Mum’s red pepper lasagne

June 28, 2015November 24, 2024 ~ Corrie ~ 7 Comments

Big news everyone… I HAVE A MAN COMING TO DINNER! Yes mum, an actual man, with a pulse and a head and everything. Although, if he has a weeping abscess on his leg, lets hope he keeps that information to himself, unlike my last date.
Was it a mistake to mention I had a food blog? Probably. Presumably his exceptions will be sky high, so that’s good. AGGHHH! What the hell am I going to cook him and what if it goes horribly wrong?! I’ll forever be known as ‘the food blogger who can’t cook and can’t kiss’… Not that I’m a bad cook or a bad kisser, in fact I’m an excellent kisser so not sure why I said that.
Anyway, I need to cook something safe, something I know and something I can prepare in advance to stop me getting frazzled like Robin Williams in Mrs Doubtfire. I don’t want to burn my tits.
Lets bring out the big guns, my mum’s tomato and red pepper lasagne. Now then, this aint no a regular lasagne, there’s no béchamel or mince, just a simple sauce of cooked down tomatoes and peppers. This was a week night staple in the Heale household throughout my childhood, until my mum had to give up dairy (selfish woman). Luckily my dad heroically stepped up and managed to cobble it together occasionally for my brother and I, thank god. In fact, it was the only thing my dad could cook apart from a jacket potato.
Over the years I’ve managed to cook it entirely from memory for all kinds of people, all of which have loved it. The sauce is easy to make but quite time consuming, so I recommend you make it the day before. Wish me luck! :S

Mum’s red pepper & tomato lasagne
Serves 6 / Hands on time 30 mins / Total 2 hour 10 minutes / V ❄
You’ll need: Rectangular oven-proof dish 22cm x 28cm and foil
9 dried lasagne sheets
24 tomatoes, cut into eighths
2 red peppers, de-seeded and finely chopped
1 tbs dried oregano
1 tbs dried basil
1 tsp sea salt
1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
300g mild/medium strength vegetarian cheddar, grated

Method
1. Slice off the core and roughly chop each tomato into eighths and put in a large pot, over a medium heat with a tbs of extra virgin olive oil. Meanwhile, de-seed and finely chop the peppers and add them to the tomatoes. Sprinkle over the dried herbs, a tsp of salt and mix well.
2. Bring to the boil (you may have to dig down to the bottom to see the juices bubbling away). Put the lid on and cook the sauce down for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the lid and continue to simmer for a further 30 minutes stirring occasionally. Meanwhile grate the cheese.
3. Preheat an oven to 200°C/180°C fan/400F/gas mark 6. Once the sauce has thickened, take off the heat and start assembling the lasagne.
4. Oil the oven dish and start layering. Begin with a layer of pasta sheets (feel free to break the pasta sheets to fit your dish if needs be). Cover the lasgane sheets with an even layer of sauce (3 ladles worth) and top with an even sprinkling of cheese. Continue to layer like this a couple more times before topping with the last layer of cheese. Season with salt and pepper and cover loosely with foil (ensure the foil isn’t touching the cheese – you don’t want the cheese to stick and peel the whole top layer of the lasagne off).
5. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes before removing the foil and cooking for a further 10 minutes to brown the cheese a little. Leave to stand for 5 minutes before serving with a simple green salad.

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V– Vegetarian
❄– Suitable for home freezing before cooking. Wrap the lasagne well in 2 layers of cling film and 1 layer of foil. Defrost fully before baking.

Spicy carrot & lentil soup 3 ways

June 21, 2015January 29, 2020 ~ Corrie ~ 2 Comments

Woke up feeling old, obese and poor. Something must be done before I turn into Kirstie Alley, a plus size Scientologist who married her cousin… At least she was married though right? Not that I want to marry my cousin, although he is very nice but unfortunately he’s already married… Look, I don’t want to marry my cousin! We’re getting off topic.
I think that’s enough talk of incest for one Sunday, lets talk about carrots. I always seem to end up with a ton of carrots in the fridge at the end of the month, so this soup is really good at using them up. Also, this recipe isn’t just cheap, it’s low fat, so this time next week I expect to look less like Kirstie Alley and more like Miranda Kerr please, thank you.
Although, eating the same old soup for lunch everyday makes me want to kill myself at the best of times, so I’ve managed to adapt the recipe throughout the week to help change things up a bit. I’ve made 3 of my favourite variations to try and keep it as exciting as possible (well, as exciting as lentil soup can be).

