Ingredient: whole milk

Beef Bolognese

Original recipe found on The Cookie Rookie.  This was delicious, tasted like good home cooking.

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 Beef Bolognese
Feel like a warm home cooked meal that is flavorful, this one is for you.
Course Main Dish, pasta
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
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Course Main Dish, pasta
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Servings
servings
Ingredients
For Serving
Instructions
  1. In a heavy saucepan heat oil and once the oil shimmers place basil leaves. Fry the leaves until crispy. 1-2 minutes. Remove and put on paper towel. Set aside. Add 2 tbsp butter to oil. Add the onion, carrot and celery. Saute until lightly browned. Add ground chuck and break up and cook until meat only slightly pink. Season with salt. Add wine and cook until evaporated, stir occasionally. Add milk and 2 gratings of nutmeg from zester. Stir well until milk is almost evaporated. Add the tomatoes to pot. Bring to soft boil and lower to low simmer. Cook uncovered for 3 hours. If liquid evaporates add 1/2 c water as needed. When done it is ready to serve. About half hour before being done boil water and cook your pasta. Serve pasta with the bolognese. Top with basil leaves and parmesan.

Roasted Cauliflower Soup

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 Roasted Cauliflower Soup
Creamy, flavorful soup that's really easy to make.
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  1. Preheat the oven to 400F. Place the cauliflower on a baking sheet and drizzle with about 3 Tbsp olive oil, tossing to coat, season with salt and pepper. Roast for about 20 minutes or until the cauliflower is tender and carmelized.
  2. Add the last Tbsp olive oil to a soup pot and once it's warm add the onion, garlic, carrots,thyme and celery. Season with salt and pepper and cook over medium heat until onion is translucent and tender. Cube the butter and add it to the pot, once it melts sprinkle in the flour, stirring to combine, then lower the heat and simmer 2-3 minutes. Pour in the chicken stock and allow to thicken, turning the heat up to medium. Slowly add the milk, combining, lower the heat back down to low, and add the grated cheese and parsley.
  3. Give the roasted cauliflower another rough chop to make bite-size pieces, and then fold into the soup. Season with salt and pepper if desired. Remove thyme stem. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes

Recipe adapted from A Gouda Life

Pork Chili with Polenta

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 Pork Chili with Polenta
Polenta and chili, not your regular chili, more like a meat sauce. This recipe is super yummy.
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4-6
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4-6
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  1. Roast the red pepper over a gas flame, turning with tongs, or broil until the skin is blackened. Transfer to a bowl, cover and cool. Peel, seed and chop the pepper.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and pancetta and cook until well browned. Add the ground pork, thyme, fennel, garlic, chili peppers, onion, oregano, and roasted red pepper, and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute. Deglaze the pan with the wine, stirring and scraping up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Add 2-3 cups chicken stock and simmer for a few minutes.
  3. Bring 2 cups chicken stock and the milk to a low boil in a saucepan. Whisk in the polenta and cook, whisking until thick but pourable, 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and add the butter and then the cheese, stirring until melted. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Ladle the polenta into shallow bowls and hollow out the center. Fill with the chili and top with more cheese. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes

Recipe adapted from Rachael Ray.