Recently I made this dish and I cooked the beef in the sauce. Nowadays I have a very fussy eater on my hands and he isn’t the biggest fan of my tomato sauce. Instead of cooking the beef stewing steak in the sauce I decided to make everything separately.
Once everything was cooked I put the steak, the sauce and the pasta on the table so that my little family could help themselves. Ted did try the sauce but he’s still not the biggest fan. At least he tried it though. My husband and I loved it and we hope you enjoy it too. Below is a video and recipe for you.
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Serves 4
Equipment for the sauce
- Sharp knife
- Chopping board
- Vegetable grater
- Large frying or saucepan
- Tablespoon
- Teaspoon
- Blender
Ingredients for the sauce
- Onion x 1
- Garlic x 2 cloves
- Carrot x 1
- Courgette x 1
- Red pepper x 1
- Tinned tomatoes x 1
- Chicken or vegetable stock or bone broth x 200mls
- Tomato puree x 2 tbsp
- Tamari x 2 tbsp
- Bay leaves x 2
- Fresh oregano x 1 small handful or 2 tsp dried
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method for the sauce
- Peel slice and dice the onion and garlic.
- Next peel and grate the carrot and courgette.
- Cut the top from the red pepper.
- Remove the core and the stalk.
- Slice and dice the flesh.
- Put a large pan onto a high heat on the hob and add oil to the base.
- When the pan is hot, add in the onions and fry until they start to soften.
- Next add in the garlic until it start to turn slightly golden brown on the outside.
- It should only take about 30 seconds to a minute.
- Now add in the grated courgette and carrot and fry until it starts to warm through.
- Again this should only take about 30 seconds to a minute.
- Pour over the tomatoes and pour the stock into the empty tomato tin.
- Pouring the stock into the empty tin will help to get rid of any juice around the outside.
- Stir all the ingredients together and add in the tomato puree and tamari.
- Add in the oregano and bay leaves.
- Sprinkle over salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring these ingredients to the boil, then turn the heat down to low.
- Leave to simmer for about 20 – 30 minutes.
- The sauce should resemble a jam like texture at the end.
- When it looks jammy remove from the heat and leave to cool.
- Once cool enough to touch add the sauce to the blender.
- Add in the coriander and blend all of these ingredients together.
- Put the sauce back into the saucepan and heat through.
Equipment for beef stewing steak
- Baking tray
Ingredients for beef stewing steak
- Beef stewing steak x 500g
- Oil x enough to cover the beef
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Pasta x 300g
Method for beef stewing steak
- Preheat the oven to 180°C and place a baking tray in.
- Once the oven has preheated remove the baking tray.
- Add oil to the base and then add in the beef stewing steak.
- Sprinkle over salt and pepper to taste.
- Toss the beef in the ingredients until the are coated.
- Place the tray back in the oven for 25 – 30 minutes.
- Or until the beef is golden brown and the juices run clear.
- While the beef is cooking cook the pasta as per the packet instructions.
- Add the pasta to the sauce and add the beef in.
- Then serve and enjoy.
Oven Baked Chunky Beef Spaghetti Bolognese was a delicious dish. It was very easy to prepare and cook. The sauce is slightly time consuming. It could be made in advance and frozen for another occasion. Then all you have to do is cook the beef and the pasta. It also made a lovely leftover meal. However you decide to cook this dish, as always, please enjoy. Thank you xxx
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