Bolognaise sauce

Serves:

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1kg beef mince
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 tsp minced garlic
• 1 jar tomato paste(400g)
• 2 tins diced tomatoes
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 cup red wine
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp Italian herbs mix

Method

In a heavy frypan, heat the olive oil and saute the beef mince until brown. Add onion and garlic and fry for 3 mins.

Add tomato paste and cook for 2 mins. Pour in red wine and cook for a further 2 mins continually stirring.

Add the rest of the ingredients.)

Put a lid on the frypan and simmer for 20 minutes. Add a little water if it needs thinning.

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Serving Suggestions

Note

• This is a great basic recipe for Bolognaise sauce that you can use to make lasagne, nachos, chilli and a whole lot of other recipes.
• You can hide other vegetables in this recipe such as grated zucchini and carrots.
• Slow simmering gives this recpe a nice depth of flavour so don’t be afraid to cook it for longer.
• This recipe was created by Jennifer Cheung for Kidspot, New Zealand’s best recipe finder.