Lower Fat, Higher Fibre Beef Bolognese Sauce
- 500 g ground beef
- 1 teaspoon steak seasoning or 1 teaspoon beef stock cube
- 12 teaspoon onion salt
- 12-1 cup dried mushroom
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 (400 g) can chopped tomatoes
- 1 large carrot
- 2 teaspoons wheat bran (optional)
- 2 -3 tablespoons tomato puree or 2 -3 tablespoons tomato paste
- dried basil
- dried oregano
- 500 ml hot water
- red wine (to taste)
- Put hot water in pan add steak seasoning, onion salt and mince.
- Bring to boil and let it cook till mince is cooked through.
- This removes the fat from the beef.
- Take cooked mince from pan with a slotted spoon and put to one side.
- Then remove the fat from the top of the "stock" left.
- Take dried mushrooms and rinse them throughly to remove any gritty bits.
- Then place these into the stock.
- Bring to the boil, then turn the heat down and simmer till mushrooms are soft.
- Take approximately half to three quaters of the cooked mushroms, a little hot water if needed and whiz them in a blender / magic bullet till you get a fine mushroom paste.
- Put to one side.
- Chop onion and crush garlic.
- Add these to a pan with a tiny amount of olive oil, I use an olive spray and give it a few squirts.
- Saute the onion and garlic gently until soft.
- Add the precooked mince, mushroom paste and tinned chopped tomatoes and let it heat through.
- As the above is warming, whiz the carrots with a little water till you get a carrot paste, then add this to the mix.
- Add tomato puree, dried basil, dried oregano to taste.
- Then the natural wheat bran and the mushrooms not blended earlier.
- Stir, bring to the boil and then let it simmer for 5 minutes
- Add wine to taste simmer for another minute.
- Serve with pasta, Enjoy.
steak seasoning, onion salt, mushroom, onion, garlic, tomatoes, carrot, bran, tomato puree, basil, oregano, red wine
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lower-fat-higher-fibre-beef-bolognese-sauce-324879 (may not work)