Spicy carrot & lentil soup 3 ways
Serves 4 / Hands on time 15 mins / Takes 35 mins / V Vn* ❄🌶
You’ll need: Hand blender or food processor
1 tsp rapeseed oil
1 large white onion, peeled chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
¼ chilli flakes
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp turmeric
8 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
4 handful of red lentils
1.5 litres vegetable stock, I use 2 Knorr stock pots
Additional extras: Sweet potato, a couple of free range eggs, fresh spinach, chickpeas and greek yogurt

Method
1. Add a tsp of oil to large heavy bottomed pot over a medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and sweat for 5 mins with the lid on, adding a dash of water if necessary. Add the cumin, turmeric and the chilli flakes and continue to cook for a further 2 mins adding another dash of water if needed.
2. Add the peeled and roughly chopped carrots and cook for a further 5 mins before adding the stock and the lentils. Season well with salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer for 20 mins.
3. Take the soup off the heat and blitz with a hand blender or food processor. Top with your chosen toppings and serve

Variation 1: Add a boiled egg, a chopped red chilli and some chilli flakes.
Variation 2: In a frying pan, heat a tsp of oil before adding a drained can of chick peas along with a crushed garlic clove. Add 100g of spinach one handful at a time and cook down. Season well with salt and pepper with every handful. Serve on top of the soup
Variation 3. Chop a sweet potato into wedges and toss in a tsp of oil. Place on a baking tray, season well and sprinkle with chilli flakes. Roast in an oven at 200°C/180°C fan/400F/gas mark 6 for 30 mins. Serve the cooked wedges on top of the soup with Greek yogurt.

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V – Vegetarian. *Vn – The base soup is vegan Gf – I use Knorr vegetable stock pots because they are gluten free but other stock pots/cubes may not be. Always check the label. Please substitute wholewheat pasta for a gluten free alternative.
❄ The soup is suitable for home freezing once cooled. Consume within 3 months.

Birthday avocado & eggs on toast with sweet chilli sauce

June 20, 2015January 29, 2020 ~ Corrie ~ 2 Comments

Birthday Avocado & Eggs On Toast with Chilli Sauce

It’s my 31st birthday today, yippee hooray!… Although I don’t feel as fresh as I perhaps hoped I would, managed to drink a tad too much Prosecco last night at Mahiki. Have woken up to some very unflattering pictures of myself on Facebook. In one of them I’m sprawled over my poor friend Rachel, drinking out of a giant cocktail treasure chest through a very long straw. Classy.
Anyway, it was fun so who cares. This is my favourite hangover breakfast (so end up eating it most weekends). It’s super quick, super easy and super tasty. I tend to always have some sliced sourdough in the freezer for hangover emergencies such as this one, I suggest you start doing the same. It also helps that I live with an avocado addict so I always have the bits I need to make this.

Birthday avocado & eggs on toast with sweet chilli sauce
Serves 1 / Hands on time 10 mins / Total time 10 mins / V🌶
You’ll need: A small frying pan
1 small garlic clove, peeled
2 slices sourdough or bread of choice
1 tsp rapeseed oil
2 eggs
1 avocado, flesh scooped out
Chilli flakes to serve (optional)
Sweet chilli sauce

Method
1. Put a small frying pan over a medium to high heat with a tsp of oil. Meanwhile peel the garlic clove and toast the bread. Once the oil is hot, crack in the eggs and fry until the whites are set and the yolks are soft – I often cook mine with a lid on to ensure a set white but be careful not to over-cook the yolks.
2. Rub each slice of toast with the raw garlic clove and smash the avocado on top. Finish with the fried eggs and serve with chilli sauce and a sprinkle of chilli flakes.

