Simple spaghetti bolognese recipe

 

How to make spaghetti bolognese

Ingredients

For Bolognese 

500g minced beef
500ml Tomato sauce
2 Onions

2 Garlic cloves

1 carrot, finely grated

1/2 Tbsp paprika

1/2 Tsp Black pepper

1/4 Cup water

1 Stock cube

Salt to taste

2 Tbsp cooking oil

Fresh basil, small bunch

Parmesan for serving, shaved 

For Spaghetti

Dry Spaghetti 4 servings

1 litre, water

A pinch of salt

Instructions

• Heat a pan and add cooking oil.
• Finely chop the onions.
• Add in the pan and stir.
• Peel and and finely chop the garlic.
• Once the onions start to brown add the finely chopped garlic and stir thoroughly.
• Add the minced meat and stir until it's all sealed.
• Cover for 2 minutes
• Add the black pepper, paprika and salt and stir well.
• Finely grate the carrot.
• Once all redness in the minced meat is gone add the finely grated carrots and stir thoroughly.
• Add tomato puree and stir.
• Add tomato sauce and stir thoroughly.
• Add stock cube and allow it to melt. 
• Cover the pan on medium heat for 2 minutes.
• Meanwhile roughly chop the basil.
• Stir the Bolognese well to ensure that the stick cube doesn't form any lumps.
• Add 1/4 cup of water and stir thoroughly.
• Lower the heat and cover for 5 minutes.
• Add roughly chopped basil and stir thoroughly.
• Turn off the heat  and cover.
• The Bolognese is now ready to serve

Spaghetti

• In another pan, bring water to boil.
• Add a pinch of salt.
• Add spaghetti and cook for 8 minutes or as per packet instructions.
• Turn off the heat and drain the spaghetti using a sieve.

Serve Spaghetti Bolognese and sprinkle parmesan cheese.

Enjoy!

Please see below video should you wish to see the visual procedure on how to make simple Spaghetti and Bolognese.