Spaghetti Bolognaisse

 意大利面

This recipe serves 4

Ingredients

300g spaghetti noodles

250g minced beef (you can mix in minced pork. Recommended quantity is 25% of total minced beef, e.g. for 200g minced beef, addd in 50g minced pork)

1 bottle of spaghetti sauce (Barilla brand)

2 medium size tomatoes (I like to use fresh tomatoes to make the sauce more flavorful - skip step 2 if you are using only bottled spaghetti sauce.)

1 medium size large onion

1 tablespoon mixed herbs (oregano, basil, thyme)

1 tablespoon butter (to make the sauce creamy)

Method

Cooking the sauce

1. Dice the onion for frying with beef later.

2. Core each tomato (i.e. remove the spot where the stem used to attach to the tomato) and cut a cross on the bottom of each tomato. Boil the tomatoes in a small pot of water for a few minutes until the skin peels away from the tomatoes. Drain the tomatoes and set aside to cool. Once cooled, slice the tomatoes into half and remove the seeds. Then, cut the tomatoes into small pieces and set aside. 

3. Heat 1 - 2 tablespoon of cooking oil in the wok. Add the diced onions and saute under low heat. Stir fry the beef, breaking them up as you cook. Transfer the beef to a plate and set aside.

4. In the same wok used for cooking the beef, add in the tomatoes and stir fry for 1 minute. Then pour in the whole bottle of tomato sauce. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of mixed herbs and stir to mix. Add the beef and mix into the tomato sauce. Finally, add 1 tablespoon of butter to the sauce and give it a good mix. The spaghetti sauce is ready!

Cooking the pasta

5. Bring a pot/wok of water to boil. Add some salt in it and cook the pasta according to the package instructions. Drain the pasta. Note: If you are not serving right away, drizzle some olive oil over the pasta so that the pasta will not clump together. 

6.  Scoop the spaghetti sauce over the pasta and serve. Enjoy!