Bonnie's Bolognese

Total Time: 5 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup red
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 1 (14 ounce) can italian-style tomatoes
• 1 large carrot
• 1 cup water, as needed

Recipe

• 1 melt butter and oil in a large dutch oven. saute onion and garlic over medium heat until just translucent.
• 2 add ground beef and cook til no longer pink. stir in salt and pepper.
• 3 add , and turn up the heat, cooking/stirring until almost all the has evaportated. this will take about 20 minutes.
• 4 turn heat back down to medium, and add the milk and nutmeg. cook, stirring frequently, until all the milk is gone.
• 5 add oregano, garlic and tomatoes, undrained.
• 6 add the whole carrot to the sauce (this helps absorb the acidity of the tomatoes).
• 7 when the tomato sauce has started to boil, turn down to low and cook the sauce at a lazy simmer, adding water as needed, for about 5 hours.