Bolognese Can be GF and/or Vegan with straight swaps Give Yourself Time – when you need to take extra time, take a step back, breathe and re-Cookfulness yourself Key steps marked for when something really important is needed Hints & Tips to help you throughout and after Cookfulness Playlists get your best tracks going! Difficult rating 1 2 to 3 4 5 Serves 4-6 Cooking time: 35-40 mins Preparation time: 20 mins Give Yourself Time: 75mins You Will Need Measuring jug Knife Chopping Board Large deep based frying pan Can opener
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Ingredients 500g minced beef (or vegan alternative) 1 tbspn tomato puree 1 white onion chopped (or 1 cup of frozen ready chopped) 2 tbspns Worcester sauce (or GF alternative) 2 carrots peeled and roughly diced 1 tspn chopped garlic (or ready paste/chopped) 1 tspn chopped ginger (or ready paste/chopped) 1 tbspn mixed Italian herbs 400ml beef stock (boiling water & 1 stock cube – use vegan/veg as req’d) 1 tin chopped tomatoes Pinch salt & pepper 3 tbspns vegetable oil for frying Method Add the oil to your frying pan and heat under a medium heat (not smoking) Add the chopped carrots and onions and fry for 5-10 mins Turn up the heat to medium high and add the minced beef (or alternative) Carefully break up the mince and fry until all is brown Add the garlic and ginger, stir in then reduce heat to medium Add the Worcester sauce and tomato puree and stir in well Keep cooking for 10 more mins Add the can of tomatoes, dried herbs and salt and pepper, then stir to combine Pour over the stock, turn down the heat to a low bubble and leave for 25-30 mins, stirring occasionally When you get the consistency you want, it’s ready! Hints & Tips Don’t rush the onions, time = flavour! Do take your time after adding the tomato puree, it needs to lose the tinny flavour! If you can, make A Little Extra to bag up and freeze to give you a huge booster when you really need it Ways To Change You can use this as a base for Cottage pie or in Lasagne Add ½ tspn ground cumin and ½ tspn dried chilli flakes for beef tacos and/or beef burritos Add 1 tspn dried oregano, 1 tspn dried chilli flakes, 1 tspn dried coriander and 1 can red kidney beans for chilli beef Add 1 tspn ground cinnamon and sliced aubergine for Middle Eastern twist
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