Weeknight Pasta Bolognese

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2003, America's Test Kitchen TV

Lush, decadent, even a little unctuous, Bolognese sauce is everything you could ask for except quick. Could we find a way to make this classic pasta sauce in less than an hour?

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 1¾ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a weeknight pasta Bolognese recipe with a sauce that tasted as if it had simmered all day, not under an hour, we used the food processor to chop most of the ingredients, used a sweet white wine to lend sweetness to the sauce, and cooked...

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