Bolognese sauce, called ragù in Italian, is a meat sauce that hails from the city of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. Although in America it is frequently a tomato-based meat sauce, traditionally it is a richly complex, silky-textured, and wonderfully elegant sauce paired with wide, flat pasta strands such as fettuccine. It is also used in the classic lasagna alla Bolognese. Although the cooking time for Bolognese sauce is long, the hands-on prep time is very brief. Technique and time are important to success here, so don’t be tempted to take shortcuts to speed up the process. We’ll teach you every step to the best bolognese recipe, plus how to avoid common mistakes when it comes to this Italian dish. Buon appetito!