Bolognese Sauce

I haven't done a recipe swap in MONTHS! The last one I posted was way back in May. I see that this week's swap on Overwhelmed with Joy is the Sauce Edition. So, here is a sauce you can try. This recipe was given to me by a co-worker years ago when we lived in Florida. Supposedly, her grandmother had been a cook at Delmonico's in New York and this was their Bolognese sauce recipe (or some variation on it). I LOVE Bolognese sauce, and some of my favorite Bolognese comes from Salvatore's restaurant and Lawrence and South Boston. I like to serve this Bolognese with linguine.




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Ingredients:

• 1 clove garlic, pressed
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 rib celery, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped parsley
• 3 whole allspice
• 1 bay leaf
• pinch sugar
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 16-ounce can Del Monte stewed tomatoes
• 32-ounce can Hunt's tomato sauce
• 1-1/2 pounds ground round
• 1 pound ground pork sausage
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon marjoram
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• dash cayenne and pinch of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Brown beef and sausage, drain fat. In dutch oven, saute onion, carrot, celery, and garlic until golden. Add beef and sausage. Add wine to deglaze the pan. Add all spices. Cover and let simmer for one hour.