Monday, December 9, 2013

Spaghetti bolognese

                    Spaghetti bolognese is one of the classic Italian dishes. It's a pasta dish that's just smothered in this delicious meat sauce. I wanted to add some things in this sauce in order to make it a bit finer than the original taste of bolognese. This was such a great comfort food that you can make. I feel like pasta is one of the best things you can make on a cold winter day. Normally bolognese will use red to make the sauce but instead, i'm going to replace red wine with white wine as well as adding something you would normally NEVER add to a italian sauce, fish sauce! That's right, fish sauce is a condiment that's used in a lot of asian cuisine. This type of condiment will help boost the meaty or umami flavors that comes from this meat sauce! Alright lets begin

Ingredients
1. Beef Mince 0.4 pounds
2. 1 onion grated
3. 2 carrots grated
4. White wine
5. 3 tablespoons of worchestor sauce
6. 3 cloves of garlic
7. 3 tablespoons of fish sauce
8. 1/2 cup of milk
9. Salt and Pepper to Taste








Prep Time: 8 minutes
Cook Time: 10 - 15 minutes

Directions
1. First grate your onion and your carrot. If you don't have a grater it's okay, just finely dice up your carrots and your onions. Next chop up your garlic and put all those veggies in a bowl. Remember when you cook you want to have a clean top. Don't forget to season with salt and pepper. Now get your skillet on medium heat and throw in your veggies. At this stage you want to just sweat out your onions and carrots not brown them. 

2. Next throw in your beef mince. Honestly you can use however much you want, I just used around half a pound because my friends took some of my food...anyway. Throw in your meat and season with salt and pepper. Next season with worchestor sauce. 

3. After 5 minutes of cooking, deglaze your pan with some white wine. Deglazing means just you're diluting the vegetable and meat juices that are stuck in the pan so you get more flavor. Next add in your fish sauce, this will give your beef an elemental boost of flavor. Cook that out for about 3 minutes and let the alcohol reduce. 

4. Once the alcohol has been reduced add in your cup of milk and give it a mix. The milk with give it just a little lift and make it a bit creamier. You can add a can of tomatoes if you want but thats optional and for me I didn't have any at the time. If you want to cook your sauce a bit longer you can. The longer you cook your beef, the more softer when you bite into it. 

Now just serve that sauce up with your favorite pasta and then you're done! Actually nevermind. This dish might need a bit more umpf. Get that parmasean reggioano and grate that shiz over that pasta sauce. It just goes hand in hand. It's like a perfect marriage. Well there you go, my version of Spaghetti bolognese with some stuff taken out/added into it

Fast.Easy.Absolutely Delicious 

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