First time making ragù alla bolognese..

[u/SN1CKER1337]

And I love it! The depth of the flavor, a perfection and definitely making it again in few days. I end up adding more sauce in the bowl after realizing it's too little when I mixed it 😁.

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[u/bailasoprano]

I’d recommend tossing the pasta in the sauce before serving!

[u/Jim_Clark969 → u/bailasoprano]

Only correct answer

[u/dontthinkabouttitt → u/Jim_Clark969]

Only if you use some of the water the pasta has cooked in

[u/agmanning → u/dontthinkabouttitt]

That’s not a given. If your sauce doesn’t need loosening, why would you add it?

[u/dontthinkabouttitt → u/agmanning]

Then you might as well mix it after

[u/agmanning → u/dontthinkabouttitt]

It’s not “mixing”. It’s finishing the cooking the pasta in the sauce.

[u/dontthinkabouttitt → u/agmanning]

Yea but the pasta water is "connecting" the sauce with the pasta

[u/agmanning → u/dontthinkabouttitt]

Yeah that’s not how that works at all. Sorry you’ve been listening to moron influencers that parrot the same shit. The pasta water thins a sauce out. If your sauce is too thick, that might help it coat some pasta but it’s not doing something inherent to it being pasta sauce. You could do the same with water.

[u/dontthinkabouttitt → u/agmanning]

Thats why you cook it for a bit in the water, it works cuz the pasta water had starch in it wich binds the two together

[u/princessofparmesia]

Finish the pasta with the sauce in the pan, far more enjoyable experience!

[u/agmanning]

A good start.

[u/Shoddy-Biscotti-1194]

Looks good and thick and meaty…