Grammy's Kitchen · Bolognese Sauce · Slow Cooker Spaghetti Bolognese
One of 35 bolognese sauce recipes we measured
387 cooks on www.spendwithpennies.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 35.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 27% | 54% |
| fat | 3% | 4% |
| aromatics | 42% | 34% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 175% | 111% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 12 g | 4 cloves garlic (crushed) |
| 300 g | 2 yellow onions (diced) |
| 907 g | 2 pounds lean ground beef |
| 236 g | 1 cup red wine (or chicken or beef broth) |
| 1588 g | 2 (28 ounce each) can crushed tomatoes |
| 66 g | 4 tablespoons tomato paste |
| 12 g | 3 beef bouillon cubes (crushed) |
| 11 g | 2 teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce |
| 4 g | 3 teaspoons dried oregano |
| 4 g | 2 teaspoons dried thyme leaves |
| 3 g | 3 bay leaves |
| 5 g | 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes (optional) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon black pepper |
| 227 g | 8 ounces spaghetti |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.spendwithpennies.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I have always been a failure at making Spaghetti Sauce. My husband complains bitterly that its tasteless. So when I found your "Real" Italian Recipe and slow cooked it for 6 hours, hubby kept coming back for more. Served it up to my daughter and her partner th” — a cook, 5.0★
“Ok, like most of us, I’ve had a lot of bolognese (ie., spaghetti and meat sauce) in my life. And I have to say, this is the best! The simple process of emulsifying the dish by adding a bit of the pasta water back into the blend of pasta and sauce is genius. Oh” — a cook, 5.0★