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Bolognese French Fries with burrata
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Bolognese French Fries

A pile of crispy French fries topped with melted mozzarella cheese, lots of meaty bolognese sauce, and a big ball of creamy burrata
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time3 hours
Total Time3 hours 20 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine: American, Italian
Keyword: fried, Mash-Up, Over the Top
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 1351kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Bolognese Sauce

  • 1/4 cup olive oil split into 4 tablespoons
  • 1/2 pound spicy Italian sausage
  • 1/2 pound ground beef
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 2 ribs celery diced
  • 1 carrot diced
  • 5 cloves garlic minced
  • 8 ounces tomato paste
  • 2 cup stock chicken, beef or garlic
  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley plus more for garnish
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 cup cream

Fries

  • 32 oz frozen crinkle fries
  • 8 oz grated mozzarella
  • fresh parsley
  • 1 ball burrata

Instructions

Bolognese

  • In a large frying pan over high heat, add a tablespoon of olive oil and the sausage. Cook on high heat to brown as you break up the pieces. Make sure you really brown it well!
  • Remove the sausage from the pan and add the next bit of olive oil. Repeat with the ground beef, breaking it up in the pan and browning it well.
  • Remove the beef and do the onion, carrot, and celery next with more olive oil. Again, be sure to brown the veggies well.
  • After they reduce a ton in size and are browning around the edges, add in the garlic. Cook only 2 minutes, then add the remaining olive oil and the tomato paste. Cook about 5 minutes on high, stirring constantly to fully coat the veggies in the tomato paste. The paste should appear to be frying in the oil.
  • Add the meats back into the pan and add in the broth, parsley, oregano, and sugar. Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 2 hours. Stir it every 15 minutes or so, It will reduce to a thick sauce.
  • Add in the cream. Use a hand blender and pulse the sauce to make sure the meat is all broken down into really small uniform pieces. Make sure to not overblend the sauce.
  • The sauce will be thick. Depending on how thick, you could add a splash of cream, water, or broth to thin it a little. You want it to be fairly thick for the french fries, but if you are using it on pasta you could thin it a bit.

Fries

  • Preheat the oven 25 degrees hotter than what it says on the french fry packaging. Toss the fries with a drizzle of olive oil and some salt and spread them out on the baking sheet. Toss them ounce on the sheet with a spatula about 60% of the way through cooking.
  • Preheat oven to broil on high. Pile the fries in the pan or oven safe dish you plan to serve them in. Cover with mozzarella. Broil until the cheese is melted and brown.
  • Smother the fries in the bolognese sauce, then top with the burrata. Top with parsley and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 1351kcal | Carbohydrates: 89g | Protein: 41g | Fat: 95g | Saturated Fat: 34g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 48g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 145mg | Sodium: 2872mg | Potassium: 2073mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 4681IU | Vitamin C: 37mg | Calcium: 396mg | Iron: 7mg