Simple Bolognese sauce with tomato paste

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare all the necessary ingredients for the Bolognese sauce. You can wind up the stuffing yourself or use a ready-made purchased one. The recipe used minced pork. You can mix two or three types of meat, this will make the sauce brighter and tastier.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the onion and garlic. Rinse them together with herbs and bay leaf under running water. Chop the onion finely.

3. Step 3:

   

   Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and send the onion to fry for a while. You can choose the degree of roasting for yourself, you can wait for the moment when the onion becomes slightly transparent, or leave it in the pan a little longer until it turns golden.

4. Step 4:

   

   Send the minced meat to the onion, mix continuously and break up large lumps with a wooden or plastic spatula. The smaller the pieces of minced meat you have, the more appetizing and delicious the sauce will turn out. Fry the minced meat in this way for about five minutes on high heat.

5. Step 5:

   

   Pass the garlic through a press or chop it finely by hand (as you prefer). Send him to the stuffing.

7. Step 6:

   

   Then add tomatoes in their own juice and tomato paste. At this stage, you can use fresh ripe tomatoes and tomato sauce instead of the declared ingredients. Add salt and pepper to taste and add a pinch of dried basil, oregano or other favorite spices if desired.

8. Step 7:

   

   Mix everything thoroughly, see if the sauce is not too thick. If there is not enough liquid, then add a little water (40-50 ml.). If you use fresh tomatoes, they will give juice during cooking and it will be quite enough. Reduce the heat to moderate and simmer the minced meat with tomatoes under a closed lid for 10 minutes.

9. Step 8:

   

   Next, add the cream and bay leaf to the pan, mix and leave on the stove for another five minutes.

10. Step 9:

    

    Try the sauce with salt, if not enough, then add salt. Add the finely chopped herbs and remove the pan from the heat.

11. Step 10:

    

    The sauce is ready!