Spaghetti bolognese

Dinner

One of many versions of the classic

Cooking method: Pan fry
Serves: 2

Time: Average - 30 to 60 minutes
Difficulty: Easy - a child could do it

Equipment

• Frying pan
• Saucepan

Ingredients

• Condiment, cube, or tube
• Tomato puree - some
• Beef stock - 1
• Drink or liquid
• Wine (red) - some
• Meat
• Pancetta (chopped) - 1
• Beef (minced) - 250 gm
• Pasta
• Spaghetti - some
• Vegetable
• Garlic (chopped) - some
• Olives - some
• Carrot - 2
• Tomato - 2
• Onion (chopped) - 1

Method

Chop the onion and the carrots, and fry them with the pancetta cubes in the frying pan for a bit.

Add the garlic and some chopped olives together with the minced beef, and fry for a little bit longer. Chop the tomatoes and add them to the pan to fry for a bit. Set the spaghetti pan to boil.

Add a big glug of red wine, together with the stock cube and a squirt of tomato puree, and some salt and pepper and let the whole thing simmer for a goodly while. At some point, set the spaghetti cooking. As the sauce is simmering, keep it moist by adding alternately red wine and a bit of the water from the spaghetti pan. Once the spaghetti is cooked, serve with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.