What's Cookin' Italian Style Cuisine: bolognese meat sauce

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Showing posts with label bolognese meat sauce. Show all posts

Easy Bolognese Sauce

Thursday, September 18, 2025
If you’re craving a rich, hearty pasta dinner, nothing compares to an authentic homemade Bolognese sauce.

This classic Italian meat sauce, known as ragù alla Bolognese, is slow-simmered to perfection with ground beef, tomatoes, wine, and aromatic vegetables for deep, savory flavor in every bite.

The tomato sauce is rich with meat and simmered slowly for a few hours and a topping for your favorite pasta dish, layering in lasagna, and this traditional Bolognese recipe is the ultimate comfort food.

In this post, you’ll learn how to make Bolognese sauce from scratch, tips for getting that slow-cooked flavor, and why this dish deserves a spot in your regular dinner rotation.

Over the years, it's been recreated several times and adapted to individual taste and added to baked lasagna, baked ziti, or other baked pasta recipes.

This sauce freezes well and can be used in so many other ways, such as soups, stews, casseroles, and making large batches comes in really handy in a pinch.

We have also many cooking methods for the busy cook, set it and forget in a slow cooker or instant pot.

Of course, if you love Italian tomato sauce, you may also like to try our Traditional Sunday Sauce, it's another vintage family recipe.

Scroll down to the easy recipe card to print off and don't forget to read all our tips and suggestions.


this is pasta with bolognese sauce on top and fresh basil