Spaghetti Bolognese

Posted by Vivian in Italian, Pasta

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I have been ignoring my blogs for the past few weeks because I was doing a 3-week non-stop "dramathon".  129 episodes of Korean drama, Cruel Temptation kept me busy every night after the kids had gone to bed.  It is very unusual of me to get hooked to the television.  On an average I only watch one drama a year.  Shan't go into the detail or make a full review here of why this show can keep me a non-tv addict up to 2, 3 am even on a weeknight.  It is probably the same reason why this show can beat another Mediacorp drama airing at the same time belt.

After the 3-week "dramathon", I took the following few nights to catch up on my sleep.  I noticed that in the last 3 weeks, my concealer wasn't doing its magic every morning because the dark eye rings were so bad due to the lack of rest (but hack, I had to press on and get to the end of the show).  Plus I needed to recoup the sleep that I lost before we fly off for our family holiday in Japan next week.

The good thing that came out of the "dramathon" is that I managed to wean off my nightly addiction to the Bejewelzed game on Facebook.  One addiction in exchange for another?  Hmmm....

Back to food... this was what I made for the family weeks ago (ermm can't remember when exactly).  Instead of making the tomato paste from scratch I relied on the ready-made jar type.  Till now I still don't think it is worth my time and effort to whip up one pot of sauce just for our occasional pasta fix.  Cream sauce on the other hand is comparatively less of a hassle.

Ingredients:

• 500 gm spaghetti (pre-cooked)
• 2 garlic cloves (finely minced)
• 1 large onion (finely chopped)
• 1 carrot (finely chopped)
• 1 stalk of celery (finely chopped)
• 50 gm bacon (finely chopped)
• 500 gm minced beef
• Tomato based pasta paste

Preparation: 

• Heat oil in large deep saucepan.  Add garlic, onion, carrot, celery and bacon and cook.  Stirring occasionally over medium heat until ingredients soften.
• Add minced beef to saucepan, breaking up any lumps.  Cook until the beef browns.
• Add in tomato paste (to desired consistency) and allow sauce to simmer.
• Serve sauce over pasta.

Number of Servings: 4