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Slow-simmered spaghetti bolognese

Classic spaghetti bolognese made easy — rich, meaty tomato sauce over pasta. A healthy family dinner that batch-cooks and freezes beautifully.

Best for families and batch cooks.

  • High Protein
  • Dairy Free

Quick tips

Short on time? Do these first — small moves, big flavour.
  • No hours to simmer? Stir in a splash of milk and a teaspoon of sugar — it rounds out the tomato and tastes slow-cooked in 25 min.
  • Grate the onion and carrot instead of chopping — they melt into the sauce in half the time.
Ready in
55 min
Hands-on
15 min
Cook
40 min
Ingredients
11
Serves
6

Ingredients

  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 onion
  • 2 carrots
  • 750g beef mince
  • 50g parmesan
  • 500g spaghetti
  • 2 cans chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 beef stock cube

Method

  1. 01Soften onion, carrot and garlic in olive oil for 8 minutes.
  2. 02Brown the beef mince well; add tomato puree and cook 2 minutes.
  3. 03Add chopped tomatoes, oregano and stock; simmer 25 minutes.
  4. 04Cook the spaghetti, toss through the sauce, finish with parmesan.

Nutrition (per serving)

  • Calories590 kcal
  • Protein32 g
  • Carbs72 g
  • Fat17 g

Equipment

  • Stove

Storage

Sauce refrigerates 3 days or freezes 3 months.

Freezer friendly.