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I am always asked for a chunkier style bolognese. I posted last year about using the rice basket for cooking mince for a chunkier result  but I thought I would write up an actual recipe which may be more helpful.

This is a chunky style bolognese packed full of vegetables. Whilst the mince in nice and chunky the vegetables are quite fine so great for all those vegetable detectives in the house.

I use my homemade Passata in this recipe. You can use store bought Passata if preferred. I like to use Herbamare salt in most of my recipes as it gives a nice flavour to the sauce. You can use salt.

 

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I have included stove top instructions below.

 

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Chunky Style Bolognaise – TMX


  • Author: The road to loving my Thermomix
  • Total Time: 35

Ingredients

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  • 500g beef mince
  • 1 onion, peeled
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 5 shortcut bacon rashers, roughly chopped
  • 510g olive oil
  • 1 carrot, roughly chopped
  • 1 celery stalk. roughly chopped
  • 1/2 capsicum, seeds removed and roughly chopped
  • 1 small zucchini, roughly chopped
  • 400ml/380g passata, see blog for recipe
  • 1/3 cup of water
  • 1 beef stock cube
  • 2 tablespoons of parsley
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 teaspoon of herbamare salt
  • Pepper, to taste
  • 400g pasta, cooked according to packet instructions

Instructions

  1. Place carrot, celery, zucchini and capsicum into bowl.
  2. Blitz on speed 7 for 5 seconds.
  3. Place vegetables into a separate bowl and set aside.
  4. Place onion, bacon and garlic in bowl.
  5. Blitz on speed 7 for 5 seconds.
  6. Add oil and cook at 100 degrees, speed 2 for 5 minutes.
  7. Add vegetables, water, stock cube, passata, salt, pepper and parsley.
  8. Insert steaming basket into bowl.
  9. Break up mince into large chunks and place in basket.
  10. Place the bay leaves on top.
  11. Cook at 100 degrees, speed 2 for 22 minutes.
  12. Remove bay leaves and place mince in with the sauce mix.
  13. Serve as is or break up mince slightly by blitzing on reverse, speed 3 for a few seconds.
  14. Serve over pasta.
  • Prep Time: 5
  • Cook Time: 30

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 4
 

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Chunky Style Bolognese


  • Author: The road to loving my Thermo Mixer
  • Total Time: 35

Ingredients

Scale
  • 500g beef mince
  • 5 shortcut bacon rashers, diced
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 510g olive oil
  • 1 carrot, finely diced or grated
  • 1 celery stalk, finely diced
  • 1/2 capsicum, seeds removed and finely diced
  • 1 small zucchini, finely diced or grated
  • 400ml/380g passata, see blog for recipe
  • 1/3 cup of water
  • 1 beef stock cube
  • 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 teaspoon of herbamare salt
  • Pepper, to taste
  • 400g pasta, cooked according to packet instructions

Instructions

  1. Place oil, onion, garlic and bacon into a frying pan over medium heat.
  2. Fry until onion is slightly translucent and aromatic. Stir often to avoid burning.
  3. Add vegetables and cook for 2 minutes to soften.
  4. Add mince is big chunks.
  5. Cook until browned breaking up mince to desired size and texture you like.
  6. Add remaining ingredients and cook on a low to medium heat for 20 minutes.
  7. Serve over pasta.
  • Prep Time: 5
  • Cook Time: 25

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 4
 

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6 Comments

  1. Lucy B October 13, 2014 at 4:17 pm - Reply

    Just made this Peta – using your passata too! I added some thermo tomato ketchup that needed using up. Finally, a bolognese that is the right consistency but done in the thermomix. Many have tried but I think only you have succeeded with this one! Thanks!

  2. Jesse October 23, 2014 at 5:07 pm - Reply

    Perfect spaghetti bolognese, mine always used to get mushed up too much. Thanks again

  3. Jessica Nelson October 27, 2014 at 7:46 am - Reply

    I made this last week for my family, it was such a hit!! Thank you Peta, now I can put my saucepan to rest permanently. ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. Jessica Nelson October 27, 2014 at 7:52 am - Reply

    I made this for my family… who don’t eat anything and they all loved it!! Thank you Peta!! ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. Louise October 29, 2014 at 7:40 pm - Reply

    This was the first Main Meal I cooked in my TMX. Thanks Peta, it was a winner with my family,

  6. Marilynne Read November 9, 2014 at 6:01 pm - Reply

    Thank you! I used my own passata but cooked the mince this way and it was the PERFECT consistency. ๐Ÿ™‚

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