Mahnke Family Recipes- Peter LaBarbera's Bolognese

Ingredients

• 1 lb / 454 g ground/minced beef
• 1 1 ⁄ 2 c onions - chopped
• 1 1 ⁄ 2 c carrots - diced small
• 4 T tomato paste
• 3 ⁄ 4 c / 170 g red wine
• 3 cans plum tomatoes (14oz/400g cans)
• 2 cloves garlic - whole
• 2 whole bay leaves
• 1 ⁄ 4 t red pepper flakes
• 2 t / 12 g salt
• 1 t black pepper
• 1 large bunch flat-leaf parsley