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ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground chicken

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground chicken is often less expensive.

red wine

🥗Healthier: non-alcoholic red wine

💰Cheaper: grape juice

Non-alcoholic options maintain flavor without alcohol.

Parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated Pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds umami.

canned tomatoes

🥗Healthier: fresh tomatoes

💰Cheaper: crushed tomatoes

Fresh tomatoes can be healthier, while crushed tomatoes are often cheaper.

Heat a heavy-bottom pan over medium heat.

Use a wooden spoon to render the fat from the pancetta until it becomes translucent.

Add diced onion, celery, and carrots to the pan and sweat them to release their juices and natural sugars.

Add ground beef to the pan along with a little salt and pepper, being cautious of the saltiness from the pancetta.

Lightly brown the beef and cook off all the liquids.

Once the liquids have cooked off, add white wine and let it reduce until almost dry.

Cook the tomato paste in the remaining beef fat to eliminate the metallic taste.

Add the tomato paste to the sauce and incorporate it well.

Cover the pot and let the sauce gently simmer for at least 3 hours, stirring every 30 minutes.

While the sauce simmers, make fresh pasta or buy high-quality dried pasta.

Wrap the pasta dough in plastic and let it rest in the refrigerator while the sauce simmers.

After 2 hours of simmering, add milk to the sauce and stir to combine, then let it continue to simmer.

Roll out the pasta dough to the thinnest setting using a pasta roller or rolling pin.

Bring a separate pot of salted water to a boil and drop in the fresh pasta, cooking for about 40 seconds.

Stir the pasta in the pot and then add it to the sauce, along with a little pasta water to loosen it up.

Plate the pasta with a twirl and top with sauce, grated parmesan, and a drizzle of olive oil.

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