How to Make Ragù Bolognese (Northern Italia Meat Sauce)

if italians things this recipe bastarizes their ragù, wait until they see how greek ragu is made

you could use colatura instead of fish sauce to make it more italian

It’s funny seeing this super professional video compared to the one kenji just came out in the last week.

Can I use any other liver, such as beef / pork liver ? How will the flavour change, develop ?

Hi Kenji, thank you so much for this recipe and i cant wait to try it! I wanted to know whether we can cook it in a slow cooker instead and whether we should keep the lid on or off? thanks so much

FYI- it’s pronounced tah’-lia-teh-leh. The G is silent 🤩

Im Italian. This recipe is crap. You will get shot here if you serve this to real italians.

Italian MSG: anchovies. It’s why fish sauce is a great idea.

What size Dutch oven is this? 5.5 quarts? It seems larger than my 6.75 quart, but maybe that’s because mine is oval.

The Roman’s have their own fish sauce to add that savory flavor .

The pronunciation of those italian words made my Sicilian grandma cry

I was walking around the grocery store collecting ingredient for Ingredient, after 15 and $100+ I had to stop

Yes, chicken liver together with smoked ham or pancetta makes all the difference. I prefer root celery and in my case I dice all vegetables very fine and skip the milk and cream. Lightly boiling it 4-5 hours until everything melts together... Time to make one this winter!

Can I used chicken hearts instead of chicken livers??

Do y’all think the ingredient portions for this exact recipe would fit in a 4qt Dutch oven or should I scale back?

Also instead of fish sauce you can just juse some MSG instead. Its the chemcal component that he is trying to get from the fish sauce in a purer form. And just a general reminder the worry about MSG was entirely manufactured with it side effects really the same as any other seasoning/spice.

I can’t easily get chicken livers but I find pork paté like Ardennes pate works amazing in it

I just made bolognese last night, it was good, but and I nvolved too. But I can tell this is the recipe that has it all. My next conquest( adding my secret ingredients here and theor. But the chicken livers and the gelatine ( if I don't have homemade in the freezer,which I didnt) is the route I know will supply a taste and mouthful that'll really work. Thanks. Boston!!!!

People forget Worcestershire sauce is actually an anchovies extract

Please have a look at Brian Lagerstrom’s channel, his recipe for Bolognese is inspired..using the oven to roast the meats, (good, like yours, but, as my college music theory teacher said..”this is exactly the same, only..different..”) then The whole sauce in the pot gives incredible roasted flavor from the tomatoes. His ciabatta is also the best recipe I’ve ever found, and I’ve tried a lot..I’m going to end on a question mark in case you key on those to make sure you see this. Brian is a wonderfully talented guy..lots..LOTS of great recipes on his channel….have a look..??

Crikey, there's enough for around 30 people there

don't forget the bayleaves- neva, neva, neva!

when he added the pancetta i said to myself "my guy"

Pode ser em português?

Dis is not original Bolegnese ..its much modified

Ma che è sta merda

Italians are crying watching this

The oven is not the right place for this, its the stove. As you can tell he didn’t get a brown layer around the edge - it was black and that means burnt bitter trans fats that are bad for you. Three hours scraping every half an hour on the stove shop works way better it makes the house smell better too.

i've tried many bolognese recipes but this is the best one i've made so far

yes for fish sauce!

When the chicken hearts idea came in I kinda cringed. Fish sauce in bolognese……. Stopped the video right there. Adios

Wow Kenji, you sure P.O.ed a lot of stupid people!!!! I'll try it!

this is my favourite ragu recipe. ive tried so many, the italia squisita channel does a good one too, but this one is sooo meaty and yet so creamy and reasonably easy to make. thank you thank you thank you

I find that a lot of these techniques translate well to a good chili recipe

Liverisgross.

This is very bad, and calling ot Ragù is a joke

I very much so appreciate having the metric measurements for those of us living outside the US!

People who liked this recipe don’t belong anywhere near a kitchen.

If Kenny says put fruit loops in, I’m doing it

I’ve watched a lot of ragu vids n read recipes, Kenji adds all the pro tips together in a way that’s Nice and straightforward

Disgusting recipe

Fish sauce was eaten for a long time around that region, so it's not that weird to add that in. And you could also buy Italian fish sauce if you want to keep it Italian. But I think that Asians pretty much became master of the fish sauce by now.

Great recipe but an authentic Italian Ragu won't have most of these ingredients.

Bolognese originated from Bologna, the capital city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. What some people don’t realize is that Bolognese is a meat sauce – not a tomato-based marinara or tomato sauce.
As the official Bolognese recipe below specifies, authentic Bolognese is primarily a meat sauce that contains very little tomato, and there isn’t any garlic, no basil, no oregano, no parsley, no bay leaves, no rosemary, no thyme or sage, no anchovies, no fennel or star anise, no lemon zest, no cinnamon or nutmeg, no sugar, no peppers, no chili sauce or hot pepper flakes – none of the myriad ingredients that many people might use in their nouveau bolognese recipes today. A good Bolognese sauce also only takes a few hours to make
Ingredients
• 10 ounces pancetta or unsmoked bacon (finely chopped)
• 1 medium onion (4-oz), finely chopped
• 1 large carrot (4-oz), finely chopped
• 2 celery stalks (4-oz), finely chopped
• 20 ounces ground beef (finely ground thin skirt, veal, or beef chuck)
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 cup dry white or red wine2
• 1 cup of beef broth
• 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) of tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons of cream
• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
The “official” Bolognese pasta called for by the City of Bologna is tagliatelle pasta. Tagliatelle

Help! I added 4 packs of gelatine and now it's gelo 😭

This is not how we make ragù, my mom saw this video and she's disgusted ;-;

I first bulked at using Fish sauce but Damn it works

God i hate crappy corporate music.