Bolognese Sauce - Spaghetti Bolognese

So-called spaghetti alla bolognese (also variously known as spaghetti bolognese, esparguete à bolonhesa, spaghetti bolognaise, etc.) is a pasta dish invented outside of Italy, consisting of a meat sauce served on a bed of spaghetti. The sauce is commonly prepared from ground beef, tomato, onion, bacon, spices, possibly cream and additional vegetables such as carrots, celery, or parsnip. The dish is often topped with a sprinkling of grated Parmigiano cheese. Although spaghetti alla bolognese is very popular in various countries outside of Italy, it is not served in Bologna, as the pieces of meat do not adhere well to spaghetti.

In recent decades, the dish has become very popular in Libya, Australia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway, especially among children. It is called spagetti med köttfärssås, in Swedish; spagetti ja jauhelihakastike, in Finnish; spaghetti med kødsovs in Danish; bolognai spagetti in Hungarian; and spaghetti og kjøttdeig in Norwegian; or simply bolognese. A version of this dish is popular in the United Kingdom where it is often referred to as spag bol (or spag bog). In the United States, the term 'bolognese"' is sometimes applied to a tomato-and-ground-beef sauce that bears little resemblance to the ragù served in Bologna.