Bolognese sauce with a twist! 

Yo! Bolognese Sauce is a new discovery in my world, but a very welcome development. It is a minced meat goodness that can do no wrong with pasta. If you would like to know how to bless your taste buds with this yummy goodness, please stick around, but first a brief bolognese history! 

History of bolognese sauce 

Bolognese sauce is a meat based sauce that originates from the city of bologna in Northern Italy. 

In present time, Bolognese sauce has been seen to go beyond the shores of Northern italy, from rich families to the poorest of neighbourhoods with an addition of old beef meat to intensify its flavour.

It is also important to note that this particular recipe has no known (single) rigid ingredient list, however, there are two constant ingredients that have to be present where bolognese sauce is concerned, these are ; ground/minced beef and tomatoes. 

Today, I would be sharing my own rendition of this famous sauce, and I assure you that it is most definetely a crowd pleaser. 

INGREDIENTS

• 420 g  ground minced beef
• 4 ripe and juicy tomatoes blended (or canned tomatoes)
• Tomato paste (100g)
• 1/2 teaspoon Ginger paste 
• 1/2 teaspoon Garlic paste
• 1/4 cup of blended scotch bonnet pepper (ata rodo)
• 1/4 cup of blended deseeded local  red bell peppers 
• One full onion bulb (chopped)
• 1/4 of ketch up (could add more if you so desire)
• seasoning cubes (add as required) 
• 1 tsp curry powder 
• 3/4 cup of oil for cooking.

Instructions

1. Start by adding some vegetable oil in a pot, then throw in your minced beef. Fry till minced meat is no longer raw (a little over 5mins)
2. Add in some chopped onions, closely followed by some ginger and garlic paste, and then your blended scotch bonnet pepper. 
3. Let it simmer for a bit, then follow through with blended tatashe
4. Pour in your blended/ canned tomatoes 
5. Add your preferred spices and seasoning (paprika pepper, cayenne pepper, curry powder, Bouillion cube)
6. Pour in your ketch up
7. Add some water and slow cook on low heat for 5-8 mins 
8. Add in a sprinkle of rose mary spice 
9. Your bolognese sauce is ready! 
10. Serve with some pasta and meat balls for maximum enjoyment.

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