Sunday, October 10, 2010

Meat sauce, the 'real' way!

Viveck and I were watching an Italian cooking programme which showed how thick moist meat sauce was made. The secret was to put in a large amount of grated carrots and onions! I tried it and it worked really well so here goes...

3 tblsp olive oil (you can use any cooking oil you normally do, but I have been using olive oil a lot, and I feel it makes a difference)
1/2 Kg Beef mince
150 gms. finely minced onions
150 gms grated carrots
250 gms ripe red tomatoes (liquidized)
6 tblsp tomato puree
1 tblsp dried basil
Salt, pepper to taste
1 tsp sugar ( I add this in the summer, as off season tomatoes tend to be a little sour)

Heat oil. Add onions and carrots and cook on a slow flame till soft. Add mince and fry a little (don't brown it like we tend to do for our Indian meat recipes!) Add liquidized tomatoes, puree, salt and pepper.Cover and simmer till mince is cooked. Add basil (sugar if needed).
This is a great mince which can be used as a meat sauce with spaghetti, or as a base for a shepherd's pie.

1 comment:

  1. This sure was yummy, i was lucky to sample some:) Now we must await the mango souffle recipe :P

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