Spaghetti Bolognese

Name: Spaghetti Bolognese
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 onion, finely diced; 4 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 cup carrot, very finely diced; 1 tin cooked brown lentils; 1 celery stick, very finely diced; 20 button mushrooms, very finely chopped into a mince; 1 cup non-alcoholic shiraz or red grape juice; 400g tin diced tomatoes; 700g jar of passata; 1½ cups water; 1 tbsp vegan beef stock powder; 1 tbsp coconut sugar; ¼ tbsp mixed dried Italian herbs; ½ bunch fresh basil leaves; 4 cups baby spinach leaves; 4 tbsp cashew sour cream (recipe below); 4 tbsp nutritional yeast; 200g wholemeal spaghetti (uncooked weight)

4 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:58:47 GMT

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 cupcarrot

1 tinbrown lentils

very finely chopped into a mince

1 cupshiraz

non-alcoholic, or red grape juice

400gtin diced tomatoes

700gpassata

1 ½ cupswater

1 Tbspvegan beef stock powder

1 Tbspcoconut sugar

¼ Tbspmixed dried Italian herbs

0.5 bunchfresh basil leaves

4 cupsbaby spinach leaves

4 Tbspcashew sour cream

4 Tbspnutritional yeast

200gwholemeal spaghetti

uncooked weight

Instructions

Step 1

Heat a large casserole pot on a high heat. Add the onions and dry saute (no oil) for 1 minute, add garlic and saute for another minute. Add a couple of tablespoons of water to deglaze the pan. Add celery and carrots and saute for a couple of minutes.

Step 2

Add the mushrooms and saute for a couple of minutes. Add the non-alcoholic wine or grape juice, tin tomatoes, passata, water, stock powder, coconut sugar, dried herbs and basil leaves. Stir well, cover with a lid and bring to the boil. Remove the lid when boiling, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes until it becomes a nice sauce consistency.

Step 3

Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti as per packet instructions.

To serve

Step 4

Place a quarter of the cooked spaghetti into 4 serving bowls, top each bowl of spaghetti with a cup of baby spinach, then with the Bolognese sauce, 1 tbsp cashew sour cream and 1 tbsp nutritional yeast.