I cook lots of traditional Italian ragu at home as I love the fact it just cooks for many hours on a slow cook and boy is it worth the wait at the end! I will post one at some point. However there are sometimes midweek when I love a “British” style bolognese but using turkey mince, it’s a lovely lighter alternative and great for children nutritional wise. Even better for adults!  More to the point, its quick to make and cheaper.

I’ve actually been meaning to post the recipe for sometime, truth be told I thought I had until I looked! This recipe is a slightly different version that I made by using up some peppers and chillies I had. My partner loved it and said it was better than the first version, I agree, but if you don’t want the peppers or chillies in it then follow the recipe and take those out.

If I’m making the “British style” bolognese like this one, I actually now prefer it with Turkey so If your young ones struggle a little with beef mince then give this recipe a try. Let me know how it went?

Also if you have any left either freeze it down or pop it on a jacket potato for your Lunch the next day.

 

Ingredients:

( Serves 4 )

• 450g Turkey Mince
• 2-3 tbsp Rapeseed oil
• 1 onion diced
• 1/2 large carrot or 1 small carrot finely diced
• 1/2 stick of celery finely chopped
• 1/2 red pepper finely chopped
• 1/2 yellow pepper finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
• 1/2 mild chilli chopped finely
• 4 chestnut mushrooms sliced
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
• 1/4 of chicken stock gel pot
• a good splash of dry white wine ( optional )
• Handful of fresh herbs chopped finely = Rosemary, sage and oregano
• A good splash of Worcestershire sauce
• 250ml of water to hand if needed
• Pinch of sea salt and cracked black pepper to season

 

Method:

• Heat up your rapeseed oil for a few seconds in a frying pan until hot then fry your onions, carrot and celery. Cook for about 2 minutes then add in your mushrooms and stir.
• Once your mushrooms are starting to colour add in your peppers and turkey mince. Then add in your garlic and fry until your mince is cooked.
• Once the mince is cooked pop in your chillies, herbs, stock, wine and tomato puree. Stir for a further 2 minutes.
• Then add your chopped tomatoes, stir and simmer for about 10 minutes. If it starts to go dry, add in a little water. *** A good tip from me is pop your water into the chopped tomato can then none is wasted! ***
• After this add in your Worcestershire sauce and simmer for a further 5 minutes or until your sauce is lovely and thick. Season if needed.
• Serve up with spaghetti or the pasta of your choice and add parmesan if you wish. Try a bit without first though.