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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In order to prevent the ragu from reducing too quickly, use the heaviest, deepest pot that you own. | 2. Melt butter& oil and saute onion& garlic over medium heat until just translucent. | 3. Add celery& carrot and cook gently for about 2 minutes. | 4. Add the ground beef, crumbling it in the pot with a fork. | 5. Stir in salt. | 6. Cook only until the meat loses its raw, red colour. | 7. Add the wine, turn heat up to medium high and cook, stirring occasionally, until all the wine evaporates (1/2 hour to 45 minutes). | 8. Turn the heat down to medium, add the milk& nutmeg and cook, stirring frequently, until all the milk evaporates (1/2 hour TO 45 minutes). | 9. Add oregano, pepper& tomatoes and stir thoroughly. | 10. When the tomatoes have started to boil, turn the heat down until the sauce cooks at the laziest simmer- just the occasional bubble. | 11. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for at least 4 hours (5 hours is better). | 12. If you can't watch the sauce for such a long stretch, you can interrupt this simmering time- but DO complete it in the same day! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	3	tablespoons		358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
butter	3	tablespoons		256.5	11.7855	8.0145	21.6
onion	2		chopped	120.0	28.02	3.3	0.3
garlic	2	cloves	minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
celery rib	4		sliced	-	-	-	-
carrot	1		chopped	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
beef	1		ground lean	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
red wine	1	cup		-	-	-	-
milk	1/2	cup		74.42	5.8316	3.843	3.9894
nutmeg	1/8	teaspoon		1.4438	0.1355	0.0161	0.0999
oregano	2	teaspoons	dried	5.3	1.3784	0.18	0.0856
pepper	1	teaspoon	ground	5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
italian tomato	1	can	chopped	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.