# Spaghetti alla Bolognese

A classic Italian dish made with vegetables, minced meat, tomatoes, and cooked for a long time, with less calories than usual.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 small red onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 100 grams root celery
- 100 grams carrot
- 4 tablespoons concentrated tomato puree
- 400 grams vegetable broth
- 200 grams ground meat
- 100 grams spaghetti
- salt
- pepper

## Instructions

1. Chop the red onion into chunks.
2. Crack two cloves of garlic with a knife, remove the roots and chop it up into little chunks.
3. Remove the skin of the root celery, cut it lengthwise and chop it up into cubes.
4. Remove the skin of the carrot, cut it into pieces, and chop it up into the same size of cubes like the celery.
5. Add concentrated tomato puree into a little bowl and add a splash of water; mix everything until it's creamy.
6. Prepare broth.
7. Add a little bit of oil in a pan, add the vegetables and fry them until they get a little bit soft and some color.
8. Add ground meat into the pan and loosen it with a wooden spoon; do this until the meat gets a brown color.
9. Add the tomato puree and mix everything.
10. Add the stock.
11. Close the lid, set it to medium heat and let this come to boil.
12. Add salt and pepper.
13. Let it cook for 20 to 30 minutes until it gets a smooth and nice consistency.
14. Cook spaghetti.
15. Add the pan content to a plate.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- bowl
- spoon
- pan
- wooden spoon
- lid

## Tips

- To reduce calories, use 5-7% fat ground meat instead of the regular 20%.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fniepbfa1BU
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5da1c541-8e94-4344-bcdb-6c5c55783880
- Extracted: 2025-05-23

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