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Bolognese sauce facts for kids

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Tagliatelle al ragù (image modified)
Tagliatelle with bolognese sauce.

Bolognese sauce is a sauce made with meat that is then mixed with pasta before eating. It is called Ragù alla bolognese in Italy. The sauce came from Bologna in Italy. Most Italian people eat their Bolognese sauce with tagliatelle, a broad, flat type of pasta. It can also be served with ribbon or tube shaped pasta.

Spaghetti Bolognese recipes

Spaghetti bolognese
Spaghetti alla Bolognese.

In 1982, the Bolognese delegation, said that the recipe must only be made of beef, pancetta (a type of bacon), onions, carrots, celery, tomato paste, meat broth, red wine and milk or cream. There are different recipes of Bolognese sauce. Some of the recipes contain chopped pork or pork sausage. Mushrooms are sometimes added.

Spaghetti Bolognese is popular outside of Italy where the sauce is put on a plate of spaghetti with a little bit of grated cheese put on. In China Bolognese sauce is served with noodles and it is called Chinese spaghetti.

However, these different ways of making the recipe are never eaten in Bologna. They do use the recipe together with béchamel sauce to make lasagna.

Images for kids

  • Ragu

    A bowl of ragù bolognese

  • Tagliatelle al ragu Bolognese

    Tagliatelle al ragù as served in Bologna

  • Spaghetti bolognese (hozinja)

    Spaghetti bolognese with thyme and basil

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