Roasted Tomato Bolognese Sauce (Gluten Free)

Bolognese sauce, thick and meaty, there’s not much that beats it in my opinion! You can use whatever meat you like, or even replace some or all of the meat with some or all of the meat with Portobello and Crimini mushrooms. This Roasted Tomato Bolognese Sauce (Gluten Free) is one of our all-time favorites!

You can serve it on regular pasta for those who can eat it or gluten free for those that need it. Try it with a homemade pasta, or purchased fresh pasta like one of Taste Republic brand, or on soft polenta or firm, baked polenta. Perfect for a crowd. But a simple meal with just a salad and some Gluten Free Puffy Yeast Breadsticks. Yum! Perfect for leftovers too. If you had it on pasta the first dinner, serve it over polenta the second night. No one will complain with this leftover, I promise!

If you don’t want to bother with roasting the tomatoes, you can find a fire roasted canned tomato or just use a stewed variety. 

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Roasted Tomato Bolognese Sauce (Gluten Free)

Roasted tomatoes gives this Bolognese a beautiful depth and distinction. You can't go wrong with Bolognese!

Servings 8

Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
• 1 lb. ground beef 7% fat or more
• ½ lb. ground turkey 85% fat free, turkey sausage below, or substitute pork italian sausage, gf
• ¾ teaspoon Kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper crushed
• ¼ teaspoon dried basil gluten free
• 2 lbs. Roma tomatoes fire roasted, peeled, and chopped See below
• 1 large onion minced
• 2 carrots finely minced
• 1 large stalk of celery finely minced
• 1 handful celery leaves
• ½ large shallot finely minced
• 5 large cloves of garlic finely minced
• ½ cup milk
• ¼ cup heavy cream
• 1" piece parmesan cheese rind
• 1 cup Sauvignon Blanc or other dry white wine
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 teaspoon anchovy paste
• 6 oz. tomato paste
• 1 ¼ cups water
• 1 dash nutmeg
• salt and pepper to taste
• fresh flat leaf parsley minced, to top
• fresh basil minced, to top

Turkey Sausage Recipe

• ½ lb. ground turkey 85%-93% fat free
• ½ teaspoon fennel seed gluten free
• ½ teaspoon anise seed gluten free
• ¼ teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• ½ teaspoon water
• ¾ teaspoon honey

Instructions

• To roast the tomatoes, line a baking sheet with foil. Wash the tomatoes and score the bottom of the tomatoes with an “x”. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil over the tomatoes. Add a sprinkle of salt. Roast under an oven broiler about 4 inches from the flame.
  
• When charred, turn over and roast the other side. Remove from the oven and cool until cool enough to handle. 
• Peel the tomatoes. 
  
• Dice the tomatoes and set aside.
• Make the turkey sausage using the recipe below.
• To a Dutch oven or large saucepan or stock pot, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add the minced onion, carrots, and celery and saute until slightly soft. Add the garlic and shallots and continue cooking until soft. Remove to a bowl. 
• Add the ground beef and ground turkey or prepared turkey sausage. Brown over medium high to high heat, breaking the meat into small pieces as it browns.
• Add the wine in and stir well to remove the meat pieces from the bottom of the pan. Add the onion mix back in, followed by the diced tomatoes, anchovy paste, milk, cream, tomato paste, water, balsamic vinegar, nutmeg, and parmesan. Stir and simmer covered with the lid partially cracked for 1- 1 ½ hours.
  
• Serve over gluten free pasta or gluten free polenta. Top with freshly grated parmesan cheese and minced parsley and basil.

Turkey Sausage Recipe

• Stir together all ingredients in a bowl. Use in recipe in place of ½ lb. ground turkey.

Notes

You can substitute Portobello mushrooms or Crimini mushrooms in place of some or all of the meat in this recipe. Portobello have a meat like texture and you may not miss the meat if you want to make this “meatless”. Just chop and saute them as you would the meat and cook it with the sauce for a lovely taste. 

Substitute canned fire roasted tomatoes, if you like. I love roasting my own vegetables, and it’s really pretty simple and doesn’t take long. You can also just use diced stewed tomatoes if you like. 

My family loves pasta and pasta sauces, and this one is definitely one of our favorites!

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: meaty pasta sauce, pasta sauce, red sauce

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