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V – Vegetarian. Df – Dairy free

Smoky mixed bean chilli

June 13, 2015September 7, 2023 ~ Corrie ~ Leave a comment

It’s been 25°C in London this week, so naturally I thought I’d make a nice bowl of refreshing chilli – good one.
I’ve got a bit of a love hate relationship with chilli as it’s often the rubbish vegetarian option I get offered in pubs. Time and time again, it’s a sad, watery can of tinned tomatoes with a few beans floating in it – often reminds me of what you see splattered on pavements outside bars and kebab shops after a night out – mmm, appetising.
However, my version is robust, bold and sexy. So forget nights out, let’s have a night in and curl up with a bowl of the good stuff.

Smoky mixed bean chilli
Serves 4 / Hands on time 20 mins / Total time 45 mins V Vn Df Gf ❄🌶
1 tsp rapeseed oil
½ red onion, chopped
1 medium carrot, grated
1 tbs tomato purée
1 large or 2 tomatoes, roughly chopped
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 can chopped tomatoes
1 can of black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can of kidney beans, rinsed and drained
2 tsp smoked paprika
½ tsp chilli flakes (leave out if you like your chilli mild)
1 tsp Marmite
½ vegetable stock pot, I use Knorr
1 corn on the cob, kernels removed or 1 small can drained
28g fresh coriander, chopped
1 lime, cut into wedges

Method
1. Fry the onion in the oil over a medium heat until softened (add a dash of water to help the onion steam and cook faster). Meanwhile, peel and grate the carrot and put to one side. Once the onion has softened, add the garlic, smoked paprika, tomato puree and the chilli flakes and give it a good stir. Add a dash more water and cook for a couple more minutes.
2. Drain and rinse the beans, before adding them to the pot along with the tinned tomatoes, fresh tomatoes and grated carrot.
3. Add the stock pot along with the Marmite and give it a good stir before seasoning and bringing to the boil.
4. If using fresh corn, remove the kernels by standing the sweetcorn on its head and running a sharp knife carefully down the sides slowly (the kernels can tend to go everywhere, so proceed with care). Add to the chilli.
5. Turn the heat down and simmer for 20 mins (now is a good time to roughly chop the coriander). Remove from the heat, stir in the coriander and squeeze over the juice of a lime. Serve either on the top of a baked sweet potato, with rice, guacamole and good dollop of sour cream.

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V– Vegetarian Vn – Vegan. Df – Dairy free 🌶– Spicy
Gf – I use Knorr vegetable stock pots because they are gluten free but other stock pots/cubes may not be. Always check the label.
❄ – Suitable for home freezing. Consume within 3 months.

LOW FOD MAP Adaptation:
1. Replace red onion for 1 tbs garlic oil and handful of chopped spring onion tops
2. Swap all beans and corn for 1 can of lentils in water and 1 can of chickpeas (drained and rinsed well)
3. Leave out fresh tomatoes
4. Add 150ml water (if a little dry)

Coconut & mango porridge

June 11, 2015January 29, 2020 ~ Corrie ~ 2 Comments

I had a bit of time this morning – actually I didn’t, but I had a mango on the turn and thought that was more important than getting to work on time.

I always thought porridge was a bit rubbish without golden syrup drizzled on top of it and poured straight into my mouth from the bottle. But, I’ve been a bit obsessed with coconut ever since I got back from Thailand, everything that I can get my hands on that’s coconut flavoured I either eat, or spread all over my body. Anyway, I’ve tried a few recipes but most of them seemed to contain shmooshed up banana and not enough coconut for my liking. So I decided to make my own.
I try and cut the mango up the night before, as butchering it first thing in the morning is sticky, fiddly and when I’m tired, not an enjoyable experience. You can buy it pre-chopped but it tends to be more expensive, I always end up feeling a bit resentful when fruit costs more than a packet of Marlborough Lights. Also, did anyone else imagine they were eating goldfishes when they tried mango as a kid? No?… Just me then.

Coconut & mango porridge
Serves 1 / hands on time 10 mins / Total time 10 mins / V Vn Df
1/3 cup of porridge oats
2/3 cup of water
4 tbs coconut milk, I use Alpro
1 tbs unsweetened desiccated coconut
1 tsp cashew, almond or peanut butter
½ ripe mango
1 passion fruit, seeds removed
Pinch of sea salt flakes

Method
1. Put your oats in a small pan along with the water, coconut milk, desiccated coconut and a pinch or salt. On a medium heat bring to the boil stirring continuously.
2. Once boiled, take off the heat and stir in the cashew butter, mix until incorporated.
3. Chop the mango and prepare the passion fruit. Served topped with the fresh fruit.

