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Spaghetti Bolognese

Spaghetti "bolognese" (after the town of Bologna, Italiy) is a well-known dish, but so often amounts to nothing more than pasta topped with minced meat in a plain tomato sauce.

Here is a more traditional version, in which the sauce is made with tomatoes, herbs, red wine and - of course - meat.

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Last modified on: November 16^th 2014

Keywords for this recipe:Pasta Spaghetti Italy Grinded meat Red wine Tomatoes

For 6 people, you will need:

1 800 g tomato
2 1 carrot
3 1 onion
4 2 cloves garlic
5 1 bayleaf
6 1 sprig thyme
7 1 sprig rosemary
8 4 tablespoons olive oil
9 500 g minced beef
10 500 ml red wine
11 200 ml water
12 1 beef stock cube
13 salt
14 pepper
Total weight: 2,396 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Rinse the tomatoes and cut out the hard bit around the stalk, then cut into chunks.

If you have the time, you can also peel them.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Peel 1 carrot and dice small.

Finely chop 1 onion.

Peel 2 cloves garlic.

Rinse 1 bayleaf, 1 sprig thyme and 1 sprig rosemary.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a large saucepan on medium heat.

When hot, add the onions, carrot, herbs and garlic.

Salt and pepper, then cook for 2 minutes without colouring.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 500 g minced beef...

Stage 5 - 5 min.

---and cook, stirring frequently (break up any large lumps).

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Then add the tomatoes and stir well.

Leave to cook for 5 minutes.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Add 500 ml red wine, 200 ml water, 1 beef stock cube and stir well.

Turn the heat down to low.

Stage 8 - 40 min.

Leave to cook uncovered until the sauce is reduced by 3/4.

Remove and discard the bayleaf, thyme and rosemary.

Stage 9 - 8 min.

Cook the spaghetti...

Stage 10

...mix with the sauce and serve immediately.

Remarks

If fresh tomatoes are not in season, use whole tinned ones.

Keeping

A few days in the fridge, covered with food film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,507 Kcal or 10,496 Kj	97 gr	63 gr	160 gr
125 %	37 %	6 %	24 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
105 Kcal or 440 Kj	4 gr	3 gr	7 gr
5 %	2 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
418 Kcal or 1,750 Kj	16 gr	11 gr	27 gr
21 %	6 %	1 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 12.33 €
Per person : 2.06 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beans with tomatoes, Tomato and cream cheese terrine, Tomato omelette, Cretan salad, How to peel tomatoes using a flame, ... All
	Red wine: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Roscoff loaf, Marchand de vin sauce, Coq au vin, Winemaker's toast, Two-stage beef chuck , ... All
	Minced beef: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Stuffed tomatoes and courgettes, Gratin Parmentier, Italian style gratin, Moussaka, Algerian brik rolls, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Peanut rolls, How to heat milk without it catching on the bottom of the pan, Quick chicken curry, Mushroom velouté, Sausage and lentils "en cocotte", ... All

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