"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2009-09-15, Christine Dabney > wrote:
>
>> I think the classic one really isn't a "tomato" sauce per se, although
>> it can have tomatoes in it. I think it also has milk in it.
>
> I'm pretty sure added cream is the typical mark of a bolognese sauce,
> but I've heard of some versions not including any dairy. As I understand
> it,
> bolognese is, first and formost, a meat based sauce. Tomatoes, almost
> certainly. Geez, I didn't even look at what wiki has to say:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolognese_sauce
>
> Yep.... a meat sauce. And though it says dairy is optional, that's
> what I think of as a true bolognese sauce. A very flavorful red sauce
> with some cream in it. I'm starting to get antsy, now.
>
> nb


So go buy some beef and veal and cream or milk Add white wine at the
end.

Jill