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Spaghetti Bolognese recipe | Kids Eat by Shanai

Spaghetti Bolognese


Description

My recipe for Spaghetti Bolognese is rich, thick and a delicious slow cooked indulgence perfect made in a large batch for a week of leftovers.


Ingredients

Scale
  • splash olive oil
  • 2 large slices bacon or prosciutto
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, diced
  • 2 celery stalks, diced
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • 250g beef mince
  • 250g pork mince
  • 1/2 cup / 125ml red wine
  • 1 kg tomatoes, finely diced
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 sprigs thyme
  • salt & pepper
  • 400g spaghetti
  • Parmesan, freshly grated, to serve
  • Parmesan to serve

Instructions

Pre heat oven 180°C.

In a large frypan, over medium heat, add the oil, bacon, onion and garlic.  Cook for 5 minutes until softened, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.

Add both the beef and pork mince and cook until browned, breaking up the mince with the spoon as it cooks.  I like my meat to be quite crispy and really brown at this stage.

Add the red wine to deglaze the pan, use your spoon to scrape along the bottom of the pot.  Cook this out until you can no longer smell the alcohol.

Stir through the remaining ingredients, including salt and pepper, and bring to the boil.  Cover with lid and place in the oven for 1 hour.  Give it a check and a stir a couple of times during this hour, if it starts to look dry add a little water.  Remove the lid and cook for a further 30 minutes, top up with a little water if needed.

Cook the spaghetti as per packet instructions (less 1 minute cook time as pasta will continue to cook in the sauce) and once everything is cooked stir the pasta through the sauce, along with a splash of the pasta cooking water to give thickness to the bolognese sauce.

Garnish with Parmesan and Parsley to serve.

 

Notes

This makes a lot of sauce, you may prefer to set half aside for leftovers and stir the pasta through half the sauce.  Depends on how saucy you like you Bolognese.