Spaghetti bolognese by 5 Element Cooking
How about some rich, juicy, aromatic and super comforting spaghetti bolognese by 5 Element Cooking? There are endless versions of this recipe, one of which you can find here. I made mine with turkey meat and a few other alterations. Take a look!
The pasta, the tomatoes
I like my home-made pasta tagliatelle/pappardelle type to go with the sauce. You can get detailed instructions on pasta form scratch here or use shop-bought pasta of your choice. This time, I also used a jar of my own tomato sauce made in summer but if you have not got yours feel free to use a can of tomatoes. The amounts below serve 3-4 depending on appetites.
Two tips
Number one, fry the onion first and set it aside. Then in the same frying pan fry the meat. Avoid frying everything at the same time and overloading the frying pan because the ingredients will get soggy, lose their texture and the flavours will be bland. Plus the cooking process will take much longer.
Number two, make sure you reserve 4-5 tablespoons of you pasta cooking water to add it to the sauce before the end of cooking.
The preparation for the sauce
Peel and dice 1 large onion. Fry it in 2 tablespoons of olive oil until translucent, transfer to a bowl and set aside.
The bolognese sauce
In the same frying pan add the following:
- Sweet 2 tablespoons of olive oil, a packet of 250g minced turkey meat, fry it on high heat stirring and breaking larger pieces apart all the time, once the meat is cooked through add 1 teaspoon of sweet paprika, stir well, the fried onion,
- Pungent 2-3 garlic cloves, chopped or grated on a parmesan grater, a pinch of cayenne pepper, a large pinch of black pepper, a pinch of freshly ground coriander,
- Salty a heaped teaspoon of sea slat flakes,
- Sour a jar/can of tomatoes, 1 heaped teaspoon of basil, 2 tablespoons of tomato puree,
- Bitter a pinch of turmeric, a pinch of thyme, 1/2 cup of boiling water.
- Sweet the pasta water.
Stir all the ingredients well, cover with a lid and simmer on low hear for about 5-10 minutes. Allow the flavours to blend nicely and check for flavour.
Serve garnished with some parmesan or mozarella. Enjoy!