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V– Vegetarian Vn– Vegan Df– Dairy free.

Homemade hummus

June 7, 2015February 19, 2021 ~ Corrie ~ 2 Comments

Just when I thought I’d eaten enough hummus to keep me going for at least 10 years, I go and make it from scratch. When I was a student, I used to get drunk and make hummus and minted potatoes in the middle of the night, instead of staggering to KFC like everyone else. Although thinking back on it, perhaps KFC was the safer option – no one should operate a food processor after 4 white wine spritzers. What can I say, I’m a humous wielding maverick.

Anyway, much like my baked falafel recipe, the type of canned chickpeas you use is really important. I like the big fat juicy ones that Napolina do, most supermarket own brands are too bullet like. Use a food processor if you prefer a smoother texture and a hand blender for a more rough pâté. I’ve used a food processor on this occasion but I’ve made this recipe many times with a hand blender to save on washing up.
Although making hummus is easy, it can go pretty wrong pretty quickly if too much liquid is added, so make sure you have an emergency can of chickpeas spare. Adding an extra can of chickpeas can save any sloppy hummus disaster – of which, I have had several.

Homemade hummus
Makes 2 pots / Hands on time 10 mins / Total time 10 mins / V Vn Gf Df
2 cans chickpeas, I use Napolina
1 large or 2 regular sized garlic cloves, crushed
4 tbs Tahini
1 lemon, juiced lemon
salt & pepper
Garnish
Smoked paprika
Extra virgin olive oil
Chopped parsley to serve

Method
1. Drain and rinse the chickpeas before taking a small handful and putting them to one side for the garnish. Put the rest of the chickpeas in a food processor with the crushed garlic and blitz until combined and smooth.
2. Meanwhile, fill one of the chickpea cans half full with water and add 4 tbs of tahini. Mix until combined (it should look curdled but loose). Squeeze in the lemon juice, mix and pour half the can on top of the chickpeas. Blitz again.
3. Once the humous has come together it’s up to you how wet you want it so add a bit more of the tahini and lemon water if you want a more loose consistency – this is down to personal preference. If it’s too wet then drain your emergency can and add it to the mix and blitz again (trust me, it will help).
4. Season with half a teaspoon of salt and a good pinch or pepper and mix thoroughly with a spoon. Keep tasting and seasoning until you get it how you like it.
5. Scoop out into pots and top with the left over chickpeas. Sprinkle your chosen garnish and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil. Finish with a final dusting of salt and pepper. Keep in the fridge and consume within 5 days.

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V– Vegetarian Vn– Vegan Df– Dairy free. Gf – Gluten free

Lebanese wraps

June 6, 2015January 29, 2020 ~ Corrie ~ 2 Comments

I love a falafel wrap for lunch, it’s my go to hangover cure or Friday treat. In fact, there are two great falafel stalls near where I work that I’m obsessed with. The first is a small Lebanese falafel stall on Earlham Street just off Seven Dials in Covent Garden. For £3.50 you can get a lovingly made falafel wrap from the falafel man. He makes all his own falafels and even pickles his own turnips. I love him.
However, if I’m feeling reeeeeeeeally hungover and need a bigger feed then I walk to Berwick Street Market and join the end of a very long queue for the ‘big dog’ of falafel wraps. Jerusalem Falafel make their own Lebanese flatbreads (Saj) the traditional way right in front of you. The young bread maker, covered head to toe in flour (bless him) will be effortlessly tossing and twirling the dough in his hands before stretching it over a pillow. Finally he throws it onto a hot plate before flinging them into a basket, ready to be filled, wrapped and eaten by hungover people like myself.
As much as I would love to eat at these two delightful stalls every day, I can’t really afford to, so I decided to make my own wraps. I’m using my own baked falafel recipe to save on calories but shop bought falafels work just as well, just use more of them as my falafels are pretty huge. I don’t think I’ve said the word falafel enough in this post, hang on lets count… Oh look, only 10 times, ridiculous.

