Thursday, October 11, 2012

Bolognese made Skinny

Bolognese

2 tbs butter (I can't believe it's not butter)
Lean ground beef
1/2 cup onion (diced)
1/2 cup celery (diced)
1/2 carrots (diced)
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 cup skim milk
1 tbsp flour
Crushed tomatoes
Parsley
Bay leaf
Pancetta (or 2 slices of Bacon)
1/2 cup red wine
Whole wheat pasta (or I found smart one pasta or something like that-- it was lower cal than whole wheat)
S&p

Cook bacon, then put on paper towels, then take out remaining grease, then crumble up bacon and put aside
Season meat with tonys
Cook meat then take out and drain all fat and put aside
Heat butter and add flour
Cook for 2 min
Add onion, carrot, celery
Add tomato paste cook for 1 min
Add meat
Stir in wine (I ended up putting in way more than 1/2--didn't want it to be dry)
Stir in tomatoes
Add bacon
Add bay leaf
Slowly stir in milk
Increase heat to simmer
Then decrease heat to maintain lower simmer
S&p
Simmer uncovered for 20 min (or as long as u can)
Add water if sauce drys out
Cook pasta
Right before serving chop parsley and stir in bolognese
Garnish with Parsley

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