SLOW-COOKER BOLOGNESE

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Batch cook a healthy Bolognese using your slow cooker. Freeze the leftovers for easy midweek dinners when you're more pushed for time

Provided by Good Food team

Categories Dinner

Time 7h45m

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

4 tbsp olive oil
6 smoked bacon rashers, chopped
1 ½kg lean minced beef (or use half beef, half pork mince)
4 onions, finely chopped
3 carrots, finely chopped
4 celery sticks, finely chopped
8 garlic cloves, crushed
500g mushrooms, sliced
4 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
6 tbsp tomato purée
2 tbsp dried mixed herbs
2 bay leaves
large glass red wine (optional)
4 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp sugar
cooked spaghetti, to serve
parmesan, to serve

Steps:

Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the bacon and mince in batches until browned. Add to your slow cooker.
Add the onions, carrots, celery, garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes, tomato purée, herbs, wine (if using), vinegar, sugar and seasoning to the slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low for 6-8 hours, then uncover, turn to High and cook for another hour until thick and saucy.
Serve with cooked spaghetti and grated or shaved parmesan. To cook this entire recipe on the hob, check out our big-batch Bolognese recipe.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 295 calories, Fat 12 grams fat, SaturatedFat 4 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 13 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 11 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 34 grams protein, Sodium 0.87 milligram of sodium