Feed the Family Easy Bolognasey

· serves 3 · Ava’s verdict

Two tins of chopped tomatoes on a wooden board beside a pile of freshly chopped tomatoes
Tinned and fresh, both go in.
Ava holding a bowl of pasta topped with bolognese, basil leaves and a wedge of flatbread
So tasty and easy to make.

What went in

  • 2 tins of tomatoes
  • A handful of ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped
  • 1 pack of minced beef
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • A little oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • Pasta, for boiling in salted water
  • Basil from the garden
  • Flatbread, to serve
Ava crouching by a basil plant growing in a pot outside, picking a few leaves
Basil from the garden.

How I made it

  1. Brown off the pack of mince with a little oil in a hot pan.
  2. Take the mince off, lower the heat to medium and soften the onions.
  3. Add the chopped garlic.
  4. Add the tinned and chopped tomatoes.
  5. Put the pasta on in boiling salted water.
  6. Reduce the sauce down and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  7. Add the beef back to the sauce and warm it through.
  8. Add a little pasta water if you need to.
  9. Put the pasta in bowls.
  10. Spoon the bolognese over.
  11. Add a few fresh basil leaves on top.
  12. Serve with a few pieces of fresh flatbread and enjoy.
Minced beef browning in a pan with a wooden spoon
Mince first.
Ava dropping chopped garlic into a pan of sliced onions
Onions, then garlic.
Ava tipping a tin of chopped tomatoes into the pan
Tomatoes in.
Ava spooning bolognese sauce over three bowls of pasta lined up on the worktop
Three bowls, one pan.
Ava tasting the sauce from a spoon over the pan
Tasting as I went.