How to make pasta bolognese without using a jar of sauce! It's so easy to make your own bolognese sauce, cheaper & a lot healthier.
All ingredients in the photo apart from the pasta is from Aldi
All ingredients in the photo apart from the pasta is from Aldi
Ingredients
Pasta - Up to you what pasta you use but for bolognese it's best to use penne, fussili or tagliatelle.
Mince meat - Again up to you, beef, lamb, pork. I used turkey. Which made me think how come you can get every meat minced but you can't chicken??
Onion - I ended up using 2
Courgette
Chestnut Mushrooms
Couple of cloves of Garlic
2 Fresh Tomatoes
Tin of Chopped Tomatoes
Tomato Purée
Boil your pasta.
In a heated oiled pan, put your garlic in. Then fry your mince for a couple of minutes with the lid over the pan.
Once you mince is cooked you can add your onions.
Once you onion have softened & have gone translucent, add your courgette.
You might need to add a bit of water & cover the pan. Once your courgette is soft add your mushrooms.
Once all your ingredients are soft & cooked, you can pour the whole tin of chopped tomatoes in.
Something everyone should have in your kitchen cupboard or fridge is a tube of tomato purée. It is so useful for thickening sauces. Squeeze a couple of table spoons of it into your pan until the sauce is nice & thick. Once it starts to bubble you can add your pasta in.
Season with salt & pepper. And there you have it. Your own pasta bolognese without using a jar of sauce!
You can add the fresh tomatoes into your pasta or just put it on top when you've plated up. I prefer having tomatoes cold.
