The best Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe. Our best ever spaghetti bolognese is super easy and a true Italian classic with a meaty, chilli sauce. This recipe comes courtesy of BBC Good Food user Drain the spaghetti and either stir into the bolognese sauce, or serve the sauce on top. Serve with more grated parmesan, the remaining basil.
Get that depth of flavour by cooking the sauce very gently until it's super rich. Once the spaghetti is cooked through, drain and add to the pan with the bolognese sauce. Everyone needs a great everyday Spaghetti Bolognese recipe, and this is mine! You can have The best Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe using 25 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of The best Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe
- It's of Main Ingredients.
- Prepare 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- It's 2 of medium onions, finely chopped.
- You need 2 of carrots, trimmed and finely chopped.
- You need 2 of celery sticks, finely chopped.
- You need 2 of garlic cloves, finely chopped.
- You need 2-3 sprigs of rosemary, leaves picked and finely chopped.
- You need 500 g of minced beef.
- It's of Bolognese Sauce.
- It's 2 of x 400g tins plum tomatoes.
- You need of Small pack basil, leaves picked (3/4 chopped, rest left whole).
- You need 1 teaspoon of dried oregano.
- Prepare 2 of fresh/dried bay leaves.
- Prepare 2 tablespoon of tomato purée.
- You need 2 of beef stock cube.
- It's 1/2 teaspoon of sugar.
- It's 1 of red chilli, deserved and finely chopped.
- It's 1/2 teaspoon of red grape vinegar.
- It's 6 of cherry tomatoes, sliced in half.
- It's 1/3 teaspoon of fresh black pepper.
- It's 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
- Prepare of To season and serve.
- You need 75 g of parmesan cheese, grated, plus extra to serve.
- It's 400 g of spaghetti.
- Prepare of Crusty bread, to serve.
The Bolognese Sauce is rich, thick and has beautiful depth of Spaghetti Bolognese. We Aussies have a thing about shortening words. Pavlova is Pav, afternoon is arvo, mosquitos are mozzies. Our Spaghetti Bolognese recipe is a classic and made with homemade Bolognese sauce and tender chunks of beef.
The best Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe step by step
- Gather and prepare all ingredients.
- Put a large saucepan on a medium heat and add 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- Reduce the heat and add the two onions, two carrots, two celery sticks, two garlic cloves and the leaves from 2-3 sprigs rosemary, all finely chopped, then fry for 10 mins. Stir the veg often until it softens..
- Increase the hear to medium-high, add 500g minced beef and cook stirring for 3-4 minutes until the meat is browned all over..
- Add two tins of plum tomatoes, the finely chopped leaves from 3/4 small pack basil, 1 teaspoon dried oregano, 2 Bay leaves, two tablespoon tomato purse, 1 beef stock cube, 1 deserved and finely chopped red chilli, 1/2 teaspoon of red grape vinegar and 6 halved cherry tomatoes. Stir with a wooden spoon, breaking up the plum tomatoes.
- Bring to the boil, reduce to a gentle simmer and cover with a lid. Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes stirring occasionally, until you have a rich, thick sauce. In between, add the pinch of sugar for flavor. Don't forget the salt and fresh black pepper.
- Add the 75g grated parmesan cheese, check the seasoning and stir..
- When the bolognese is nearly finished, cook 400g spaghetti following the pack instructions.
- Drain the spaghetti. Serve with more grated parmesan cheese, the remaining basil leaves and crusted bread. And enjoy! 😋.
This spaghetti bolognese will be one of the best recipes you've ever tried, as it's been carefully tested in our kitchen. Choose the best minced (ground) beef that you can for a full, rich flavour. If you can make this dish a day or two earlier than needed: it will be good on the day it is made but certainly improves for keeping. I make this Spaghetti Bolognese more than any other recipe. period. Not only do I absolutely crave its hearty, rich, meaty sauce bursting with flavor but it is SO effortless.