December 21, 2006
Spaghetti Bolognese - The All-Time Safe Pasta Dish
Lots of ground beef and lots of mushrooms please! It’s only when you cook your own meals that you can have extras of whatever you like heh!
I call Spaghetti Bolognese the “all-time safe pasta dish” because this is a pasta dish that tastes the same everywhere and anyone can make this easily. I like my Spaghetti Bolognese with Ragu’s Chunky Mushroom Sauce - Woohoo! More mushrooms!
I did have bloopers the very first couple of times I made this when I was still a pasta newbie.
- Too much spaghetti - because I didn’t know the quarter coin estimate.
- Used half a medium sized onion for a one-person meal - just because I had that leftover in my fridge. Eeeew! That nearly became an oniony pasta dish.
Anyways, I am a Spaghetti Bolognese expert now. Oh… except for that time when I forgot to buy tomato and onion and the dish ended up a wee bit dry despite adding the Ragu sauce. Oops!
So, the ingredient list and cooking method below is a record for myself because I read that pregnant women go through “pregnancy amnesia”. Forgetfulness is likely to worsen as a pregnancy progresses (thus the term “last-trimester fog”). And even after the baby is born, sleep deprivation will continue to fog the brain. Geez!
Ok. Be rest assured that all these were written with a clear mind. *Phew!*
Ingredients: (For 2 pax, because the baby is supposed to be drinking milk)
- 2 quarter coin estimate, spaghetti
- 1/3 lb ground beef
- 1/2 tsp minced garlic
- 1/2 a medium sized tomato, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 a medium sized onion (white or yellow), cut into small pieces
- 8 medium sized button mushrooms, sliced (I threw away the stem)
- salt and pepper
- 6 tbsp Ragu Super Chunky Mushroom Sauce
Seasoning for ground beef:
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp cajun seasoning
- 1/2 tsp corn flour
Cooking Method:
1. Cook spaghetti according to package instructions.
2. Season ground beef with seasoning mix.
3. Heat up 2 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan. When oil is hot enough, add garlic, tomato, onion, mushroom, a pinch of salt, a dash of pepper and stir fry until onions become translucent, tomatoes and mushroom softens.
4. Add ground beef and stir fry until color changes.
5. Add Ragu Super Chunky Mushroom Sauce and mix well.
Spaghetti Bolognese - The all-time safe pasta dish. Oh wait! I knew I forgot something…
6. Add cooked spaghetti and mix well. :) Add grated parmesan cheese, if desired.
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December 21st, 2006 at 4:05 pm
I’ve also tried Ragu, but their Traditional Chunky.Like it too. But the Super Chunky Mushroom sounds so yummy. I gotta try it! Just took spaghetti with Classico Triple Mushroom sauce for lunch today. That sauce ingredients for mushrooms include portobello, crimini, and white. Also very mushroomy but when I see your Bolognese pic, I think I’ll definitely like more mushrooms, and lotsa beef too!
December 21st, 2006 at 10:47 pm
Too much sauce or too much noodle. That seems to be the case for me when I make spaghetti. I actually like Prego better.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:35 pm
Tigerfish - Classico Triple Mushroom sounds like a blast!
DaddyForever - It took me a few tries to get the portions right. Then if I don’t cook this dish for a period, I forget again! Grrr…
December 25th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
I just cooked spaghetti bolognese yesterday!
December 25th, 2006 at 11:51 pm
Hochiak! Delicious Spaghetti Bolognese!
December 26th, 2006 at 1:02 am
ooooo the pasta expert… i like linguine better as it absorbs the sauce better ;-)
Lots of leftover pasta from last nite’s Christmas Dinner.
January 1st, 2007 at 9:37 am
hahah. i always put in extra mushrooms in my pasta…
the memory thing continues long after pregnancy is over, unfortunately… i suppose your mind is filled with more important things like, when did i last change the baby’s diaper? hahah