Healthy Italian recipe for 12 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has olive oil, bacon, onion, carrot, celery, garlic clove, mixed herb, bay leaf, mushroom, minced beef, tomato, tomato puree, red wine, red wine vinegar, sugar and parmesan.
Big-batch bolognese
Course: Healthy Italian
Servings
12
servings
Prep time
25 mins
Ingredients
- Olive Oil: 4 tbsp olive oil
- Bacon: 6 smoked bacon rashers, chopped
- Onion: 4 onions, finely chopped
- Carrot: 3 carrots, finely chopped
- Celery: 4 celery sticks, finely chopped
- Garlic Clove: 8 garlic cloves, crushed
- Mixed Herb: 2 tbsp dried mixed herbs
- Bay Leaf: 2 bay leaves
- Mushroom: 500g mushrooms, sliced
- Minced Beef: 1 1/2 kg lean minced beef (or use half beef, half pork mince)
- Tomato: 6 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
- Tomato Puree: 6 tbsp tomato puree
- Red Wine: large glass red wine (optional)
- Red Wine Vinegar: 4 tbsp red wine vinegar
- Sugar: 1 tbsp sugar
- Parmesan: parmesan, to serve
Directions
- Heat the oil in a very large saucepan. Gently cook the bacon, onions, carrots and celery for 20 mins until golden. Add the garlic, herbs, bay and mushrooms, then cook for 2 mins more.
- Heat a large frying pan until really hot. Crumble in just enough mince to cover the pan, cook until brown, then tip in with the veg. Continue to fry the mince in batches until used up. Tip the tomatoes and puree in with the mince and veg. Rinse the cans out with the red wine, if you have some, or with a little water, then add to the pan with the vinegar and sugar. Season generously and bring to a simmer. Simmer slowly for 1 hr until thick and saucy and the mince is tender. Serve with pasta and parmesan.
- If you want to make this in a slow cooker, visit ourslow cooker bolognese recipe.
