Tag: Pasta

Spaghetti is a healthy and very delicious dish. Not just only in Italy but it is famous around the world. I love Italian fresh herbs and various types of ingredients which makes this dish splendid and flavour full. Spaghetti is one of my favourite dishes as it is simple to make and gives you a nutritious meal. When I came to England in 1999 I learned this recipe from my in-laws. I started to make different versions of the dish and tried to learn different Italian dishes. Now i’m a spaghetti lover. So my aim is to make you fall in love with Spaghetti Bolognese!!! “Squistito”. “Delizioso”!!!

so here’s what you need to make this splendid spaghetti bolognese.

Ingredients for Spaghetti Bolognese

• 500g of spaghetti
• 500g of mince (lamb, chicken or beef)
• 300g of mushrooms
• 400g peeled tomatoes
• 300g passata
• 2 to 3 green capsicums
• 2 small onions
• 10 cloves of garlic
• Mixed Italian herbs
• Parmesan cheese
• Fresh basil leaves
• Olive oil
• Black paper
• Salt

• Prep time: 15 mins
• Cooking time: 30 mins
• Serves: 4 to 6

• Special notes : Vegetarians can substitute the mince with soybean mince.

Step- by-step recipe

• Begin by boiling some water in a saucepan and add a teaspoon of salt. Add the spaghetti to the water and allow it to cook.

• Meanwhile, fry the mince on a pan until all the fat has separated. Once it has separated, get rid of the fat and keep the lean mince aside.

• Start frying garlic and onion in olive oil and then add some mixed Italian herbs. After about 30 seconds, add the green capsicums and mince.

• Pour in the chopped tomatoes and passata and mix in well. Allow this to cook for 10 minutes.

• Add in the mushrooms and basil leaves. Mix it in well and let it simmer.

• Once the spaghetti has cooked, drain the water and put the spaghetti in a separate dish.

• Pour a little bit of olive oil on the spaghetti to ensure that it doesn’t stick together.

• Add pepper to taste in the bolognese sauce.

Serving suggestions: You can serve this dish with the spaghetti and bolognese sauce separate or mixed together. This dish dish tastes even better when topped with parmesan cheese.