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SpagBog

Spaghetti Bolognaise

Spaghetti Bolognaise is one of those dishes that everyone has their own version of. Family recipes, personal creations, traditional recipes – they all have their place within the broad spectrum of a bolognaise. On the surface it can be a very quick and simple dish but the many variations and permutations of what are endless!

I have tried many recipes over the years, gathered tips and tricks and played with different flavour combinations and cooking times all in the hunt of a good bolognaise sauce. This is my current recipe.

I tend to make the bolognaise in large batches and freeze for use at another time. I have found I tend to cook my sauce down to a very thick consistency to freeze then add in a tin of tomatoes to the sauce when I defrost and use it.

Because it is a long slow cook, the house will smell amazing while the sauce is doing its thing. There’s nothing better than the tomato garlic richness of a bolognaise wafting through the house to excite the appetite.

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SpagBog

Ingredients

1 kg pork mince
1 kg veal mince
2 onions
1 carrot
1 stalk celery
1 head of garlic
1 tablespoons dried porcini mushrooms
750ml red wine
750ml passata
2 tins diced tomatoes
1-2 C beef stock
handful of basil and flat leaf parsley
olive oil, salt & pepper

Instructions

1
Peel onions, carrot and garlic and place in a food processor with the celery. Process until finely chopped. Set aside. Place the dried mushrooms in a bowl and cover with around 1/2 a cup of beef stock to soften.
2
Heat a large pan until very hot. Sear the mince in batches to brown - no more than half a kilo at a time and set aside, retaining any juices.
3
Returning the same pan to the heat, add a few glugs of olive oil and gently cook the vegetable mixture until translucent - about 5 minutes.
4
Return the mince to the pan along with any juices. Add the wine, passata, tinned tomatoes, soaked dried mushrooms and their soaking stock along with the basil and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
5
Bring the sauce to a very gentle simmer and cook for at least 90 minutes and up to 4 hours, stirring occasionally. If the sauce is becoming too thick or drying out just add more beef stock or another tin of tomatoes.
6
Once cooked I like to smooth the sauce a little with a stick blender. This is a personal textural preference.
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