Student Recipe: Best Bolognese Sauce

Name: Student Recipe: Best Bolognese Sauce
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 x glugs of oil - olive, vegetable or sunflower; 250 g mushrooms, chopped; 500 g beef mince; 1 g glass red wine, optional; 1 x quantity Tomato Sauce; Few dashes of Worcestershire sauce; 2 large carrots, ends removed, coarsely grated; 1 beef stock cube; Cooked pasta, to serve; Cheddar or Parmesan cheese, grated, to serve

For non-meat eaters use veggie mince and stock, and leave out the Worcestershire sauce

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 09 September 2012

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Yields:

Prep Time:

25 mins

Cook Time:

1 hr

Total Time:

1 hr 25 mins

Ingredients

2 x glugs of oil - olive, vegetable or sunflower
250 g mushrooms, chopped
500 g beef mince
1 g glass red wine, optional
1 x quantity Tomato Sauce
Few dashes of Worcestershire sauce
2 large carrots, ends removed, coarsely grated
1 beef stock cube
Cooked pasta, to serve
Cheddar or Parmesan cheese, grated, to serve

Directions

1. Step 1
  Heat one glug of oil in a large saucepan over a high heat and fry the mushrooms, stirring occasionally, until soft and any liquid in the saucepan has evaporated - about 5 minutes. Empty the mushrooms into a bowl. Add another glug of oil to the saucepan, then add the mince. Stir to break it down and continue cooking until it's nicely browned.
2. Step 2
  Stir in the wine, if using. Bring to the boil, then turn down heat to medium and simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated.
3. Step 3
  Add the Tomato Sauce, Worcestershire sauce, carrots and cooked mushrooms. Crumble in the stock cube. Bring to the boil, then cover with a lid and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Step 4
  Serve with cooked pasta, topped with grated cheese.

Per Serving:

Calories: 334
Total carbs: 12 g
Sugars: 11 g
Total fat: 21 g
Saturated fat: 7 g

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