making bolognaise sauce from scratch

MrsE_2

Jamie Oliver Ministry of Food, + mushroooms near the end.

Sublime_2

Onions (varies depending on size, a lot though!), a little chopped bacon (or smoked sausage/ham), 6 cloves of garlic, two tins chopped tomatoes, tomato puree (or ketchup), red wine, steak mince, mushrooms, grated carrots, fresh basil, dried italian herbs, seasalt, and black pepper, all bunged in my slow cooker.

I often add red lentils to stretch the meal further.

kezzygirl

thanks lol u are all so knowledgeable!

Fruball

The simplest (and very tasty one) that I cooked recently with limited resources was.

Mince (mixed with oats and a tbsp of flour before frying off at a really high heat til really brown)
a tin tomatoes
an oxo cube
lots of dried basil
salt and lots of pepper

It was yummy! Usually I also add mushroom ketchup (amazing discovery!), bit of worcester sauce, tom puree, mushrooms if I have them in. (ooooh and a good spash of wine if there is some open, red or white)

If its ever a bit acidic I either add a pinch of sugar or bicarb - it fizzes which is a bit disconcerting but tastes great

I never follow a recipe and haven't had any disasters yet!

MrsE_2

MrsE wrote: »

Jamie Oliver Ministry of Food, + mushroooms near the end.

I googled it & can't find the exact recipe & you are not allowed to post peoples recipes on here:(

Buy the book its great:money:

Bronnie

Whichever recipe you use, for the most flavoursome results I would suggest ;

1. frying the meat first to brown it remove from the pan and fry off the onions/garlic etc.
2. Simmering the sauce slowly to cook.
3. Depending on the taste of your tomatoes, adding a little sugar and/or splash of lemon juice or balsamic

Barneysmom

This BBC recips is quite simple, but I use some dried Italian seasoning and some paprika instead of mixed herbs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/bolognesesauce_1306

My way of doing it though is mostly is so far away from the real recipe after years of evolution.

lizimuffin

All those recipes sound lovely, I will give them a go!
My 'recipe' is my mums.
Fry off your mince and onions, adding garlic at the last minute,
Add a tin of chopped plum tomatoes (then fill the can a 1/3rd full with water and put that in aswell),
Add some italian herbs (I use about a tablespoon full), a teaspoon of sugar, and tablespoon tomato puree,
Stir all the ingridients together, season with a little salt and lots of black pepper,
Simmer for about 30-45 mins until it has reduced to the consitency you like.....Voila!!

I generally make maine up the day before, a) it tastes better the day after b) any fat -if any - can been taken off.

zippychick

Hi Kezzy

Making bolognaise sauce from scratch & how do i cook bolognaise in the slow cooker Should help you

Also i searched but couldn't find anything is really great at teaching you how to use the search function - it taught me.:D

Do shout up if you need any help with it. I'll merge this with the first link later

thanks
Zip

Penny-Pincher!!

I generally make a HM bol sauce using basic chopped toms (Mr S 33p), onion (5p), basic dried herbs (2p) but it is quite watery IMO.

The last few weeks Mr S has had their Neopolina Bol sauce with chilli and pepper half price to 74p and its delish. Stocked up on a few jars as I needed to top shop to £60 to get the £12 off.

PP
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