking.
• Taste and adjust the seasoning. If the sauce tastes too acidic, add the baking soda and cook for 5 more minutes. If it needs a touch of sweetness, add the sugar and cook for 5 more minutes. Remove the basil stem before serving.

PORK BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot, cook bacon over medium heat until fat is released, 5 minutes. Add onion, carrot, and celery; cook until soft, 6 minutes. Raise heat to medium-high; add pork and cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, until browned, 7 minutes. Add tomato paste; cook until pork is coated, 4 minutes.
• Add wine; cook until reduced by three-fourths. Add 1 cup milk; cook until reduced by half. Add tomato sauce, broth, bay leaf, thyme, 2 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Simmer, stirring occasionally, 1 hour. Stir in 1/4 cup milk. Serve sauce over pasta, topped with cheese.

LAMB & PORK BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• 1. Place your medium to large cooking pot, over medium heat, and add the olive oil and butter.
• 2. Once the butter has melted, add the finely diced green pepper, garlic, carrots, celery & onion. Add in a couple generous pinches of kosher salt. Allow these ingredients to simmer in the butter & oil for 5 minutes, on med heat, stirring frequently.
• 3. Add diced pancetta and adjust heat to med-high. Stir frequently and allow pancetta to become golden in color, approx 10 minutes. The vegetables will continue to soften as well.
• 4. Increase heat to high and add, "1/3 @ a time, the ground lamb and Italian sausage. Break up the meat as well as possible and allow to cook, not boil, until done. Now add the second 1/3 and repeat. Now add the final 1/3 of both meats. (If you prefer some other meat, use what you wish cooking with the same method.)
• 5. After all the meat has browned and no meat lumps exist, set the timer to 15 minutes and continue to brown. It doesn't matter if some of the meat gets crispy (a little) and some may stick to the bottom of the pot as well, which is what you want at this point in the cooking process. This allows the meat to caramelize and allows the flavors to concentrate.
• 6. After you see some nice caramelizing of the meat, reduce the heat to medium so as not to burn the meat.
• 7. After the 15 minutes has passed, add 1 cup of dry white wine. Using a wooden spoon, stir mixture removing bits of meat that may have stuck to the bottom of the pot, a couple minutes should suffice.
• 8. Add the milk & beef stock/broth with heat on medium.
• 9. Add tomatoes and all the juice from can. I cubed my peeled tomatoes as I wanted the tomatoes to be slightly smaller pieces.
• 10. Add a "generous" grinding of black pepper. I used approx 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons of black pepper in total for the recipe. Adjust to your taste...
• 11. Bring contents of cooking pot to a boil now, stirring frequently.
• 12. Now, reduce heat to as low as possible and simmer for 4 hours. Leave your pot half covered with the lid. Stir infrequently during the 4 hours, just keeping an eye on it. If you think your sauce is a bit to thick or if it's sticking to the bottom of the pot, add a bit more beef stock/broth. The sauce needs to be toward the thicker side, in my opinion.
• 13. Optional steps: Now you can serve of your choice of pasta or place the pot in the refrigerator over night, which I chose. I prefer to let the flavor concentrate overnight in the pot. Your choice.
• 14. If you chose to refrigerate overnight, you're ready to continue here. Place the pot back on "low" heat. I allowed my gravy/ragu/sauce (word of choice) to heat very slowly.
• 15. Once I noticed that the gravy was nice and hot, I added 2 tablespoons of room-temp butter and stirred that in.
• 16. Finally - it's ready! You can use any style of pasta you like. I used Basil Fettuccine. Lastly, I also used much, fresh grated, Parmigiano-Reggiano - - a must! Cheers and Bon Appetit...