Family Meat Sauce Bolognaise

c. 1980s · typewriter

20 min prep · 150 min cook

beefpastaitalianfreezer-friendly

Ingredients

1.2 tablespoon oil
2.1 onion, chopped
3.2 garlic, crushed
4.3 carrots, grated
5.1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
6.1 green pepper, deseeded and chopped
7.1 kilogram beef mince
8.oil, for frying mince
9.1 cup water
10.500 gram ripe tomatoes, skinned, deseeded and chopped; or 425 g canned tomatoes
11.sugar, sprinkling
12.2 tablespoon tomato paste
13.tomato sauce, dash
14.1 can mushrooms, sliced; reserve the liquid from the can
15.2 teaspoon salt
16.black pepper, freshly ground, generous
17.2 bay leaves
18.8 black peppercorns

1.Sauté the onions in the oil. Add the garlic and sauté a few moments.
2.Add the carrots, parsley and the green pepper. Sauté about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3.In the meantime, brown the mince in some oil in a separate pan.
4.Add the onion mixture to the meat.
5.Add the water, tomatoes with a sprinkling of sugar, the tomato paste, tomato sauce, mushrooms and their liquor, salt, pepper, bayleaves and peppercorns.
6.Cook about 2½ hours, stir frequently and taste.
7.Remove the bayleaves and peppercorns.
8.Serve over cooked spaghetti.