Tasty Bolognese Sauce

Ingredients

• 5 garlic cloves
• 1 brown onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 -2 stalk celery
• olive oil
• 500 g lean ground beef
• 1 1/2 cups beef stock, about 3 cubes (good quality!)
• 1 cup red wine
• 1 (400 g) can chopped peeled roma tomatoes
• 1 (400 g) can tomato puree
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 bunch parsley
• salt and pepper

Directions

1. 1 Chop the garlic, onion, carrot, celery rather fine.
2. 2Fry on low-medium heat in quite a bit of olive oil for about 5-10 minutes until soft. Put aside.
3. 3Fry the meat in some olive oil over high heat until really brown and the liquid has evaporated.
4. 4 Pour over the red wine, let it cook for about a minute, then add the stock, cans of tomato, sugar and the vegetables.
5. Add half the parsley and some pepper, as well as some more olive oil (about 2 tablespoons).
6. 5 Simmer on low-medium heat covered for about 1.5 - 2 hours (dont reduce the time!).
7. 6 Adjust seasoning, probably it needs a bit more salt, and add the remaining parsley.
8. 7 Serve with fettucini or spaghetti