Lebanese wraps
Makes 1 wrap / Hands on time 5-10 mins / Total time 5-10 mins / V Vn Df 🌶
You’ll need: Baking paper
Packet of wholemeal flatbreads or pitas
2-3 homemade falafels or shop-bought ones
1 tbs Houmous
Handful chopped iceberg lettuce
½ sliced tomato
Pickled turnip or pickled red cabbage (pickled turnip can be hard to find – I went to my local Mediterranean supermarket in Kentish town but you can buy them here)
sliced pickled cucumbers to serve
2-3 pickled green chillis in brine
Cayenne pepper sauce (optional)
Freshly chopped parsley to serve

Method
1. Grill the flatbread or toast the pita and put to one side. Use this time to chop the tomato, lettuce, pickled cucumbers and parsley.
2. Take a large shoe of baking paper and place your flatbread in the middle – if you need it to go. If eating straight away use a plate.
3. Spread with humous and start layering your ingredients starting with the lettuce, followed by the tomato. Squash the falafels a bit and place the pickled vegetables around the sides. Season well with salt and pepper before drizzling with chilli sauce and sprinkling with parsley.

How to wrap
I like to fill my wrap up as much as possible and then just squash it all together. I lift both side of the wrap and try and get the far edges to touch in the centre (they never do). Then as tight as you can roll it up in the baking paper. Half way through fold the bottom of the paper up and carry on rolling so seal the bottom. Twist the top and there you have it. Rip the top of the paper off and eat your way down, don’t attempt to unwrap it or it will almost certainly fall apart in your hands.

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V – Vegetarian. Vn – Vegan. Df – Dairy free. 🌶 mild -hot depending on the chilli sauce

Baked falafels

June 2, 2015July 10, 2022 ~ Corrie ~ 4 Comments

I love falafels, but as I’ve been on a diet for about a hundred million years, I’m not keen on deep frying them. So I came up with a baked version – now I can eat falafels everyday for the rest of my life. Thank god for that. You’ll need some sort of food processor or hand blender for this recipe, I wouldn’t try mashing them by hand – life’s too short.

Baked falafels
Makes approx 14 falafels / Hands on time 20 mins / Total time 40 mins / V Vn Df ❄🌶
You’ll need: Food processor or hand blender
2 cans of chickpeas, I use Napolina as they’re nice a juicy
2 garlic cloves, peeled, crushed or grated
¼ tsp mild chilli powder
½ tsp sea salt flakes
½ tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
Large handful fresh coriander, roughly chopped (including stalks)
2 tbs wholemeal/plain flour
1 tbs water

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/ 350°F/gas mark 4. Line a large baking tray with baking paper, put to one side.
2. Drain and rinse the chickpea’s and place in a bowl with all of the ingredients. Mix well and season with a good crack of pepper
3. Blend the mixture with a hand blender – be careful not to over-blend, you want your falafel to have a bit of texture. Roughly scoop up a tbs of the mixture and with your hands roll into a ball. Place on a baking tray and repeat until you have no mixture left.
4. Bake in the oven for 20 mins. Serve immediately squashed into wraps or served with a salad. If saving for later, cool fully on the baking trays before transferring to an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 4 days.
(I realise my image shows the falafels being dusted in flour but it’s really not necessary)

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V – Vegetarian. Vn – Vegan Df – Dairy free 🌶– Mild

Vanilla apple cake

May 31, 2015February 13, 2023 ~ Corrie ~ Leave a comment

Let me just start by saying that this cake is not the slimmers option, so if you have type two diabetes look away now. I don’t usually bake cakes but tomorrow is my dear old dads birthday. Sadly he is no longer around to eat cakes but when he was he seemed to like this one. Happy 62nd birthday Dad.

