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Spaghetti Bolognese

Name: Spaghetti Bolognese
Prep time: 19 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 19 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 800 g tomato; 1 carrot; 1 onion; 2 cloves garlic; 1 bayleaf; 1 sprig thyme; 1 sprig rosemary; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 500 g minced beef; 500 ml red wine; 200 ml water; 1 beef stock cube; Salt; Pepper

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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Duration

1 hour 20 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 25^th 2026

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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: 2,395 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

20 min.

Cooking

1 hour

All in all

1 hour 20 min.

Preparation 20 min.

Cooking 1 hour

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Step by step recipe

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

Add 500 g minced beef...

Step 5 - ⌛ 5 min.

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

Step 6 - ⌛ 5 min.

Then add the tomatoes and stir well.

Leave to cook for 5 minutes.

Step 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

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

Turn the heat down to low.

Step 8 - ⌛ 40 min.

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

Remove and discard the bayleaf, thyme and rosemary.

Step 9 - ⌛ 8 min.

Cook the spaghetti...

Step 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.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=5 %	3 g RDI=1 %	6 g RDI=7 %	103 kcal RDI=4 %	431 kJ RDI=4 %
Per person	16 g RDI=18 %	11 g RDI=3 %	26 g RDI=26 %	410 kcal RDI=15 %	1,718 kJ RDI=15 %
Whole recipe	97 g RDI=111 %	63 g RDI=18 %	155 g RDI=157 %	2,462 kcal RDI=91 %	10,309 kJ RDI=91 %