Recipe
Baked Bolognese
I felt like eating something Italian with my twist in it.
Except pica, my second favorite Italian dish are definitely pasta. So for
todays dinner I made Baked Bolognese. It takes no longer than 10 minutes to
prepare and the next 45 min you can relax and wait to be done…
And did you know that earliest documented recipe for a meat-based sauce (ragù) served with pasta comes from late
18th century Imola, near Bologna? So
spaghetti Bolognese are definitely a classic. And with cooking it in the oven
you get great depth of flavors.
Ingredients:
400g
spaghetti, broken in half
1tbsp
olive oil
1
onion, finely diced
2
celery sticks, finely diced
2
carrots, peeled and grated
2
garlic cloves, crushed
500g
extra-lean beef mince
2x400g
tins chopped tomatoes
1
tsp dried oregano
1 tbsp
Worcestershire sauce
1tsp
sugar
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oil to spray, to grease
75g
edam, grated
25g
parmesan, grated
- Preheat the oven to 190 degrees. Cook the spaghetti according to the pack instructions, drain and set aside.
- In a large pan, heat the olive oil. Add the onion, celery and grated carrots, and gently fry for few min. Stir trough the garlic, then add the mince, breaking it up with a wooden spoon and cook until browned
- Add the tomatoes, oregano, Worcestershire sauce and sugar and bring to boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 min
- Spray a large oven proof dish with a little oil, then tip in the cooked spaghetti. Pour over the Bolognese and lightly mix, then over with grated cheeses.
- Bake for 20-25 min until the cheeses is melted and golden.
- Enjoy…
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tip: For extra flavour use tinned tomatoes with herbs or peppers. If you prefer
a thinner Bolognese sauce, add a little extra tomato juice or water.
