Ingredients:
– 1.5 kg of diverse meat(beef, pork, pork neck, chops, leg, must have some bone and maybe even some rind)
– 3 cans of 400g canned tomato cubes
– 1/2 liter of tomato juice
– 50g tomato paste
– olive oil
– 2 celery stalks
– 2 onions
– 2 carrots
– salt and pepper
– 2 bay leaves
– chilli
– 3 tbsp of raisins
– 3-4 anchovies
– 1 handful of fresh or frozen basil
– 1 glass of dry white or red wine
– wide pasta (penne, tagliatelle, etc)
Preparing:
Roughly chop the vegetables.
Chop the meat in pieces of about 2 cm. Use alos the bonesand the rind.
Mix the tomato paste with the wine.
Heat up the olive oil in a large pan.
Add the anchovies and then the meat.
Cook the meat until it becomes brown.
Add sald, pepper, chilli, bay leaves and the raisins.
Add the vegetables and cook until they become soft.
Add the tomato paste with the wine.
After the alcohol evaporates add the tomato cans and the tomato juice.
Rinse the tomato cans with a bit of water and add it to the sauce too.
Cook at low heat with the lid on for 2-3 hours or until the meat comes off the bone easily.
In the end add the basil.
Before serving cook the sauce with the coocked pasta for 2-3 minutes.
Serve with some grated parmesan.
Enjoy !
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