Johanna's homemade bolognese sauce

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  • Number of Servings: 5
Ingredients
Ingredients:-2 400g tins chopped tomatoes-1 medium sized onion, chopped-1 tbsp olive oil-2 garlic cloves, chopped or crushed-1 tbsp dried basil-1 tbsp dried oregano-1 tbsp black pepper- 3 dried bay leaves-500g lean steak mince-2 tbsp tomato puree
Directions
-Fry the onion and garlic in the olive oil in a pan, until softened
- Add the mince and fry until browned
- Next stir in the tomato puree, basil and oregano
- Add the chopped tomatoes and pepper and bring to the boil
- Once simmering, turn the pan to a low heat, add the bay leaves, put a lid on the pan and leave to simmer for 35-40 mins
-If the sauce still looks runny at this stage, turn the pan on a high heat, stirring continually for 6 minutes to reduce. Do not leave it because the sauce will burn and stick to the pan.
- Remove the bay leaves and serve over some pasta!

Number of Servings: 5

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JOMO4491.

Servings Per Recipe: 5
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 267.1
  • Total Fat: 14.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 2.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 11.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.5 g
  • Protein: 22.6 g

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