you need oil for the onions and bacon grease will infuse the flavour. use pancetta cubetti - little precut cubes of cured bacon - rather than rashers - they stand up to the long cooking far better than lardons of normal rashers. And have a better flavour, which does really add to the ragu sauce. If you want a really rich ragu, a little pork, or chicken livers will make things very intense; good for lasagne as well as a pasta sauce.
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Date: 2003-10-15 07:40 am (UTC)