{"id":3202,"date":"2013-05-08T19:46:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T09:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plate4eight.com\/?p=3202"},"modified":"2023-06-19T19:51:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T09:51:27","slug":"weeknight-spag-bol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plate4eight.com\/?p=3202","title":{"rendered":"Weeknight Spag Bol"},"content":{"rendered":"

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See that freshly grated Parmesan sprinkled all over my daughter’s Spag Bol?  She’s just as in love with fresh Parmesan as I am.  Can’t have Spag Bol without it.  Now I’m usually a Ragu kind of girl, but sometimes the rest of the family just want bolognese without the veges so I have been on the lookout for a new recipe, and this Woolworths (no affiliation here) recipe is just what they were after.  It uses Continental’s New Stock Pot in Beef, which isn’t something I would normally buy, but I decided to give it a try anyway.<\/p>\n

Now, weeknights in our house are usually crazy busy, and with Miss 10’s Slumber Party coming up this Friday night my cleaning frenzy is in full swing.  In fact, I think I can hear a vacuum going in the girl’s room right now. “No clean room, no slumber party.”  In a minute I’m off to bleach the tiles in the main bathroom in case anyone wants a shower.  Add to that Mr8 having meetings three nights in a row this week and one at 7am tomorrow morning (life as president of a C&K kindy is tough…actually he loves it!  And as I am the wife of the president the office staff have taken to calling me Michelle), and I’m on my own quite a lot this week.  So this recipe was a godsend tonight.  There was no chopping of onions or even garlic.  I basically just browned my mince and added the remaining ingredients and let it simmer away while I packed lunch boxes.  Perfect!  The best part is that everyone licked their plates clean, it was that good.  Even though I love a cooking challenge, it’s nice to have a few recipes like this one up my sleeve for nights like tonight.  Have a great evening everyone!<\/p>\n

Rich Red Wine Bolognaise<\/strong><\/p>\n

I double this recipe for my family of 8.<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Tbl Olive Oil<\/p>\n

500g Lean Beef Mince<\/p>\n

125ml (1\/2 Cup) Red Wine<\/p>\n

500ml (2 Cups) Water<\/p>\n

400g Can Diced Tomatoes<\/p>\n

70g (1\/4 Cup) Tomato Paste<\/p>\n

1 x 28g Continental Stock Pot Beef<\/p>\n

2 Large Thyme Sprigs (or use dried)<\/p>\n

1 Bay Leaf<\/p>\n

Cooked Spaghetti, to serve<\/p>\n

Fresh Basil leaves, to serve<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan or saucepan over medium-high heat.<\/p>\n

Add mince and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon to break up any lumps, for 5 minutes or until mince changes colour.<\/p>\n

Add the wine and bring to the boil.<\/p>\n

Cook for 2-3 minutes or until most of the liquid evaporates.<\/p>\n

Add the water, tomatoes, tomato paste, stock, thyme and bay leaf.<\/p>\n

Stir and bring to the boil.<\/p>\n

Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 50-55 minutes until thick.<\/p>\n

Remove thyme stems and bay leaf.<\/p>\n

Combine the spaghetti and sauce in a large bowl.<\/p>\n

Divide amongst bowls.<\/p>\n

Top with parmesan and basil.<\/p>\n

Source: Woolworths Good Taste Australian Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  See that freshly grated Parmesan sprinkled all over my daughter’s Spag Bol?  She’s just as in love with fresh Parmesan as I am.  Can’t have Spag Bol without it.  Now I’m usually a Ragu kind of girl, but sometimes the rest of the family just want bolognese without the veges so I have been …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":1092,"tinysalt_single_post_intro_label":"","tinysalt_single_post_intro_description":"","tinysalt_hide_post_featured_image":"","tinysalt_post_featured_media_position":"","tinysalt_single_site_header_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header_style":"sticky-scroll-up","tinysalt_single_site_footer_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_footer":"0","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,31,37,40,17],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plate4eight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plate4eight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plate4eight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plate4eight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plate4eight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3202"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/plate4eight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4632,"href":"https:\/\/plate4eight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202\/revisions\/4632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plate4eight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plate4eight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plate4eight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}