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bank_of_slate

becky_rtw wrote: »

I love making bolognaise (sp?) - lots and lots of garlic and tomato puree = excellent

Phew, back from wasp bashing!

I love bolognese too, I've just taken a batch out of the freezer that I made a couple of weeks ago.
I made a huge pan of chilli and a huge pan of bolognese.
...Linda xx

InkyCats20

sammy115 wrote: »

Have signed up for it....always wanted a cap and gown....

What with nothing underneath ?:rotfl:

(Land_of)_Maz

i've tried... several times... but always ends up looking a bit pale and uninteresting... needs a tube of tomato puree to make it a nice rich colour.... so of course then all it tastes of is tomato puree!

safer with a jar....

although if i was making me or erin veggie pasta sauce i'd just bung in some tomatoes, herbs, garlic, parmesan, onions and it's lush... but somehow never translates well when added to mince....

not that i've had pasta for months and months!!

bookseller1980

A good slosh of red wine adds to it!
Either in the saucepan or in the cook or preferably both.

bank_of_slate

bookseller1980 wrote: »

A good slosh of red wine adds to it!
Either in the saucepan or in the cook or preferably both.

My secret ingredients for bolognese are:
tomato ketchup, 2 or 3 grated carrots -(they can't really be tasted as carrots but they add something to the flavour, bulk up the quantity and sneaks veggies into the diet without thinking about it! :T ) a small splat of HP sauce and a can of corned beef!

The main recipe is chunky onions, minced steak, a jar of Lloyd Grossman bolognese sauce and a large can of tomatoes, lots of black pepper, shrooms added nearer the end of cooking time.
...Linda xx

becky_rtw

I make the sauce by using small tomatoes - I use a whole box and reduce them to give the sauce a nice rich colour then add the puree - but you can use passata instead then it doesnt taste like puree and adds loads of thickness

bookseller1980

The weightwatchers jars of chilli sauce are nice

(Land_of)_Maz

bank_of_slate wrote: »

My secret ingredients for bolognese are:
tomato ketchup, 2 or 3 grated carrots -(they can't really be tasted as carrots but they add something to the flavour, bulk up the quantity and sneaks veggies into the diet without thinking about it! :T ) a small splat of HP sauce and a can of corned beef!

The main recipe is chunky onions, minced steak, a jar of Lloyd Grossman bolognese sauce and a large can of tomatoes, lots of black pepper, shrooms added nearer the end of cooking time.
...Linda xx

all the little things like HP sauce and carrots i can see the logic, almost, but who thought to add a can of corned beef to a bolognaise that already has steak mince in it???

ghostmadlittlemiss

Sorry about the short message last night, I got no work done at all and didn't want to own up to it.

I'm feeling really down at the moment, I really miss home. I love my course but I really wish it was a little closer to my family (and that petrol hadn't gone up so much :mad: ).

I can't stop in bed feeling sorry for myself all day though. I'll get breakie/lunch in a sec and then maybe put some washing on. It's a decent day so I could even put it on the line.

Talk soon.
Kayleigh

bank_of_slate

Speaking of tomatoes.... Look!



Jessica's ikkle tomato plant is producing! the second they look slightly red she'll grab them off and wolf em!
...Linda xx