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15
May
Guest Post: Quorn Mince Bolognese
This guest post is from Tony Lane, he of Tony’s Thoughts, geek, book reviewer, and all-round nice guy. For a nice change, here is a vegetarian recipe.
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I’m going to start this by saying that I’m not a vegetarian/vegan/pescetarian and nor do I have any plans to be. My wife on the other hand does not eat meat. Therefore, I am highly motivated to find ways to make non-meat dishes work for me. I don’t like several of the Quorn products but the mince is a thing of wonder. It takes on flavour really well and is usually a cheaper and healthier option than mincemeat. It is one of those ingredients that is always handy to have. It can be used in many ways. For me, it is quite often the start of a twenty minute meal. The recipe below is for my cheap and quick bolognese. This recipe is cheap and versatile. The recipe below uses the cheapest supermarket ingredients I can get so it is a great budget meal that can be tinkered with in many ways.
Quorn Mince Bolognese
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| Serves | 4 |
Ingredients
- 1 Large Onion (finely chopped)
- 1 clove Garlic (finely chopped)
- 2 heaped tablespoons Tomato Puree
- 500g Quorn Mince
- 2 400g Tin Chopped Tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon Dried Mixed Herbs
- 400g Dried Pasta
- 2 Vegetable Stock Cube
- 2 Carrots (peeled and thinly sliced)
- 125g Frozen Peas
Directions
| 1. | Fill and boil the kettle |
| 2. | Start water boiling for the pasta. Add a tablespoon of olive oil and a good pinch of salt to the water |
| 3. | Add the onions to a large saute pan and cook until soft, then add the garlic and stir well |
| 4. | Mix in the carrots and Quorn |
| 5. | Add 250ml of boiling kettle water to the stock cubes and stir well |
| 6. | Add the stock to the quorn mixture, along with the tomato puree, tinned tomato, frozen peas and mixed herbs. Stir thoroughly and leave to simmer. |
| 7. | Add your pasta to the boiling pan water and cook as per packet instructions. |
| 8. | Season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper, then serve. |
Note
1) Herbs are really easy to grow and leave in the garden. Use your own herbs for that fresh taste
2) Add some chopped up bacon to cook before the mince (only do this if you are only serving meateaters)
3) Instead of pasta, boil some potatoes and make a cheesy mash potato topping for a cottage pie
4) Use passata or a store bought sauce instead of the tinned tomatoes. Sundried tomato paste also adds a little something
5) Fresh or home-made pasta is a great option
6) switch out the peas and carrots for sweetcorn and broccoli
7) Instead of pasta bake some potatoes
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