Vanilla apple cake
Serves 8 / Hands on time 25 mins / Total time 1 hr 30mins + cooling / V ❄
You’ll need: 20cm cake tin, foil, electric hand whisk or standing mixer
350-400g Brambly apples, peeled, cored and sliced
½ lemon, juiced
250g unsalted butter + extra for greasing
250g caster sugar
3 large eggs
250g self-raising flour
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbs demerara sugar
1 tbs icing sugar for decoration

Method
1. Preheat an oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F/gas mark 4 and grease your cake tin with butter.
2. Peel, roughly slice and core the apples. Put them in a large bowl, squeeze over the juice of half a lemon and give the apples a good toss – this prevents the apples oxidising and turning brown. Put to one side.
3. In a large bowl or standing mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until using an electric whisk until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and beat the eggs in one at a time, stopping occasionally to scrape down the sides. If the mixture starts to curdle, simply add a tbs of the self-raising flour and continue to whisk until combined.
4. Sift in the remaining self-raising flour along with the salt and baking powder. Use a wooden spoon to fold in the mixture. The batter should be pale and thick.
5. Fold in the apples and spoon into your prepared tin, using the back of a spoon to push the mixture evenly to the edges (it may seem like there isn’t enough batter to cover the apples but don’t worry, the apples sink to the bottom of the cake during baking). Smooth over the top with a wooden spoon and sprinkle over 1 tbs of Demerara sugar.
6. Bake in the oven for 40 mins. At this stage the cake will be very brown but don’t worry, it’s not burning. Remove the cake from the oven and swiftly cover the top loosely with foil before returning to the oven. Continue to bake for a further 20-30 minutes or until a skewer that is inserted comes out clean, making sure you don’t mistake raw cake batter or baked apples.
7. Remove from the oven and leave the cake to rest in the tin for 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack. Leave to cool fully before dusting with icing sugar and serving with clotted cream and a cup of tea.

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V – Vegetarian
❄ – This cake is suitable for home freezing once cooled. Wrap well in cling film and freeze fore up to 3 months. Defrost fully before serving.

Spaghetti Quorn bolognese

May 30, 2015January 29, 2020 ~ Corrie ~ Leave a comment

So Quorn, hmm. Not really sure how I feel about it if I’m honest, but it works really well in this dish, mainly because I adapted it from a meat recipe. When I was a child, I used to get furious bolognese envy. I’d look over at my best friend Philippa, shovelling forkfuls of cascading spaghetti into her mouth, flecked with delicious, oily meat and cheddar cheese. I would then woefully look down at my plate – a lone soggy stuffed pepper staring up at me and I would wish I was dead… Okay so that’s perhaps a little dramatic, but I wanted to create a decent alternative to bolognese that would make little Corrie very happy. I now cook it all the time and everyone loves it, it’s cheap, easy if a little time consuming – I tend to make it on a lazy Sunday. Enjoy

Spaghetti Quorn bolognese
Serves 4 / Hands on time 30 mins / Cooking time 1-2 hrs / V ❄
You’ll need: A hand blender/food processor, oven-proof cooking pot with a lid.
1 tsp olive oil
1 white onion, peeled and roughly chopped
2 medium carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
2 celery sticks, roughly chopped
350g Quorn mince
150ml semi-skimmed milk
150ml vegetarian white wine
1 can plum tomatoes
¼ tsp nutmeg
Large handful of black olives in brine, drained
300g wholewheat spaghetti
100g vegetarian Italian hard cheese or Parmesan*
Handful of fresh basil leaves
Extra virgin olive oil

Method
1. Preheat an oven to 160°C/140°C fan/325°F/gas mark 3. In a large oven-proof pot, on a medium heat, sweat the onion, carrot and celery in the oil, adding a dash of water if needed to help them steam. Cook for 5-8 mins.
2. Once soft, take off the heat and roughly blend the vegetables with a hand blender or food processor. Return to the heat and add the mince and the milk. Cook for a 3 mins or until the milk has absorbed, and add the tinned tomatoes. Break the plum tomatoes up with a spoon and add the white wine, olives, nutmeg and a generous sprinkle of salt and pepper.
3. Put the lid on a jar and slow cook in the oven for up to 2 hrs, stirring halfway through.
4. Remove from the oven and serve stirred through spaghetti and topped with torn fresh basil and a sprinkling of cheese and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

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V – Vegetarian
❄ This bolognese is suitable for home freezing once cooled. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
* Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiani) is always made using animal rennet, therefore it is not vegetarian. Substitute for Italian hard cheese if applicable.