Official recipe from Italian culinary academy reveals key ingredient to the perfect bolognese - have YOU been including it?

When it comes to dinner time, bolognese is a firm favourite in many households across the UK. When it comes to recipe rotation, bolognese is a firm favourite that appears time and again in many households across the UK A recently-updated version of the dish was released in April 2023 by the Italian Academy of Cuisine The Academy of Italian Cuisines notes that, while milk is optional, it is traditionally used in a bolognese recipe Ingredients required for traditional Bolognese sauce Coarsely ground beef 1 lb Fresh pork pancetta, slices: 6 oz ½ onion, peeled: about 2 oz 1 medium carrot, peeled: about 2 oz 1 celery stalk, trimmed: about 2 oz ½ cup of red or white wine Strained tomatoes: 7 oz Tomato paste : 1 tbsp ½ cup of whole milk Light meat or vegetable broth Extra virgin olive oil: 3 tbsp Salt and pepper In its method for the dish, the Academy notes that milk is optional but adds that it is traditionally used. The cultural body also included a list of 'unacceptable variants' of ingredients in its recipe for a bolognese, which features veal, smoked pancetta or bacon and the use of only pork mince instead of beef. The full method for the perfect bolognese according to the Italian Academy of Cuisine reads: 'In a heavy non-stick 10-inch casserole dish, melt the ground or chopped pancetta with olive oil. Popular Italian chef Gino D'Acampo used milk in his bolognese recipe when featuring on This Morning's Italian Masterclass series 'Raise the heat to medium and add the meat, break it up, then cook for about ten minutes, always stirring, until it sizzles and browns.