Spaghetti Bolognese - what do you put in yours?

[Kbear]

I use onion, mushrooms, tomatoes, herbs, worcester sauce, half a tin of lentils, tomato puree or passata.

Anyone's Spag Bol recipe more exciting?

we put bacon and peppers in as well, and a large slug of red wine

Oooh - just made one now !!! I used onions, garlic, bacon, mince, chopped carrots, basil, tom puree, tin of toms and will be addinmg mushrooms in a short while !!! Yum Yum Yum !!!!

Oh - forgot the peppers - just green today as I had a glut - but usually use one red and one green !

I use onion, garlic, mushrooms, courgette (finely diced), carrot (again finely diced),red or yellow pepper, minced beef, Beef stock cube, tomato puree, a splash of worcestershire or brown sauce, tinned tomatoes and oregano. I always cook it in the slow cooker as the meat gets really tender and the flavour really comes out.

we are having it tonight as well, dh has just made it

Oh yeah and wine if we have it in!

I don't like wine in food, I'm funny like that! I love it glugged straight from the bottle instead.!

and of course there's Delia's way

We're boring - we just have loads of mince with onion and mushroom and a few tins of chopped tinned tomatoes, then we add a jar of Dolmio. It tastes lovely though and it's my DH's best dish!

Here we have - onion, bacon, mince, tom puree, tinned toms, basil, oregano, carrots, courgettes, garlic, red wine and sometimes half an oxo cube or dash of lea & perrins.

I chucked in a handful of spinach the other day (it was left over and needed using) - it was really nice in it!

First you have to make sure you fry the mince until all the pink's gone. Fry chopped onion and garlic separately on a LOW heat (otherwise the garlic gets burned). Put them all in a casserole dish. Add sweet peppers (and a chilli, if you like - we do). A tin of whole tomatoes, a heaped spoonful of tomato puree. Salt, black pepper, basil, and a couple of bay-leaves. Also add a teaspoon of sugar to offset the sourness of the tomatoes. Cook in oven at (180 deg) for 2 hrs. If you've got time, cook longer at a lower temp. Brings out more flavour and makes the meat more tender. Yummeee!

some chopped rosemary & some dried oregano...do mine in the oven...the meat comes up really tender.