Simple Spaghetti Bolognese (Done Properly)
🍷 What Wine Goes with Spaghetti Bolognese?
Spaghetti Bolognese is one of the most popular pasta dishes in the world—but when it’s done properly, it’s something else entirely.
This spaghetti bolognese recipe is a rich, slow-cooked meat sauce, balanced with tomatoes and served with perfectly cooked pasta. No shortcuts, no unnecessary extras—a simple or classic just simple cooking done well.
👉 This is classic food, made properly.
🍝 What is Spaghetti Bolognese?
Spaghetti Bolognese is a meat-based sauce traditionally made with beef, vegetables, and tomatoes, slowly cooked to develop depth of flavour.
👉 Rich, hearty, and built on simple ingredients.
Simple Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe (Done Properly)
Learn how to make a simple spaghetti bolognese recipe from scratch. A rich, classic meat sauce cooked properly with easy step-by-step instructions.
👉 Save this for your next pasta night.
Simple Spaghetti Bolognese
Ingredients
- 500 grams beef mince
- 1 each onion, finely diced
- 2 each cloves
- 1 each carrot, finely diced
- 1 each celery stick, finely diced
- 400 grams canned tomatoes
- 250 ml passata
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt & pepper
- 400 grams spaghetti
Instructions
for the sauce
- Heat olive oil in a pan and gently cook onion, carrot and celery until soft.
- Add garlic and cook briefly.
- Add beef mince and brown well.
- Stir in tomato passata and cook for 1–2 minutes.
- Add canned tomatoes and simmer for 30–45 minutes. (minimum simmer for 45 minutes but simmer for as long as you can).
- Season with salt and pepper.
for the pasta
- Cook spaghetti in salted boiling water.
to serve
- Combine pasta with sauce and serve with grated parmesan cheese.
What Wine Goes With Spaghetti Bolognese?
- Rich, slow-cooked meat sauce needs a wine that can match its depth.
Best Matches:
Sangiovese (Chianti) → classic Italian pairingBarbera → high acidity cuts richnessShiraz → bold and full-bodied👉 Match weight + balance acidity.
Notes (kooks Tips)
Don’t rush the simmer—flavour builds over time (minimum simmer for 45 minutes but simmer for as long as you can).Season at the end, not the startA splash of pasta water helps bring it togetherKOOK’S SECRETS
Nutrition
🍷 What Wine Goes With Spaghetti Bolognese?
Rich, slow-cooked meat sauce needs a wine that can match its depth.
👉 Best matches:
- Sangiovese (Chianti)
- Barbera
- Shiraz
👉 Match the weight—rich food needs structured wine.
❌ Common Mistakes
- rushing the cooking time
- not browning the meat
- overcooking the pasta
- overloading with ingredients
👉 Keep it simple.
🍽️ How to Serve
Serve with:
- freshly grated Parmesan
- a drizzle of olive oil
- simple side salad
💡 Kook’s Insight
Great cooking doesn’t need to be complicated.
👉 simple ingredients
👉 proper technique
👉 patience
That’s where the flavour comes from.
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