Name: Deliciously rich and saucy meat sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Ingredients: • 500g minced meat, I used turkey thigh meat; • 1 onion, diced; • 3 ribs of celery, diced; • 3 small carrots, diced; • 1 tsp ginger and garlic paste; • 1 tblsp tomato paste; • 1 tblsp Worcestershire sauce; • 1 tsp dried basil; • 1 tsp dried parsley; • 1 tsp chilli flakes; • 2 tins of whole peeled plum tomatoes; • 1 tin of water, just use the tomato tin as a measuring cup; • 1 cup red wine; • Salt; • Pepper; • Olive oil

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A great meat sauce (I won’t use the name Bolognese because this recipe deviates a little from the traditional version) is one that has different levels of flavour and is so moreish that you just can’t help but love it!

For me it is one of those essential recipes that I think every person should know how to cook. It’s great for batch cooking and freezing to always having on hand when you need to put something together in a pinch, also great to feed crowds of people and is sure to impress.

I have mixed it into pasta’s, layered into lasagna’s, spooned into squash boats or over jacket potatoes. The possibilities are endless!

Let’s get cooking…

Start by frying the mince in olive oil until it starts to brown, break it up with a spoon as it cooks, you want the mince to be quite crumbly.

Once minced has browned nicely, add in the onion, celery and carrots. Cook for 10 minutes until veggies begin to soften, stir often to avoid burning.

After 10 minutes add ginger and garlic, tomato paste fry for 30 seconds until fragrant. Then add in the herbs, chili flakes and wine and allow the wine to bubble up for 5 minutes.

Finally add in the tomatoes, Worcestershire, water, salt and pepper to taste and reduce the heat to low.

Simmer on low heat for 30-40 minutes (even up to 90 minutes if you have the time) until sauce is a glossy dark red colour and all the flavours are well incorporated.

This recipe makes quite a large batch so it can be used 3-4 times.

Swaps…

For a vegan version, swap the turkey mince for steamed lentils, crumbled tofu or crumbled tempeh!

Deliciously rich and saucy meat sauce

Servings

12-16

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

hour

Ingredients

• 500g minced meat, I used turkey thigh meat
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 ribs of celery, diced
• 3 small carrots, diced
• 1 tsp ginger and garlic paste
• 1 tblsp tomato paste
• 1 tblsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp dried parsley
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• 2 tins of whole peeled plum tomatoes
• 1 tin of water, just use the tomato tin as a measuring cup
• 1 cup red wine
• Salt
• Pepper
• Olive oil

Directions

Fry mince in olive oil until it starts to brown, break it up with a spoon as it cooks, you want the mince to be quite crumbly
Once minced has browned nicely, add in the onion, celery and carrots. Cook for 10 minutes until veggies begin to soften, stir often to avoid burning.
After 10 minutes add ginger and garlic, tomato paste fry for 30 seconds until fragrant. Then add in the herbs, chili flakes and wine and allow the wine to bubble up for 5 minutes.
Finally add in the tomatoes, Worcestershire, water, salt and pepper to taste and reduce the heat to low.
Simmer on low heat for 30-40 minutes (even up to 90 minutes if you have the time) until sauce is a glossy dark red colour and all the flavours are well incorporated

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