# Adam Ragusea's Bolognese Sauce

A cost-effective, make-ahead bolognese sauce that can be frozen in individual portions for quick and fancy dinners.

- Servings: 35 servings
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lb carrots
- 1 lb celery
- 2 red onions
- 1.25 lb chicken livers
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 200 g dry lentils
- 2.5 cups water
- 6 oz can tomato paste
- 3 28 oz cans crushed tomatoes
- 1 bottle white wine
- 2 tbsp Liquid chicken bouillon
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp dried parsley
- 1 tbsp dried basil
- 1 tbsp dried thyme
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 0.25 cup balsamic vinegar
- pepper
- salt
- 2 tsp Balsamic vin
- Dry basil
- 1 tbsp heavy Cream
- 6 g Parm
- 85 g dry Penne

## Instructions

1. Process a bunch of vegetables.
2. Add celery to the vegetables.
3. Brown two pounds of ground beef.
4. Replace one pound of ground beef with a handful of red lentils.
5. Simmer the sauce for several hours until done.
6. Let the sauce cool down.
7. Stick the cooled sauce into ice cube trays and freeze.
8. Once frozen, break the sauce into individual portions.
9. Put the frozen portions in plastic bags in the freezer.
10. To serve, heat up four cubes of sauce.
11. Boil some penne pasta and add it to the heated sauce.

## Equipment

- ice cube trays
- plastic bags
- pot

## Tips

- Adding celery bulks up the recipe.
- Replacing some ground beef with red lentils drives down the cost with minimal taste or texture difference.
- Freeze the sauce in ice cube trays for individual portions and store in plastic bags.
- Heat four cubes per serving for a quick meal with pasta.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYj7hm_O4AP/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/dfa50edc-357e-4957-8538-17659375d214
- Extracted: 2026-05-23

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