Authentic Tagliatelle Bolognese Recipe - Recipes from Italy

Step 1

Place the chopped pancetta in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat for about 3 minutes. Add the extra virgin olive oil and the finely chopped vegetables. Stir and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes.

Step 2

Add the ground beef. Stir and cook for about 5 minutes over medium heat. Now add the white wine. Stir and let it evaporate.

Step 3

add the tomato passata. Cover with a lid and simmer for about 2 hours. If the sauce becomes too dry during cooking, add a little broth. Toward the end, add milk to dampen the acidity of the tomato. Adjust salt and pepper to taste. The Bolognese sauce is ready!

Step 4

Sift the two flours and combine them together. Pour the two sifted flours into the steel bowl. Then add the eggs. With the flat “leaf” whisk set to speed 2 on the caster and mix the ingredients together for half a minute.

Step 5

Remove the flat “leaf” whisk and insert the dough hook. Still at speed 2, knead for 2 -3 minutes until a single firm dough ball is formed. Now, dust the work surface with semolina. Remove the dough from the bowl and knead by hand for 2 minutes.

Step 6

Form a ball of dough, wrap it with plastic wrap or in a tea towel. Let it rest for about 20 minutes. Then cut a piece of dough and flatten it with your hands.

Step 7

Attach the sheeter to your stand mixer and proceed with the dough sheet. Set the knob of the sheeter to level 1 and at speed 2, put the dough into the rollers and pass it the first time.

Step 8

Then fold the dough in half and then in half again.

Step 9

Flour and pass through rollers again. Repeat 3-4 times (pass-fold-pass-fold) until the dough becomes smooth and elastic.

Step 10

start thinning the sheets by passing them through the smooth roller to position 2 and finally When the sheet becomes too long cut it into 2 parts.

Step 11

Now move on to the preparation of the tagliatelle. Remove the sheeter from your KitcheAid and attach the tagliatelle tool. At speed 1 insert the sheeter and with your other hand, pick up the tagliatelle. Place them on a floured tray. Tagliatelle are ready

Step 12

Cook and drain tagliatelle al dente and toss them with plenty of Ragù alla Bolognese. Serve tagliatelle alla bolognese bringing grated Parmigiano cheese to the table and more Ragù alla Bolognese to add on top as desired.