Bolognase sauce with linguini. Eileen Goldfinger photograph.©

By Eileen Goldfinger, Food Editor @Blogfinger.net.

Ingredients:

½ pound ground beef

3 turkey sausages, remove meat from casings

1 celery stalk, minced

1 small carrot, minced

½ medium onion, minced

3 cloves garlic, grated

¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

¼ teaspoon salt

10 basil leaves, julienned

¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped

½-1 cup unsalted chicken broth

2 tablespoons tomato paste

1 24 ounce can whole San Marzano tomatoes

12 ounces Rao’s marinara sauce

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

Preparation:

In a 5 quart Dutch oven, heat vegetable oil on medium low.  Add celery, carrot, onion, garlic and 1/4 cup of chicken broth.  Sauté until vegetables soften, approximately 10 minutes.  Next add the ground beef and sausage meat and cook until meat is brown.

To this mixture add salt, pepper, red pepper flakes and tomato paste. Stir and cook for 5 minutes.  Add the San Marzano tomatoes to the pot and crush them with a wooden spoon.  Then add the tomato sauce and chicken broth.  Stir and simmer for 30 minutes.

For the final step add the parsley and basil, stir and cook for 10 minutes.

Serve over linguini or any pasta of your choice.

Serves 4

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