Spicy Bolognaise
Spicy Beef Bolognaise Bake
Ingredients
- 30 ml Olive Oil
- 2 tsp Garlic, chopped
- 1 tsp Chilli, chopped
- 1 Brown Onion, diced
- 1/2 Red Capsicum, diced
- 4 Bacon Rashers, diced
- 100 gm Chorizo or Salami, diced
- 1 kg Minced beef
- 1 Carrot, grated or diced
- 2 Stalks Celery, diced
- 1 Zucchini, grated or diced
- 2 Tbsp Smoked Paprika
- 1 Can Crushed tomatoes
- 1 Can Tomato Soup or double the tomatoes
- 2 Cups Dry Macaroni or other small pasta
- 1 1/2 Cup Pizza Cheese
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large oven proof pan if you have one, fry off onion, capsicum, bacon, chorizo, celery, carrot and zucchini with garlic until softened.
- Add minced beef, fry until browned, add smoked paprika, cooking 2 minutes.
- Add tomatoes and tomato soup if using, with 2 cans water, simmer 10 minutes
- In a bowl or jug place pasta and cover with boiling water, soak for 5-10 minutes
- Preheat oven 180 C
- Add drained pasta and simmer 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle with grated cheese, bake in oven for 20 minutes or until cheese has browned.
- Serve with a salad.
Notes
You can make this just as a pasta sauce, if so leave out the water and the pasta and then serve over your favourite pasta.
I often make 2, one to eat and one to freeze for later, I don't do the oven bake step though for the freezer one.