Ink painting..
Anywhos! I'm going to blog about how I make spaghetti bolognese..
After reading the food magazines, I realized how many different recipes there are for spaghetti bolognese, people like to make it their own type of way and I just want to share my recipe I've been perfecting for myself for the past 10 or so years :)
Spaghetti bolognese would have to be my favorite dish along side lasagna, but the thing I love about spaghetti is that where ever it's from, or who ever made it, it will never disappoint me (cause lasagna can be too try or too rich n stuff) not just that, but it's just so easy :)
Anyways here my ingredients
I never measure anything unless it's for baking, but I normally make spaghetti to serve a whole dinner party.. (we eat that much)
- mushrooms
- carrots
- pasta
- mince meat
- canned tomatoes, (I use whole peeled tomatoes cause it's softer and easy to crush)
- tomato paste
- garlic
- onion
- lots of herbs! (bay leave, thyme, oregano, paprika, fresh basil)
First I chopp the carrots up inti tiny cubes n start boiling it, I want the carrots soft!
Chop onion, garlic and mushrooms
Sauté Onion n garlic til it's brown n has the beautiful aroma. Add mushrooms!
Put the tomatoes into a bowl n crush them with your hands, i don't like buying already crushed tomatoes because they are really hard and gross (sorry, it's 3am n I can't word things out as well)
I then add the tomatoes, tomatoe paste, heaps of herbs, carrots, salt and pepper to taste
And! Here's my trick! After mixing that concoction together I let it simmer for 40 minutes.. It thickens the sauce and the flavour is more intense..
I use to add red wine into the simmer, but I really don't like the taste of wine, so I guess you learn from trying right?
After the simmers done, in another saucepan I put the minced meat in and scoop a bit of sauce into it so the meat absorbs the flavour of the sauce (this is really fussy, but if you cook the meat with the sauce originally that meat can over cook and get chewy)
When the meat is pinky brown, than add to the sauce mixture and cook for another 5-10 mins so the meat is fully cooked
Taste, salt n pepper if needed.
So that's my sauce :)
I'm going to estimate the measurements for a small serve
- 200gm mince
- 1 can of tomato
- 1 and a half table spoon of tomato paste
- a carrot
- 2 garlic cloves
- a small onion
- teaspoon of paprika/thyme/oregano
Lol I hope that helps?
We met up with daves cousin and we were talking about healthy food for daves brother, because daves parents work 12 hours a day 7 days a week they never have time to make dinner, do they always come home with fast food and it's really unhealthy for a guy who's locked up in his room all day with no exercise.. Joy suggested 'lite n easy' cause it saves a lot of time, it's healthy and it's cheaper than buying fast food everyday.
Dave took some of the meals so we could try them as well
I had the spaghetti, it took 8 minutes in the microwave
And was actually really nice
It was just so small!! But I guess that's what you are suppose to have..
And Dave had the roast chicken, it came with potato, pumpkin, peas, cauliflower and gravy! Yumm...
My current favorite! Yummy
Anyways! Should sleep.. Or at least try to..
