Five-minute spaghetti bolognese recipe
When there’s no time to make a proper Bolognese sauce, follow my method and you can serve up that same great combination of flavours in minutes – using fresh pasta cuts the cooking time right down.
Ingredients
- 500 g Bag of fresh spaghetti
- 1 Garlic clove
- 2 Minute steaks, 125-150g (4-5oz) each
- 2 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve
- 1 pinch Sea salt
- 1 pinch Pepper
- 8 Roasted tomatoes, or a punnet of cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 handful Basil leaves
- 17.6 oz Bag of fresh spaghetti
- 1 Garlic clove
- 2 Minute steaks, 125-150g (4-5oz) each
- 2 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve
- 1 pinch Sea salt
- 1 pinch Pepper
- 8 Roasted tomatoes, or a punnet of cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 handful Basil leaves
- 17.6 oz Bag of fresh spaghetti
- 1 Garlic clove
- 2 Minute steaks, 125-150g (4-5oz) each
- 2 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve
- 1 pinch Sea salt
- 1 pinch Pepper
- 8 Roasted tomatoes, or a punnet of cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 handful Basil leaves
Details
- Cuisine: Italian
- Recipe Type: Main
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 5 mins
- Cooking Time: 5 mins
- Serves: 4
Step-by-step
- Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Meanwhile chop the garlic as finely as you can. Wrap your chopping board in a sheet of clingfilm - then you won't have to scrub it later - and lay the steaks on top. Drizzle them with olive oil, rub them with the chopped garlic, then season with plenty of salt and pepper
- Put a ridged grill pan over a medium heat. Add the fresh spaghetti to the boiling water and cook for 3 minutes. Meanwhile lay the steaks in the grill pan and cook for 1 minute on each side. Remove the clingfilm from the chopping board and slice the cooked steaks into 1cm (1/2in) strips
- Drain the cooked pasta well, and tip it back into the pan. Add the steak and tomatoes. Tear up the basil leaves and add to the pan, along with salt, pepper and a drizzle of olive oil
Also worth your attention:
Presenter of Channel 4’s cookery series, Lakes on a Plate TV chef, Peter Sidwell is back with his no-nonsense gutsy cookbook – Simply Good Pasta – a seasonal selection of light, quick and snappy fresh pasta recipes for those who want to run riot in the kitchen!
Simply Good Pasta is published by Simon & Schuster UK, priced £14.99. The book is available from March 2012.
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