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Essential Bolognese Sauce

Name: Essential Bolognese Sauce
Cook time: 900 s
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 onion - peeled and quartered; 1 carrot - peeled and cut into 5cm pieces; 1 celery stick - trimmed and cut into 5cm pieces; 2 cloves garlic - peeled; 450 g chuck or rump steak - cut into 2.5cm pieces; 2 tbsp olive oil; ⅓ cup (95 g) tomato paste; 2 x 400 g can crushed tomatoes; 2 tsp white sugar; 2 tsp Coarse salt; Freshly ground black pepper - to season; 6 basil leaves

Mince your own beef in about the time it would take to open a packet…really. Use chuck, sirloin or any leftover steak you have in the fridge. Effortlessly chop the vegetables, then your homemade bolognese is just a simmer away. Simple and easy. Be sure to make a double batch and freeze half for later.

1 hr total time

15 mins active time

Easy

Serves 4

Ingredients

Measurements:

1 onion
peeled and quartered
1 carrot
peeled and cut into 5cm pieces
1 celery stick
trimmed and cut into 5cm pieces
2 cloves garlic
peeled
450 g chuck or rump steak
cut into 2.5cm pieces
2 tbsp olive oil
⅓ cup (95 g) tomato paste
2 x 400 g can crushed tomatoes
2 tsp white sugar
2 tsp Coarse salt
Freshly ground black pepper
to season
6 basil leaves

Instructions

1Assemble the processor with the grey spindle and green S-blade in the bowl. Add the vegetables and garlic and process until finely chopped. Remove and set aside.
2Place the beef in the processor bowl and process until minced to your liking, scraping down the bowl occasionally. Remove and set aside.
3Place a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the oil, when hot, add the vegetables and cook, stirring occasionally for 4 minutes, or until translucent and slightly softened. Increase the heat to high, add the beef and cook until browned. Add the tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the sugar and salt and stir. Add the freshly ground black pepper and basil. Taste and adjust the seasoning, if necessary.
4While spaghetti and lasagne are the first cabs off the rank for this delish sauce, it has a whole host of other uses. Sloppy Joes, quesadillas, nachos and baked potatoes love it, while if you mix with a little rice, it makes a sensational stuffing for capsicum, pumpkin and zucchini.