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Spaghetti bolognese

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Spaghetti bolognese
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How to make spaghetti bolognese

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The long one

150 minutes · serves 4 · Easy

What you need

  • 500g beef mince
  • 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 celery stick, all finely diced
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 400g tin tomatoes
  • 150ml milk
  • 150ml red wine
  • Spaghetti

What you do

  1. 1Brown the mince hard in batches — crowd the pan and it steams instead.
  2. 2Soften the diced vegetables in the same pan for 10 minutes.
  3. 3Return the meat, add the milk and simmer until it disappears. Then the wine, same again.
  4. 4Add tomatoes and a splash of water, then the lowest possible heat for 2 hours.
  5. 5Season at the end, and loosen with pasta water when you toss it through.

Weeknight version

35 minutes · serves 4 · Easy

What you need

  • 500g beef mince
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 400g tin tomatoes
  • 1 beef stock cube
  • Oregano
  • Spaghetti

What you do

  1. 1Brown the mince, then the onion and garlic.
  2. 2Stir in the tomato purée and let it darken for a minute — this is where the depth comes from.
  3. 3Add tomatoes, crumbled stock cube, oregano and 100ml water.
  4. 4Simmer 25 minutes, uncovered, until it holds its shape on a spoon.