Rich Bolognese Sauce
1 hour 40 minutes
Rich and saucy; packed with vegetables like capsicum and carrots. Best served with spaghetti and freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
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6 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 800g lean beef mince
- 1/2 glass red wine
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 2 (400g) tins diced tomatoes
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 beef stock cube
- 4 bay leaves
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 3 large strips of lemon rind (cut from unwaxed lemon with a knife)
- 1 pinch chilli flakes, to taste
- 1 green capsicum, diced
- 1 large carrot, diced
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:40min ›
Extra time:50min ›
Ready in:1hour40min
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add onion and brown.
- Add basil and tinned tomatoes then stir.
- Cover and leave on a low heat for at least 1/2 an hour; stirring occasionally. The longer you can leave it to simmer the more flavour it will have.
- Add beef and mix thoroughly until cooked through.
- Pour wine into the mixture and stir through.
- Add the tomato paste, stock cube, bay leaves, garlic, lemon rind, chilli flakes, capsicum and carrot; stir again.
