Everyone is bored with my bolognese, help me jazz it up [edited by MNHQ to correct typo]

[Crunchymum]

I follow (loosely) Gino D'Acampo's recipe so I start with sofritto / use pork and beef mince / wine

I add a few extra bits as well (he doesn't use garlic in it ) but everyone is fed up of it.

Any suggestions for improvements or alternative recipes?

Brown mince with onion and garlic. Crumble over a beef oxo.

Add peppers, mushrooms, courgette. Soften.

Add passata, 50g of green pesto, a dash of Worcester sauce, 1tbsp of balsamic vinegar, another stock cube, loads more garlic. Cook down. Serve. Delish.

There’s also to zhuzh (like juj) something up.

OP, jazz or even jhuzz - no jizz in the bolognese, whether or not you are expecting company... 😂

Try adding some double cream at the end. Obviously not authentic, but my DM is Italian, and she always did this for us when we were kids and I still love it today. Calorific, but lovely. Wine is required, always, garlic not.

It's a classic dish. If you're tired of it, make something else.

Do you caramelise the soffrito?
Do use garlic as well.
A chopped red pepper can be a nice change as well/instead of the carrots/celery.
And bacon lardons or even better, a slice of gammon cut into lardon sized cubes.
Brown the meat well too.
A knorr stock cube - oxo is MSG crap.
Don't overdo the tomatoes - add tomato purée or Bomba paste if you feel it needs more.

Make chilli con carne instead

I put a LOT of herbs - oregano and mixed herbs, balsamic vinegar, sugar, onion, salt Passata and garlic. My kids have never gotten bored with it but I have.

Maybe she likes it salty?

We add a few chorizo chunks or a sprinkle of red chopped chillies sometimes.

Always add an OXO cube or maybe try adding some pepperoni or chorizo.

I use Jamie Oliver recipe but don’t add quite as much water.

If you've got port, bung that in.
Like super rich red wine

I follow the bbcgoodfood big batch bolognese recipe with half beef, half pork mince and lardons. The only change I make is I add a stock cube and some balsamic vinegar. It’s delicious and always gets polished off. It does make tons though!!

'Jazz' or 'zhuzh', not gizz. Or jizz.

Chorizo
Worcestershire sauce
Balsamic vinegar
Tomato purée

Any or all of the above

Steak seasoning

Chilli flakes.

I also put sugar in mine.
Add a slug of balsamic and a handful of parmesan.
And def use garlic!!!

Make a lasagne instead maybe?

Make it into pasticcio or chilli instead

'*Maybe she likes it salty'
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😂😂😂😂😂

I like a jizzless bolognese, personally 🤮

The 'nats what I reckon' bolognese is really nice

I put sun-dried tomato paste in mine.

Currently eating it right now......!

It's one of the very few meals everyone eats (we have it once a week)

Honestly, if you've been having it once a week for a while, it really is due a rest. Bolognese is bolognese at the end of the day, whatever you do to it, it's going to be on a spectrum of the same thing.

Worcester sauce
Garlic
Mushrooms
Onions
Tin toms
Passata
Oxo cube

My DH prefers meatballs to bolognese. Not sure why it's the same sauce. You could try that. I add some pesto near the end also second the Worcester sauce. I sometimes add wine but apparently it should be added near the end. Something a chef told DH once.