Mission: Bolognese

good pasta

Feb 17, 2024

All day a particular vision for a bolognese haunted me. A few weeks ago my friend P had made me bolognese and today I could not stop thinking about it. I just knew I had to make it for me and my flatmate!

The key is to chop everything as fine and small as possible. P sent me a video as guidance and I eyeballed everything else.

Photo of finely chopped carrot, celery and onion.

Ingredients

I roughly added

  • 1: carrot, celery, white onion, small bottle of Sainbsury's Merlot (18.7cl), entire tube of tomato paste (i feel the concentration was not high enough), cup of warm water, beef stock pot
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 750g 5% fat beef mince
  • 2 bay leaves
  • seasoning: salt, black pepper, mixed herbs, italian herbs, thyme
  • topping: parmesan cheese, double cream, parsley

Method

1 - Fry carrot, celery, onion and minced garlic with salt and a generous amount of olive oil
2 - Add beef and fry until fully cooked
3 - Add tomato paste, cook with beef for a bit

the tomato paste concerningly resembled red acrylic paint... Tomato paste blob resembling a blob of red acrylic paint

5 - add red wine
Photo of red wine being poured into a pot of bolognese.

6 - add water and beef stock pot
7- season and boil off until at desired consistency
8 - cook pasta
My boyfrend got me a dutch oven for Christmas and it is simply perfect for cooking this meal ^-^
Photo of red wine being poured into a pot of bolognese.

9 - serve with toppings and tuck in ~ enjoy!!

Photo of red wine being poured into a pot of bolognese. Photo of red wine being poured into a pot of bolognese.

Review

IT TASTED SO GOOD! DELICIOUS, YUMMY, SCRUMMY, DELECTABLE!! My appetite recently reduced from being ill but this has set me back straight. My flatmates all wanted some hehehe I am looking forward to eating this again tomorrow mmmm. This will definitely become a new staple, it's so easy to make. One pot wonder!

P had also added double cream to dilute the saltiness of the sauce as he had added too much salt. I am unsure on the discourse surrounding adding cream to bolognese but I enjoyed it so did the same. I added the cream directly to the bowl so the sauce would keep better in the fridge.