This is a Spaghetti Bolognese recipe that Lucia gave to me and it is serving me well and keeping my food costs down during the difficult time I'm going through being between jobs.
This can make a week's supply of the stuff if you portion it into food bags and then freeze it (which is what I'm doing).
Alternately, this can feed a group of people
You Will Need:
1kg Fresh Mince (less than 5% fat is ideal)
500g of Pasta or Spaghetti
1 Tin Chopped Tomatoes
Plenty of Garlic Powder (crushed Garlic Cloves will also do fine)
6 Tablespoons Tomato Puree
1 Beef Stock Cube
BBQ Sauce
1. Oil The Frying Pan
2. Fry the Mince until Brown Crispy Bits
3. Whilst Mince is browning, boil full kettle
4. Put snapped Spaghetti or Pasta (doesn't need snapping) into big Saucepan
5. Add boiling kettle to pasta and boil, keeping back a bit of boiling water for Step 7
6. Add salt to Pasta/Spag and Mince. Add Garlic Powder to Mince
7. When Mince begins to spit because it's dry, pour the remaining boiling water in to cup and melt stockcube into boiling water. Once dissolved add to frying pan with Mince
8. When most of this has been absorbed, add whole tin of tomatoes to mince.
9. Add 6 tablespoons tomato puree to the mixture in the frying pan. Add more Garlic Powder and add BBQ sauce
10. Then let it boil for 5-7 minutes.
11. Strain Pasta/Spag in colander.
Cost to make: Around £6