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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.

51,1113.8/5 for 28 ratings

Last modified on: November 16^th 2014

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 g red wine
11 200 g water
12 1 beef stock cube
13 salt
14 pepper
Total weight: 2,396 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 3 people 6 people 12 people 18 people

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
19 min.	1 hour	1 hour 19 min.

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

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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 g red wine, 200 g 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.

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 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

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	Minced beef: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Bolognaise lasagne, Algerian brik rolls, Italian style gratin, Moussaka, Gratin Parmentier, ... All
	Red wine: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction, Winemaker's toast, Coq au vin, Saucipain, Upside-down Parmentier, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to cook pasta properly, How to seal a terrine or casserole dish, Aperitif rolls, Poitevin twist, Du Barry soup, ... All

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