# Spaghetti Bolognese Sauce
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-bolognese-sauce/398446
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 2, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-bolognese-sauce/398446 "2007-04-02T17:58:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-bolognese-sauce/398446/1 "2007-04-02T17:58:31Z")
Try as I may I just can’t get this sauce to taste like it should or rather like the sauce in the local Italian Restaurant.
I’ve tried cook books, on line recipes and it still tastes completely bland compared to the Restaurant. This despite following instructions to the letter
Anyone out there got a fool proof recipe they’d care to give me?
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### Author:  [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-bolognese-sauce/398446/2 "2007-04-02T18:06:18Z")
Here’s mine. You can use ground beef or pork if you want to as well.
**Turkey Bolognese Sauce**
Ingredients:
3 pounds ground turkey
3 onions, minced
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup grated carrots
2-1/4 teaspoons dried basil
3 tablespoons minced jalapeno peppers
1-1/2 cups milk
2-1/4 cups red wine (Merlot works well)
3 (28 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes
1-2 tablespoons tomato paste
Directions:
1. In large saucepan over medium heat, cook turkey, onion, garlic, carrot, basil and jalapeno until turkey is brown. Pour in milk, reduce heat to low, and simmer until reduced by one-third. Stir in wine and reduce again. Pour in tomatoes and tomato paste and simmer 3 hours more.
(Serve with spaghetti and parmesan cheese.)
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-bolognese-sauce/398446/3 "2007-04-02T18:11:26Z")
I’ll bet you the secret ingredient in the restaurant sauce is sugar.
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### Author:  [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-bolognese-sauce/398446/4 "2007-04-02T18:13:26Z")
3 pounds of turkey and three large cans of Tomatoes? Are you cooking for an army? 😉
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### Author:  [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-bolognese-sauce/398446/5 "2007-04-02T18:16:09Z")
[QUOTE=romansperson]
Here’s mine. You can use ground beef or pork if you want to as well.
**Turkey Bolognese Sauce**
Ingredients:
3 pounds ground turkey
3 onions, minced
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup grated carrots
2-1/4 teaspoons dried basil
3 tablespoons minced jalapeno peppers
1-1/2 cups milk
2-1/4 cups red wine (Merlot works well)
3 (28 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes
1-2 tablespoons tomato paste
Directions:
1. In large saucepan over medium heat, cook turkey, onion, garlic, carrot, basil and jalapeno until turkey is brown. Pour in milk, reduce heat to low, and simmer until reduced by one-third. Stir in wine and reduce again. Pour in tomatoes and tomato paste and simmer 3 hours more.
(Serve with spaghetti and parmesan cheese.)
[/QUOTE]
Consider this printed out and thanks a bunch.
You certain I need 3 cans of toms, I’m only cooking for 2. Also 3lbs of meat seems a bit much, I reckon 1lb of beef should do it,
**Wolfman** I’ve been using sugar, 1 tablespoon as directed