Shortcut Bolognese

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Pasta

Ingredients

  • 28 oz. can whole peeled tomatoes
  • 4 garlic cloves (2 sliced)
  • Kosher salt
  • Black pepper
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1/4 cup red wine
  • 12 oz. rigatoni, cooked

Directions

  1. Puree tomatoes, garlic, salt and pepper; set aside. Cook sliced garlic in olive oil in a pot over medium-high heat, 1 minute. Add ground beef; cook, breaking up the meat, until browned, 5 minutes. Discard all but 1 tbsp. excess fat.

  2. Add red wine and cook until dry, then stir in the tomato puree and reduce the heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 20 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Toss with rigatoni, adding up to 1/2 cup pasta-cooking water to loosen the sauce.

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