Name: Easy baked bolognese sauce
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 650ml passata with chilli and herbs; 400g tin chopped tomatoes; 500g beef mince; 2 carrots, grated; 1 onion, peeled and grated; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 beef stock cube, crumbled; 1 tsp sea salt; 1 tsp black pepper, crushed; 25g butter; a small bunch basil, chopped

650ml passata with chilli and herbs
400g tin chopped tomatoes
500g beef mince
2 carrots
grated
1 onion
peeled and grated
2 cloves garlic
crushed
1 beef stock cube
crumbled
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp black pepper
crushed
25g butter
a small bunch basil
chopped

Method

step 1
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the passata and chopped tomatoes in an ovenproof casserole with a lid (the heavier the better).
step 2
Use your hands to break up the beef mince as you add it to the pot. Give everything a good stir so the meat is coated in the sauce. Add the carrots, onion, garlic, stock cube, salt and pepper then stir again.
step 3
Put a doubled sheet of foil under the lid then push the lid down and scrunch up the foil to seal.
step 4
Put in the oven for 1½ hours until you have a thick, rich sauce. Stir in the butter, scatter with basil and serve with pasta.