Spaghetti Bolognese With Red Wine

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 500 g minced beef
• 750 ml red wine, whatever you prefer
• 1 teaspoon dried herbs
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 (400 g) can chopped tomatoes
• 2 teaspoons dried chili pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
• 1 (500 g) packet spaghetti
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• parmesan cheese, to serve

Recipe

• 1 place the minced meat, red wine, mixed herbs and salt and pepper in a bowl.
• 2 stir well.
• 3 cover and refrigerate overnight or all day.
• 4 heat oil in pan.
• 5 stir fry onion and garlic until soft.
• 6 add red wine mixture, tomato paste, canned tomatoes, sweet chili sauce and chili flakes.
• 7 bring to the boil then simmer uncovered for 45 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated and the mixture resembles traditional bolognese consistency.
• 8 (it will be much darker colour than usual).
• 9 cook the spaghetti as mentioned on the packet.
• 10 at the last minute, stir the chopped parsley through the sauce.
• 11 add sauce to the drained spaghetti and top with grated parmesan cheese.
• 12 serve with a nice glass of red.