Bolognese Beef Sauce

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This recipe is from one of my favorite cooking shows - best recipes ever. If you prefer you could use ground turkey instead of ground beef. The longer you slow simmer this sauce the better. I used ground turkey and could not detect the difference. I also cut the crushed and diced tomatoes back by 50%, as i thought it would otherwise be too 'tomatoye'

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Steps

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In a large dutch oven , saute beef over medium-high heat , breaking up with spoon , until no longer pink , about 5 minutes.

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Drain off any fat.

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Add pancetta , onion , garlic , carrots , celery , thyme , salt , pepper and fennel seeds.

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Cook , stirring occasionally , until vegetables are softened , about 8 minutes.

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Add milk.

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Simmer until almost all liquid has evaporated , about 3 minutes.

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Add tomatoes , crushed tomatoes , wine , bay leaf and sugar , breaking up tomatoes with potato masher.

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Bring to boil.

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Reduce heat and simmer until thickened and mixture can mound on spoon , about 1 hour.

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Discard bay leaf.

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Stir in parsley.

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Ingredients

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extra lean ground beef, pancetta, onion, garlic cloves, carrots, celery ribs, dried thyme, salt, pepper, fennel seed, milk, whole tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, red wine, bay leaf, granulated sugar, fresh parsley