White Ragu for the winter kitchen

A delicious, easy on the system Bolognese without tomatoes

Tuscan White Ragu

By Ric Orlando

Ragu, a slow cooked sauce, usually but not always with meat. It does not have to be a tomato sauce. As a matter of fact, many of the ragus I have enjoyed in Tuscany that no tomato at all, or have a hint of tomato but are not “red sauce”. This dish is exactly that, a rich meat sauce without tomatoes. I enjoyed this at Trattoria Rusticanella in Lucca and recreated the recipe.

Though wild boar is available online, you can use ground pork, or even “meatball mix” which is a blend of pork, veal and beef. Wild boar has a richer taste than pork because it has a very different diet.

Serves 4 with leftovers.