Baked Pasta Bolognese

"This Baked Pasta Bolognese is the ultimate comfort food! The homemade Bolognese sauce is layered with pasta and cheese to create a delicious recipe that’s sure to become a family favorite! Bolognese sauce, known as ragù bolognese in Italian, is a slow-cooked tomato-based Italian meat sauce. This classic sauce starts by sautéing carrots, celery and onions until softened. Next, finely diced beef mince (and a small amount of fatty pork go into the pot. (This recipe uses ground beef and diced bacon.) Next up is a bit of wine followed by tomatoes and tomato paste. After this simmers for ~1½ hours, a cup of milk goes into the sauce. The result is an incredibly flavorful pasta sauce! Aside from the sauce, this Baked Pasta Bolognese is quite an easy meal to make. And when I say it’s delicious, I mean it’s delicious! One bite. That’s all it took. One bite and we were absolutely hooked on this recipe. This ultimate comfort food recipe is perfect for curling up on the couch and watching a movie. But it can also be paired with a side salad and served to company. It’s versatile. It’s like the little black dress of pasta bakes. This oven baked pasta Bolognese features all of the flavors of Lasagna Bolognese…but it’s much easier to make! It’s cheesy, rich and comforting in the way that pasta bakes should be."