TURKEY BOLOGNESE

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This is such a fabulous recipe from Gwyneth Paltrow! It's a perfect weekend meal. Make sure you allow a good 5 hours, because this is one of those long simmering/make your house smell amazing recipes. It's bolognese made a bit healthier, because of the turkey, but it satisfies every single bit as much as a red meat bolognese. I like to serve this with a Caesar salad and some homemade garlic bread. Yum!

Provided by LifeIsGood

Categories     Poultry

Time 5h40m

Yield 4-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

5 -6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more as needed
3/4 lb Italian turkey sausage, cut into 4 inch long links
1 lb ground turkey (ideal to use dark meat)
coarse salt, to taste
fresh ground black pepper, to taste
2 medium yellow onions, peeled and finely diced (about 2 cups)
3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
2 (28 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes with their juice
1/3 cup tomato paste
3/4-1 lb rigatoni pasta
grated parmesan cheese, for serving

Steps:

  • Heat 2-3 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add the sausages and cook, turning them occasionally, until browned all over - about 10 minutes. Remove the sausages to a plate.
  • Add the ground turkey to the pot and add salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes, or until browned. Remove to a separate plate.
  • Add another 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil to the pot and add the onion and garlic. Cook until they soften and just begin to brown - about another 10 minutes.
  • Add the tomatoes and their juice along with about a 1/2 cup of water (used to swish out the cans).
  • Add the ground turkey, stir the sauce well and then nestle in the turkey sausages. Bring the sauce to a boil, season to taste with salt and pepper(doesn't really need much-if at all-salt at this point). Turn the heat to low.
  • Cover almost completely iwth a lid (letting the steam escape from one side) and gently simmer for about 4 hours - adding splashes of water every hour or so if the sauce is drying out at all.
  • Uncover the sauce and stir in the tomato paste. Barely cover the pot this time and simmer for another hour.
  • When it's almost time to serve, bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt generously. Add the rigatoni and cook according to the pacakage directions.
  • Serve the sauce over the cooked rigatoni with a good grating of Parmesan cheese on top.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 823.2, Fat 37, SaturatedFat 5.7, Cholesterol 195.2, Sodium 1049, Carbohydrate 74.9, Fiber 5.5, Sugar 9.3, Protein 48.9

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