Spaghetti Bolognese with minced meat and tomato paste

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make spaghetti Bolognese with minced meat and tomato paste? Prepare the products. You can take any pasta you like. I took the spaghetti. Choose pasta from durum wheat varieties - it is both tastier and healthier. Minced meat can be any - beef, pork, poultry, and mixed. I have minced beef-pork. If you don't have celery, you can do without it. In a simplified recipe, even carrots can not be put. But with vegetables, of course, it tastes better.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the onion and cut into small cubes.

3. Step 3:

   

   Pre-wash carrots under running water with a brush. Then clean it. Cut the carrots into small cubes. You can grate it on a coarse grater. But I like it better when all the vegetables are sliced the same way.

4. Step 4:

   

   Cut the celery stalk into the same cubes as the rest of the vegetables.

5. Step 5:

   

   Preheat a deep frying pan over medium heat. Pour vegetable oil on it. Lay out the vegetables. Fry them on low heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally with a spatula.

6. Step 6:

   

   Add minced meat to the vegetables. Using a spatula, first mix it, and then mash it thoroughly to break all the lumps. The smaller the meat in the sauce, the tastier it is. Fry the minced meat with vegetables for about 10 minutes.

8. Step 7:

   

   Add tomato paste to the meat. Pour out the seasoning, salt and pepper. Pour water.

9. Step 8:

   

   Mix all the ingredients of the sauce properly so that the paste is evenly distributed over it.

10. Step 9:

    

    Cover the pan with a lid and leave the sauce to simmer on low heat for 40 minutes. Check if the water has evaporated. If it becomes too little, add more. The sauce should be quite liquid.

11. Step 10:

    

    When the sauce is almost ready, boil the pasta. Put a large pot of water on the fire. There should be a lot of water - a liter for every 100 grams of pasta. Bring the water to a boil, add salt. Throw the paste into the water, mix immediately with a spoon so that it does not stick to the bottom. Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the package. Try it a minute before it's ready. The pasta should remain a little undercooked, just a little. This paste is much tastier than boiled.

12. Step 11:

    

    Drain the pasta, tossing them in a colander. Bolognese sauce is usually not mixed with pasta in a frying pan, as it is done with other types of sauces. First, the pasta is laid out, and the sauce is put on top. When serving, you can sprinkle the pasta with grated cheese and garnish with basil leaves.