Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe
A classic spaghetti bolognese featuring minced beef, pancetta, onions, tomatoes, and carrots, seasoned with garlic, Worcestershire sauce, oregano, bay leaves, and Chianti. This hearty bolognese is served with al dente spaghetti, topped with grated Parmesan and accompanied by delicious garlic bread.
Ingredients
Pasta
- 150 grams spaghetti
Sauce
- 1 leaves bay leaf
- black pepper (to taste)
- 1 whole carrots
- 1 stick celery
- 0.5 tsp oregano (dried)
- 1 cloves garlic
- 250 grams mince beef
- 75 grams chestnut mushroom
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 0.5 whole onions
- 60 grams pancetta
- 175 ml Chianti red wine
- salt (to taste)
- 1 tin tinned tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 1.5 tsp worcester sauce
Bread
- 1 stick garlic bread
Instructions
- heat the olive oil in the frying pan, peel and chop the onion(s) finely, add to the frying pan, dice the pancetta, add to the frying pan, cook for 3 to 4 mins
- wash and dice the celery, add to the frying pan, peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely, add to the frying pan, cook for 3 to 4 mins
- wash and slice the mushrooms, add to the frying pan, cook for 3 to 4 mins, peel and grate the carrots, add to the frying pan, cook the vegetables till they caramelise
- add the mince beef to the frying pan, cook till brown
- add the oregano, bay leaves, canned tomatoes, red wine, tomato puree and Worcester sauce to the frying pan, boil and then simmer, taste and season with salt and pepper if necessary, cook for 25 mins, 15 minutes before the bolognese is cooked, set the oven to 200C 400F or gas mark 6, if cooking extra for the freezer store the extra bolognese in a freezable container allow to cool and then place in freezer
- when the oven is at the correct temperature, put the garlic bread on the baking tray and place in the oven follow cooking instructions on packaging
- half fill a pan with water and boil, add a spot of olive oil and a pinch of salt to the boiling water, add the pasta to the boiling water and cook until tender but with a slight bite
- drain the pasta, divide the pasta between the serving plates
- add the bolognese on the top
- remove garlic bread from the oven, serve the pasta with garlic bread
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