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Bucatini & Turkey Bolognese Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lbs Ground Turkey
  • 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • 2 Tbsp Butter
  • 1 Medium chopped onion
  • 2 Large chopped carrots
  • 2 Stalks chopped celery
  • 6 Garlic cloves (chopped or minced)
  • 1/2 Cup Tomato paste
  • 1 Cup White wine (dry)
  • 2 Cups Chicken stock or broth
  • 1/2 Cups Heavy cream or milk
  • 1 lb Bucatini pasta
  • Salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Now that we have everything pulled out, lets get started on making this amazingly simple dish. Start off by chopping all of the vegetables to make the process a lot smoother for you. The last thing we need you to do is to start chopping after you have already started cooking which takes more time and more stressful on yourself to make sure that nothing burns.
  • After all the vegetables are chopped to your liking it is time to boil the Bucatini pasta noodles. Add a pinch of salt to the water prior to the boil.
  • While the Bucatini is boiling on mid to high heat, we can begin to sauté the vegetables. Add the olive oil and butter to your skillet turned to mid heat.
  • Soon as you see it begin to heat nicely toss in the vegetables to cook for about 5 to 7 minutes or until slightly tender. We do not want to cook them all the way through because we will have to cook them a little longer later on within the recipe.
  • After the vegetables have become slightly tender place them to the side until we need them later.
  • By this time the Bucatini should be completely cooked; drain the noodles and place them to the side until we are ready for them or you can even wait until after you began sautéing the vegetables to boil the noodles while you complete the next step.
  • It is time to brown the ground turkey. Use the same skillet that we sautéed the vegetables in to add those flavors into the meat, more flavor makes the meal taste better (in my opinion).
  • Brown until you no longer see any pink because one thing we do not need is under cooked meat so this is the one step that you can not short yourself on.
  • Browning the meat should take not even 10 minutes so once that is completely done it is time to pour in the remaining ingredients: heavy cream or milk (if you want to go with a healthier option), chicken stock or broth, white dry wine (your choice), tomato paste, and little salt for taste. Try to avoid going salt happy, the last thing we need is a salty pasta dish because then you will have to start over.
  • Once everything has been added make sure to turn the stove to low heat almost like a simmer but not quite. We will have the sauce cooking for about an hour. This allows everything to mesh together, marry each other or however you would like to put it to make an explosive meal filled with flavors throughout.
  • Stir the sauce occasionally to avoid any sticking at the bottom of the skillet. This is not a meal that you can walk away completely.