Saturday, June 1, 2013

Spaghetti Bolognese

Bolognese sauce 
450g meatball
1 medium sized onion
chopped garlic
chopped tomatoes
chopped carrots
250g sliced mushrooms
1 tb/s paprika (depending how spicy you want it to be)
2 tb/s extra virgin olive oil
400g tomato paste/concentrate
*salt to taste


Spaghetti 
400g spaghetti
3/4 t/s salt
1 1/4 t/s olive oil
water


Method: 
Bolognese sauce
1. Peel and chop the onion and garlic.
2. Clean the minced beef with a lemon.
3. Chop tomatoes and carrots in cubes.
4. Pour the olive oil into a deep saucepan or pot. Heat it and fry the onion, garlic and paprika until
    translucent.
5. Add the minced beef and fry until the beef is brown and crumbly.
6. Add tomatoes, carrots, sliced mushrooms and tomato concentrate.
7. Bring to boil. Add salt to taste.

Spaghetti
1. Bring the water to a boil.
2. Add the olive oil and salt, then the spaghetti.
3. Cook till 'al dente'.
4. Once done, drain the water and run cold water on the spaghetti so that it doesn't become sticky.


 Serve with grated parmesan and basil leaves.

 Bon appetit!


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