Looking for a spaghetti bolognese recipe that does not taste like canned tomato sauce? I will show you how to make authentic spaghetti bolognese without using canned tomato sauce. My spaghetti bolognese recipe calls for 5 simple ingredients- ground beef, onion, red wine, tomato paste, and salt! It’s authentic spaghetti bolognese- the way Italians make bolognese sauce in Italy.
Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe Video
Here is a video of my Spaghetti Bolognese recipe.
In my opinion, this is the best spaghetti bolognese recipe. It’s the authentic Italian way of making bolognese pasta sauce by slowly stewing ground beef for hours. It’s the real way to make spaghetti bolognese! Know that this is not a quick, last-minute ground beef recipe. Give yourself at least an hour to make this spaghetti bolognese. Ideally, 2 hours if you have the time! It’s a good pasta sauce to make ahead. I like to make extra and freeze the extra bolognese sauce in the freezer.
I promise you will enjoy this pasta bolognese recipe- it is so tasty and delicious. If you are looking for healthy dinner ideas for the family, then try making this spaghetti bolognese sauce. My kids and husband love it.
Spaghetti Bolognese Sauce Recipe Tips
Tip 1: Sear the ground beef
The key to making this spaghetti bolognese sauce is to sear the ground beef until there are brown bits. After the liquid to evaporates allow the ground beef to sear. This is what makes this spaghetti bolognese sauce so good!
Tip 2: Season well with salt
Every time you add water, make sure you add salt. Keep tasting as you go! Add salt as needed.
Tip 3: The longer you cook it, the better
The process of cooking the water down, seasoning well, and searing the ground beef is what makes this spaghetti bolognese recipe so good. You are basically alternating between stewing ground beef and searing ground beef! The more time you have to cook your spaghetti bolognese sauce, the better it will taste! I suggest giving yourself 1-2 hours to make your spaghetti bolognese. Make extra to freeze!
Spaghetti Bolognese
Ingredients
Spaghetti Bolognese Sauce
- 1 lb Ground Beef
- 1 Onion (minced)
- 3 oz Tomato Paste (1/2 can)
- 1/2 cup Wine
- Water
- Salt
- Grated Parmesan Cheese
Pasta
- 16 oz Spaghetti noodles (uncooked)
Instructions
Spaghetti Bolognese Sauce
- Saute minced onion
- Season onion with salt
- Saute onion until it has developed brown bits (but not burned)
- Add Ground Beef to the sauted onion
- Add salt
- Cook ground beef until golden brown
- Add tomato paste to the ground beef and cook
- Add wine to the ground beef. Bring to a simmer. Cook until the wine evaporates. Add salt.
- Allow the beef to sear and develop brown bits
- Add water. Let the water simmer. Cook until the water evaporates
- Add salt
- Allow the beef to sear and develop brown bits
- Add water again. Let the water simmer. Cook until the water evaporates
- Add salt
- Allow the beef to sear and develop brown bits
- Repeat the process of adding water, adding salt, cooking the water down and searing the beef until there are brown bits. Repeat as many times as you can. The longer you do this, the better.
Spaghetti
- Bring water to a boil in a large pasta pot. Add salt (water should taste like sea salt)
- Cook spaghetti according to package instruction
- Combine the spaghetti with the bolognese sauce
- Serve with parmesan cheese
