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Salvatore Caccioppoli

Salvatore Caccioppoli: Tagliatelle Bolognese

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Serves 4



300 gm   minced beef skirt steak
1 tbsp   plain four
For frying:   olive oil
1   medium finely chopped brown onion
1   medium finely chopped carrot
1   finely chopped celery stalk
10 gm   dried porcini mushrooms
100 gm   rolled finely diced pancetta
50 ml   sangiovese
100 ml   beef stock
300 ml   tomato purée (or fresh passata, if in season)
1 tbsp   tomato paste
1   bay leaf
Egg tagliatelle
400 gm   "00" flour
50 gm   semolina
4   egg yolks
2   whole eggs
1 tsp   grated parmesan
1 tbsp   extra-virgin olive oil
15 gm   salt


1 For egg tagliatelle, make a well with the flour and semolina, adding all ingredients and mixing until well combined. Rest for 1 hr. Roll with pasta machine to 1mm thickness in several batches, if necessary. Each batch must be dusted with flour and cut into 15cm-wide strips to be readied for insertion into pasta machine for cutting into tagliatelle. Prepare salted boiling water for cooking tagliatelle for approximately 1 min, being careful not to overcook.
2 Spread mince over bench and dust lightly with 1 tbsp of flour. Fry beef mince in a very hot pan with olive oil until lightly brown.
3 Fry finely chopped onion, carrot and celery on medium heat. Soak porcini mushrooms in warm water for at least 10 mins.
4 Add the finely diced pancetta to the pot and fry on a low heat for 5 mins. Strain mushrooms and chop roughly and add to mince with sangiovese and cook till wine evaporates. Add beef stock, tomato purée, tomato paste and bay leaf to mince and season to taste. Place lid on pot and simmer for 1½ hrs, stirring occasionally.

Note This is a direct submission from our chef respondent and not a recipe we've put through the triple-testing of everything else we publish in the magazine and is therefore intended as a guide only. Please refer to the recipe given by our food director, Emma Knowles, for a tested and more detailed walk-through.

RECIPE Salvatore Caccioppoli, Svago, Melbourne


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