meat sauce pasta

A rich sauce with a meaty texture and hearty flavors simmered down with fiery ‘Nduja sausage. This pasta dinner ticks all the boxes, it’s salty, savory and funky. It’s next-level delicious and just as crave-worthy as the classic bolognese sauce.

The Best Spicy Spaghetti Bolognese

spaghetti

olive oil

unsalted butter

brown onion (finely chopped)

garlic

carrot (finely diced)

celery (finely diced)

pancetta

ground meat mixture (pork/veal)

salt

tsp black pepper

tsp sugar

'Nduja

red wine

tbsp tomato paste

tomatoes

bay leaves

milk

Parmesan

chopping

Before you start cooking, peel and finely dice the carrot. Dice the celery stalk, finely chop the onion and mince the garlic cloves.

boiling

B﻿ring a large pot with generously salted water to a boil.

sautéing

Heat oil and butter over medium in a large heavy bottomed pot. Add onion, garlic, carrot and celery stalk. Cook for 5 minutes until soft and fragrant. Reduce heat if needed. Add pancetta and cook for 3 minutes.

cooking

Add ground meat mixture, break up into pieces with a wooden spoon and cook until it starts to brown. Season with salt, pepper and sugar. Add &#x27;Nduja and continue to cook while stirring until the &#x27;Nduja is completely dissolved.

simmering

Pour in red wine and simmer for 3 minutes. Next stir in tomato paste, add puréed tomatoes and bay leaves. Stir and simmer for at least 15 minutes.

In the meantime, add spaghetti to the pot with boiling water and cook according to package instructions. Scoop up ½ cup of the cooking water right before draining the pasta.

serving

When ready, add milk and Parmesan to the sauce. Stir until combined. Toss with spaghetti and add a splash of cooking water, if needed. Enjoy!

This was by far the best spaghetti bolognaise I have ever tasted!

This quick and simple tomato meat sauce for pasta is really satisfying. In the amount of time that it takes to bring water to a boil and cook a pot of pasta, you'll have the meat sauce finished. The ground beef and caramelized vegetables - onion, carrots, celery and garlic give so much flavor to the tomato sauce.

Quick and Simple Meat Sauce For Pasta

beef

onion

carrots

celery

4-6 garlic cloves,

(28 oz) can crushed tomatoes

tomato

Tablespoons dry herbs,

heavy cream (or half n half), optional

fresh parsley, basil, chopped

Parmesan cheese, finely grated

lbs pasta (spaghetti, fettuccine, rigatoni, fusilli, orecchiette, campanelle, penne, etc.)

salt, pepper (to taste)

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil to cook the pasta. 

Heat the oil in a large skillet or a dutch oven and add the ground beef. Season with salt and pepper. Cook on high heat for 3-5 minutes until the meat is browned. Set the meat aside. 

Coarsely chop the onion, carrots and celery. Place them in a food processor and pulse several times until the vegetables are uniformly chopped into very small pieces. Press the garlic through a garlic press. (Or you can finely mince the onion and celery and grate the carrots on the small holes of a box grater.)

Add the vegetables to the same skillet you used to cook the ground beef, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 8-10 minutes, until the vegetables are softened and starting to turn golden. (Add a little water to the skillet if the vegetables start to stick before cooking through all the way.)

Add the crushed tomatoes and tomato paste, if using. Season once again with salt and pepper and dry herbs. Add the browned meat. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook, covered, for about 10-15 minutes. Add the cream, if using, and the fresh herbs. 

Meanwhile,cook the pasta according to your liking. Drain the pasta, reserving about a cup of pasta water.

Mix the sauce with the pasta and add some Parmesan cheese. Add some of the reserved pasta water, if you need to loosen it up a bit. You may want to use more or less pasta, depending on how much sauce you like with your pasta.

Garnish the pasta with more of the Parmesan cheese.

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This is a staple recipe to have in your recipe collection – a quick and simple meat sauce for pasta. While the pasta is cooking, the ground beef, onion, carrots, celery and garlic simmer in a tomato sauce to make a quick and satisfying dinner.
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