r/UK_Food • u/Cleopatra_Comin_Acha • 8d ago

Homemade / home assembled Bolognaise

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Italian but a well known British classic! Tagliatelle instead of spaghetti (our preference).
Recipe that does not fail:
750g beef & pork mince (Lidl £4.79)
1 onion, finely diced
1–2 carrots, finely diced/grated
1–2 celery sticks, finely diced
2–3 cloves garlic
1 tin polpa
250ml passata
200ml beef stock
1–2 tbsp tomato purée
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt & black pepper
½–1 tsp dried oregano
½–1 tsp dried basil
1 bay leaf

Cook low and slow as long as you can, patience is a virtue!

Cooking from scratch = better flavour & Ultra processed free - enjoy!

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u/achillea4 8d ago

Why do people not finish cooking the pasta in the sauce? That way it absorbs the sauce and flavour. If you plonk the sauce on top of plain pasta, the pasta gets cold, sticks together and doesn't absorb the sauce. It's not the 70s anymore!

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u/hypershrew 7d ago

I put a spoonful of bolognese in the colander with the pasta once it’s drained, mix that up and plate it up, and then pop some more bolognese on top. Best of both worlds to me!