Bolognese Meat Sauce

This is a very slowly simmered meat sauce enhanced with tomatoes and sauteed vegetables that has become a favourite dish in my house.

Cooked Bolognese-style, the meat and vegetable mixture is first simmered in milk, then white wine, allowing most of the liquid to evaporate with each addition. Tomatoes are added and it's simmered some more.....for at least 4 hours!

Though milk is involved, it's not a creamy sauce but the meat becomes very soft and the sauce almost silky. The flavours of the simple ingredients meld during the extended cooking to create a rich, fantastic tasting, hearty sauce.