Chunky Bolognese Sauce

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recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    36mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    341
based on 5 ratings

Looking for a Thermomix bolognaise sauce recipe that doesn't mush the mince? Look no further - this is the recipe for you!

Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/chunky-bolognaise-sauce

recipe updated 25 Jan 2022

Ingredients

  • Yellow onion icon
    Yellow onion
    1
  • Courgette icon
    Courgette
    200 g
  • Carrot icon
    Carrot
    100 g
  • Tinned tomatoes icon
    Tinned tomatoes
    425 g
  • Italian parsley icon
    Italian parsley
    as needed
  • Parmesan cheese icon
    Parmesan cheese
    as needed
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    4
  • Fresh basil leaves icon
    Fresh basil leaves
    1 handful
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    20 g
  • Red wine icon
    Red wine
    100 g
  • Vegetable stock paste icon
    Vegetable stock paste
    2 tablespoons
  • Tomato purée icon
    Tomato purée
    200 g
  • Dried thyme icon
    Dried thyme
    ½ tablespoon
  • Dried rosemary icon
    Dried rosemary
    ½ tablespoon
  • Minced beef icon
    Minced beef
    500 g
  • Pink himalayan salt flakes icon
    Pink himalayan salt flakes
    as needed
  • Black pepper icon
    Black pepper
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon TM5
  • kCook icon Varoma dish
  • kCook icon Tm5 bowl
  • kCook icon Varoma tray - tm5

Step preview

  1. Add onion, zucchini, carrot, garlic clove and fresh basil to the Thermomix bowl
  2. Chop with MC on - 6 sec, speed 5
  3. Scrape down sides of TM5 bowl
  4. Add olive oil
  5. Sauté - 5 min, Varoma, speed 1
  6. Then add red wine, vegetable stock paste, tinned tomatoes, tomato purée, dried thyme and dried rosemary to the TM5 bowl
  7. Cook - 6 min, 100°C, speed 1
  8. Place half the mince in the Varoma base, and the other half in the Varoma tray. Break mince up with your fingers so that it is in big chunks
  9. Once the sauce has cooked for the 6 minutes, place Varoma with the mince into position
  10. Continue to cook - 10 min, Varoma, speed 1
  11. Remove Varoma and with your spatula, break up cooked mince into smaller pieces if so desired.
  12. Add mince to Thermomix bowl and using the spatula, push it down into the sauce
  13. Cook - 10 min, 100°C, reverse gentle stir - to bring all the flavours together
  14. Season to taste and serve with extra finely chopped Italian parsley and a smattering of parmesan
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