what's your best bolognaise recipe?

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making spag bol tonight.

i want to try and sneak in some veggies.

what do you do to make a mouth watering bolognaise? im heading out in half an hour to buy ingredients.

Too late for tonight but best bolognese i make always comes from slow cooker. Always really tasty when cooked all day on medium.

My mum has started putting red wine in her bolognase, she swears by it!

Finely diced anchovies.

Oh and it is best made the day before, then reheated the next day (the flavour really develops).

A lot of red wine (in addition to all the usual ingredients), plenty of tomato puree and long, slow cooking (at least 2 hours)

.......it's best once it's been frozen, seems to mature

oh, these food threads are so mean. i never bother with supper (no-one to cook for/eat with when dd has been to childminder) and usually its fine, but now i'm desperate for bolognaise. damn.

loads of good ideas there.

im going to try them all but that might take a while. i'll start tomorrow with lio's and let you all know how i get on

mine is so easy - fry mince, drain off fat, pour in a large jar of dolmio and then a tin of baked beans - bring to boil and ta daaaaaaaaaaa . I am a domestic godess!

baked beans

Definitely garlic and I think it's always better the day after it's made

dont mock till you try it!!! dh introduced the idea and i too was but i tell ya its gorge

baked beans here too. and brown sauce

see!!!!!!!!! oooo brown sauce - might try that one - HP?

baked beans ok in chilli but surely thyruin the rich bolognese taste and beans with pasta too carby

baked beans + brown sauce = breakfast

i will be eating bolognaise for a month!!

here's mine:

600g minced beef
1 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
3 carrots, finely grated
2 cloves garlic
2-3 large tins chopped tomatoes
3 tbsp Bisto
2 tbsp tomato paste
half a bottle rough-n-ready red wine
thyme & oregano & 2 bay leaves

Fry meat. Drain off fat on paper roll. Fry onion & garlic on medium heat in olive oil. Add carrots. Lower heat. Add tomato paste, wine, Bisto & chopped toms. Stir in herbs. When simmering, add meat. Turn heat to very low & simmer for 30-40 mins, adding water if too thick.

oh, also 2 tsps sugar and a few shakes of worcs sauce. some celery salt & a few drops of tabasco is good, too.

tabasco = chilli

PS Mine it not impressive, I am just lazy and would rather make an inauthentic vat of the stuff 6 times a year than do it more frequently

onion, grated carrott, grated courgette and tinned toms work really well

mmm might be on the menu here too!!!

but not with carrot - thats just wrong