Bridgton Farmers’ Market recipe Market Bolognese

By Nancy Tripp Bridgton Farmers’ Market

This week’s recipe comes to us from Michelle Marshall of Padruig Designs. Perfect for a cold winter’s day, Michelle starts this recipe on the stove top and puts it into her crock pot to cook on low as she goes about a busy day.

This recipe, Market Bolognese, is inspired by the classic meat sauce of Italy. Meant to cook for a good long time at the barest of simmers, this is a terrific recipe to begin on the stovetop and transfer to the crock pot for a good long, worry-free cooking. I love this sauce on a flat wide pasta such as tagliatelle or pappardelle as opposed to a spaghetti. In Bologna, meat sauce is never served on spaghetti. This sauce can be used to make a wonderful lasagna.

Many of the ingredients can be found at the Bridgton Winter Farmers’ Market this Saturday.

Market Bolognese

4 slices bacon (or pancetta) chopped into pieces

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

3 tablespoons butter plus 1 tablespoon for tossing the pasta

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Weekly Schedule

Mondays-Fridays

AA Bridgton New Day Group, 12 to 1 p.m., Lake Region Recovery Center, 2 Elm Street, 803-8707, www. lrrcbridgton.org

Walking 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Bridgton Town Hall Gym.

Tuesdays-Wednesdays

Free Clothing. The Table continues to offer free clothing from 1 to 5 p.m. as well as the last Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. There is a variety of clothing available for both genders and many sizes. The Table is located at 160 Main Street in Norway (across the road from the hospital).

Mondays

Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 to 10 a.m., at Bridgton Town Hall, North High Street, no charge.

Knitting & Crocheting Group meets at the Caswell Conservancy Center in Harrison from 1 to 3 p.m. All levels of knitting are welcome.

Stamping Up Class at the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine, Norway, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Space limited, masks required, materials provided. Sign up at info@crcofwm.org

Chair Yoga (presented by Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine) at Caswell Conservancy Center (42 Main Street) in Harrison with Susan Kane from 11 a.m. to noon.

Open to public ($10), free to cancer patients and their caregivers. No registration required.

Jigsaw Puzzle Library, North Waterford Church (Route 35), the lending library is open every Monday from 1 to 3 p.m. All are welcome.

Tuesdays Open Pickleball Play from 9 a.m. to noon Sebago Rec.

Adult players of all skill levels welcome. For more information, go to www.townofsebago.org/recreation Harrison Food Bank 12 to 6 p.m., located at the Harrison Food Bank, Ronald G. St. John Community Center located at 176 Waterford Road in Harrison. Telephone: 207647-3384.

Bridgton Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., former Methodist Church building, Main Street.

Naples Food Pantry, 10 to 11:30 a.m., located at the Naples United Methodist Chuck; open to Naples residents, distribution is drive-thru.

Tai Chi Maine Set Practice at the Bridgton Town Hall (North High Street) at 10 a.m. For more information, go to the Tai Chi Maine website or e-mail Taichiinmaine@gmail. com. A new beginner instruction takes place at 9:30 a.m.

Jeannette’s Closet, 9 to 11 a.m., free clothing, First Congregational Church, South

Directions

2 onions

3 carrots

3 ribs celery or a celeriac root

1 lb. each ground beef and pork (you can use sausage if you like, sweet Italian works great)

1 large can crushed tomatoes (I like fire roasted)

1 cup chicken broth

1/2 cup whole milk

Wine (Michelle likes to use marsala)

Salt and pepper to taste

Place the bacon or pancetta in a large heavy-bottomed pan and cook until the edges of the bacon are just beginning to brown. Drain excess fat off the bacon and add the oil, butter and chopped onion to the pot and cook and stir the onion on medium heat until the onion has become translucent, then add the chopped celeriac or celery and carrot. Cook for about 2 minutes, stirring the vegetables to coat them well. Add the ground beef and pork, a large pinch of salt and a few grindings of pepper. Crumble the meat with a fork and cook the meat until it has lost its raw, red color.

High Street, Bridgton.

Caregiver Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., MWV Adult Day Center, 987 East Main Street, Center Conway, N.H. This support group offers education, support and coping skills for caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s or Related Disorders. Pre-arranged car is available for the family member while the caregiver attends the meeting. For more information, call 603-356-4980 or online at mwvadultdaycenter. org.

Al-anon, 5 to 6 p.m., Lake Region Recovery Center, www.lrrcbridgton.org Free Narcan Training every other month, third Tuesday, 10 to 11 a.m. by Lake Region Recovery Center. Zoom at https://us02web.zoom. us/86337728738. Meeting ID: 86337728738 (You can use our computers to do this, or at home) Wednesdays

Storytime at the Denmark Public Library at 9:30 a.m. For more information, contact Librarian Robin Gosbee at 452-2200.

Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 to 10 a.m., at Bridgton Town Hall, North High Street, no charge.

Morning Coffee, 9 to 11 a.m., American Legion Post 67, 25 Depot Street, Bridgton. Stop by and have a coffee on us, and see what has been happening with the American Legion. All are welcome! Chair Yoga (presented by

Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine) at Caswell Conservancy Center (42 Main Street) in Harrison with Susan Kane from 11 a.m. to noon. Open to public ($10), free to cancer patients and their caregivers. No registration required.

Thrift Shop at the Lovell United Church of Christ (1174 Main Street), open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; $2 bag sale on the last Wednesday and Saturday of each month.

Family Caregiver Support Group, second Wednesday of each month, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Bridgton Community Center (15 Depot Street), confidentiality respected, sponsored by Southern Maine Agency on Aging; tel. 647-3116.

Sweden Food Pantry, open the first and third Wednesday of the month, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Shoppers must wear a mask. For a To-Go box, call 647-5735 the Monday before pantry. The pantry is in the basement of the Sweden Community Church, 137 Bridgton Road, near Sweden’s Four Corners (intersection of Route 93 and Waterford Road).

Alateen Meeting from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., PVHI Outreach/ Legion Hall, 47 Bradley Street, Fryeburg. For more information, chris.whitaker@pvhi.org or call 207-332-7735.

Wednesdays and Saturdays

Thrift Shop, Lovell United Church of Christ, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Add the milk and let it simmer gently, stirring frequently, until it has bubbled away completely. Add a grating of nutmeg, about 1/8th teaspoon and stir.

Add the wine, let it simmer until it has evaporated, then add the tomatoes and stir thoroughly to coat all ingredients well. When the tomatoes begin to bubble, turn the heat down to the laziest of simmers, just an intermittent bubble breaking through to the surface. Cook, uncovered for 3 hours or more, stirring from time to time. While the sauce is cooking, you are likely to find that it begins to dry out and the fat separates from the meat. To keep it from sticking, continue the cooking, adding ½ cup of water whenever necessary. At the end, however, no water at all must be left and the fat must separate from the sauce.

Or at this point, place the sauce in your crock pot and cook undisturbed for 8 to 10 hours with no worry of drying (at least 4 to 6 hours, but the longer cooking time will enhance and deepen the flavors.)

Use the pasta of your choice and garnish with a little Romano cheese and a loaf of farm fresh bread. Enjoy!

The Bridgton Winter Farmers’ Market runs every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon through April 22. The new winter location is the Masonic Hall, Oriental Lodge #13 at 166 Harrison Road (Route 117).

For a full list of vendors and information on ordering or to sign up for the BFM weekly newsletter visit https:// www.facebook.com/BridgtonFarmersMarket/ or contact BFM at bridgtonfarmersmarket.me@gmail.com

Please no dogs. Sorry, we have a lease to honor. BFM accepts credit cards and EBT. See you there!

Wednesdays and Thursdays

Fryeburg Historical Society

Osgood House Museum, located at 83 Portland Street in Fryeburg, is open for tours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information e-mail the Historical Society at info@ fryeburghistorical.org or visit the webpage at fryeburghistorical.org

Thursdays

Open Pickleball Play from 9 a.m. to noon Sebago Rec.

Adult players of all skill levels welcome. For more information, go to www.townofsebago.org/recreation

Tai Chi Maine Set Practice at the Bridgton Town Hall on North High Street at 10 a.m. A new beginner instruction takes place at 9:30 a.m. For more information, go to the Tai Chi Maine website or e-mail Taichiinmaine@gmail.com

NA (Narcotics Anonymous), 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Lake Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Drive, Suite E, located behind the old hospital using a private entrance, 803-

8707, www.lrrcbridgton.org

Women for Sobriety, 3 p.m., Lake Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Drive, Bridgton (behind old Bridgton Hospital). Open meeting. In-person or Zoom (https://us02web.zoom. us/j/89816213447). Meeting ID: 89816213447. Trail Runs. Every Thursday, May to September, 5:30 p.m., Greater Lovell Land Trust, Lovell Rec, and Upper Saco Valley Land Trust will co-host Roots & Rocks Ramblers Fun Trail Runs. Check gllt.org to register for e-mail announcements of weekly locations. Harrison Maine Climate Action Group has changed its meetings to the 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 2 p.m., at the Harrison Village Library. This is a non-partisan group. Masks are encouraged, as the space is small. Interested but can’t attend? You can participate without attending meetings: Join the Facebook group: Harrison Maine Climate Action or e-mail Andrea at:

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