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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 3 people, you will need:

0 400 g tomato
1 ½ carrot
2 ½ onion
3 1 garlic clove
4 ½ bayleaf
5 ½ sprig thyme
6 ½ sprig rosemary
7 2 tablespoons olive oil
8 250 g minced beef
9 250 ml red wine
10 100 ml water
11 ½ beef stock cube
12 salt
13 pepper
Total weight: 1,198 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 ½ carrot and dice small.

Finely chop ½ onion.

Peel 1 garlic clove.

Rinse ½ bayleaf, ½ sprig thyme and ½ sprig rosemary.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Pour 2 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 250 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 250 ml red wine, 100 ml water, ½ 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
1,253 Kcal or 5,246 Kj	49 gr	32 gr	80 gr
63 %	19 %	3 %	12 %

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 3 people : 6.16 €
Per person : 2.05 €

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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, Mixed salad, Fine multi-tomato tart, Vegetable pie, Mixed salad stack, ... All
	Minced beef: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Enchiladas, Stuffed tomatoes and courgettes, Hamburgers, Express chilli con carne, Gisèle's Pasties, ... All
	Red wine: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , Two-stage beef chuck , Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction, Marchand de vin sauce, Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bacon rolls, Choux pastry (pâte à choux), How to cook pasta properly, Seeded loaf, Quick orange marmalade, ... All

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