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Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe

Looking for an easy recipe to follow? Try our easy but delicious recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese!

Spaghetti bolognese is one of our favourite tasty meals to make at home (or should I say… what I love making ha ha!).  It’s the perfect comfort food for those cold nights to warm you up or if you fancy a good wholesome meal during the week or after a day of work.

This delicious homemade recipe for spaghetti bolognese is great if you like to throw everything in a big pot and leave it for a couple of hours to do its magic.  And you know how we love our one pot wonders!  It’s packed with lots of veggies … so what’s not to love.

Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Ingredients for the bolognese sauce

This recipe is so easy to follow – here’s our step by step guide on what to do and what’s even better most of the ingredients will most likely be in your store cupboard anyway. This will make a large batch for you to freeze and serve any time but if you want to just make a small portion then divide the amount of ingredients down to suit.

How to Make the Perfect Bolognese Sauce

Firstly dig out a big pot, big enough to add all your ingredients.  If you’re following the recipe exactly and batch cooking then we suggest using this stainless cooking pot ideal for these one pot recipes.  Add a few glugs of oil (we tend to use rapeseed oil) into the cooking pot to start.

Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Stainless steel pot for spaghetti bolognese

Next add the chopped onions and fry till the onions have softened and slightly browned.

Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Red onion and garlic for the bolognese sauce

Add the garlic and the finely grated carrots to the pot, and cook for a further 3 minutes.  Then add the beef mince and mix everything together.  Cook till the mince has browned.

Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Mince and chopped tomatoes in the bolognese sauce

Add the tinned chopped tomatoes to the mixture and stir (don’t forget to add a little water to each empty can to get the last of all those juices).  White wine is added with a couple of crumbled beef stock cubes.

Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Tinned chopped tomatoes for the bolognese sauce


Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Stock cubes to be added to the mixture

The dried herbs (marjoram and oregano), spices (nutmeg and paprika), milk and brown sugar are then added and stirred.

Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Dried herbs for the bolognese

Why use milk in bolognese?

What makes this recipe different to many others is our magic ingredient.  You might ask what it could be – our answer is milk.  That’s right milk!  By adding milk, it enhances the flavours and naturally adds a richness to the meat and the delicious bolognese sauce.  We tend to use semi-skimmed milk, but just use whatever milk you have in the fridge.

Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Milk to be added to the sauce

Finally the bay leaves and finely sliced mushrooms are added to the mixture.  Bring to the boil then turn down the heat and let it simmer for a good couple of hours.

Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Spices and bay leaves for the bolognese

How to cook the spaghetti

The bolognese sauce is best served with spaghetti.  We try to keep it healthy and use dried wholewheat spaghetti. Add water to  saucepan and place the pasta in once the water starts boiling.  Cook the pasta on a moderate heat for around 10 minutes or till ‘al dente’. You could of course use fresh pasta which only takes around 2/3 minutes to cook.

You could also just add the spaghetti to a portion of the bolognese sauce and cook that way too.

Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Dried wholewheat pasta to be served with the bolognese

Drain the pasta and serve with the bolognese sauce.

Finally add a sprinkle of parmesan cheese and even a side of garlic bread and voilà! 

Simple Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Delicious homemade spaghetti bolognese

Here it is, our super easy, delicious, slow cooked spaghetti bolognese.  If you’ve followed the recipe then you’ll have left overs which you can portion out, freeze and reheat for another day.

What other one pot recipes do you like?  Let us know what you think of the recipe.

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Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.
Tasty & Simple Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 20 mins
 

This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook.  So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 16 portions
Author: Ian
Ingredients
Bolognese Sauce
  • 2 tbsps Cooking Oil (We use rapeseed oil)
  • 6 medium Onions (Can use either red or white. Chop the onions)
  • 4 /5 cloves Garlic (Finely chopped)
  • 4 medium Carrots (Finely chopped or grated)
  • 2 kg Beef mince (Fresh or frozen)
  • 6 tins/cans Chopped tomatoes
  • 350 ml White wine (Although some people do prefer red)
  • 2 Beef stock cubes (You can substitute with granules or fresh stock)
  • 3 tbsps Marjoram (Dried usually gives a more intense taste)
  • 1 tbsp Oregano
  • 2 tspns Paprika
  • 2 tspns Nutmeg
  • 250 ml Milk (We use semi-skimmed)
  • 2 tbsps Brown sugar
  • 250 grams Mushrooms (Finely sliced)
  • 3 Bay leaves
  • 1 tspn Salt (Vary the salt according to taste but don't omit)
  • 2 tspns Black Pepper
  • Add water if sauce too thick
Spaghetti
  • Dried or fresh spaghetti (According to number of people)
  • Water to boil
Instructions
How to Make the Bolognese Sauce
  1. Add oil to the cooking pot

  2. Then add the chopped onions and sauté until slightly browned

  3. Add garlic and the finely grated carrots for 3 minutes and continue frying

  4. Add the beef mince and cook until brown

  5. Add the tinned chopped tomatoes and stir. Don't forget to add a little water to the empty cans to get the last bit of all the juices out.

  6. Add the white wine, beef stock cubes, dried herbs, spices, milk and brown sugar. Stir the mixture

  7. Add the finely sliced mushrooms

  8. Add water if mixture too thick as it will reduce down when cooking

  9. Bring to the boil then turn down the heat to simmer for a couple of hours

  10. These are the ingredients I use but feel free to alter the amounts according to your taste or omit or add any other ingredients you specifically like in your Bolognese!

How to Cook Dried Spaghetti
  1. Add water to the saucepan and bring to the boil

  2. Add the dried spaghetti to the boiling water

  3. Turn the heat down to moderate and cook for around 10 minutes or until the spaghetti is 'al dente'

  4. Fresh spaghetti cooks faster than dried so around 2/3 minutes depending on amount

  5. Note: You can either add the spaghetti to a portion of the bolognese sauce to cook or boil in water separately.

Serving
  1. Serve with a good sprinkle of parmesan cheese and a side of garlic bread... Mmmmmm

Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

Delicious Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe - WhodoIdo: This easy to follow recipe for homemade spaghetti bolognese is perfect for an evening meal and great if you’re looking to batch cook. So simple to make and is absolutely delicious.

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2 Comments

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    Couple Around The World 23/04/2020 (10:46)

    That looks delicious! Thanks for sharing

    • comment-avatar
      Ian 23/04/2020 (10:59)

      Thank you so much for stopping by and yes it was delicious 🙂

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