/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15946614
>I hear you're the only one in culinary class who did most of his cooking with a spoon and a Bic lighter

Don’t bother marinating minced meat, the point of marination is to tenderize not to infuse flavor, since you already have a mince you don’t need the meat broken down any more

The simple steps of bolognese are
>brown meat, remove from pot
>sweat veggies
>add spices
>re-add meat
>Deglaze pan
>add tomato
>simmer until done

The secret to good sauce is to build as much flavor at every step as you can, a few pinches of salt as you’re cooking mean you don’t need to add as much at the end when you taste for flavor. Getting enough browning on your meat before you add the vegetables is also important, you should have to scrape the meat from the bottom of the pan when you’re taking it out before adding the vegetables