Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe
A classic dish and really easy to make, try this Spaghetti Bolognese recipe for a great, filling evening meal. Add a bit of Parmesan on the top to really finish it off nicely.
Ingredients
500g Minced Beef
1 chopped onion
180g chopped carrots
1 tbsp olive oil
2 chopped celery sticks
2 tins chopped tomatoes
large squirt of tomato puree
1 clove crushed garlic
2 beef stock cubes
2 bay leaves
400g dried spaghetti
150ml red wine
Method
1. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, add the minced beef and cook until browned.
2. Add the onion, carrots, garlic and celery. Cook these until they are slightly soft, but make sure they do not brown.
3. Add the tomatoes, tomato puree, stock cubes made up with 150ml boiling water, wine and the bay leaves, stirring as you go.
4. Bring the heat down to a low level and cook until the carrots and celery are soft, this can take anything up to 1 hour 30 mins.
5. For a really rich flavour make sure you stir the sauce to break up the minced beef and the tomatoes, this can also be done with a potato masher if you wish. Take out the bay leaves just before serving.
6. Cook the spaghetti as per the instructions on the pack. Drain and serve with the bolognese sauce, garnish with parmesan cheese, and if you wish, some basil leaves.
Serves: 6
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 90 mins
39 Comments
Hi, I’ve tried this recipe a half dozen times now and it’s always delicios, emply bowls everytime!! Also very convenient as it lasts me and my partner 2 or 3 days, fantastic, thanks!
yeh this recipe really is very flavoursome i make this at least once a week
This recipe reminds me of the spaghetti my aunt used to make. Very delicious. Haven’t seen many bolognese recipes with carrot and celery in them. I always thought my aunt just added them because she felt like it.
u didnt say if it was 2 400g chopped tomatoes
it’d be nice to see a picture what it looks like.
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i would like to see a picture of it before i cook it so i know it looks good otherwise i will proberaly make mine lok completely wrong!
i used this recipe before printed it out then i lost it i have just spent hours looking for it and i am very happy because i found it:D
Great recipe. Easy to prepare and very nice.
I tryed this recipe and it was fantastic. the wine relly gives it a rich flavour. And the recipe i tryed was 2 400g tin of tomatoes lillian. I suggest to any one that wants to have a dinner party or just a really good delicious meal to try this recipe. it’s fab
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I have tryed this recipe so many times. it is so delicious. and the wine really gives it a rich flavour. i love it. and i use 2 400g tine of tomatoes lillian. i suggest this recipe to any one who is having a dinner party or who just want a really delious mean. i love it. i cant stop making it. it is fab
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This is the first time i have cooked this recipe by myself.I wanted to cook it for my mum and dad it is very straight forwards as it tasted delicous.
Sounds yummy,can’t wait to try it ! Worcester sauce is what I tend to put in my bolognese sauce but will deff try the wine in it.
This was so delicious, its completely WOW!
You dont really get recipies like these anymore but this has got to be the all tike best spagetti bol recipe
i did this for my mum and dad and they said it was the best 1 they ever had! Thanks! (:
does any one reccomend a good red wine to use in this recipe. this looks a really tasty meal.
I am so trying this tonight! loved all the comments and am also wondering which wine would be good to use?
hi i really like this recipie i am only 15 and i am making it for my friends so i hope it will be yummy!! thanks…xx
it was actually really easy to make after a few times on learning – coliender was really great – wow it tasted fantastic after !!
The recipe looks so easy and I have most of the ingrediants already, so here goes…..
I made this last night with turkey mince and chicken stock cubes for a change from beef. It was amazingly good. The carrots give it a real sweetness. With turkey mince it didn’t seem quite “meaty” enough, so next time I’ll try it with double the amount of turkey mince. I also used quite watery tomatoes which seems to make it more watery so the extra meat is needed to bulk it out a little. I used a £4 bottle of wine and it was fine. I’ll be making this regularly (I chop all the veg beforehand, fry off for 10 mins, chuck it all in and then go off for a couple of hours – it’s hard to go wrong).