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🍝 Classic Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

680 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 Carrot
• 1 Onion
• 1 Clove Garlic
• 1 Stalk Celery
• 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
• 300 g Mixed Ground Meat
• 1 Tbsp Tomato Paste
• 75 ml Red Wine
• 500 g Chopped Tomatoes (can)
• 200 ml Meat Broth
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 400 g Spaghetti
• Salt
• 0.5 tsp Dried Oregano
• Pepper (from grinder)
• 1 Pinch Sugar
• Cayenne Pepper
• Parmesan Shavings (for serving)

Instructions

1. 1. Thoroughly wash the carrot, onion, garlic, and celery.
2. 2. Peel the garlic and celery.
3. 3. Cut all the vegetables into very small cubes.
4. 4. Heat oil in a large pot.
5. 5. Add the onion cubes to the hot oil.
6. 6. Sauté the onions until they are soft and translucent.
7. 7. Add the remaining vegetable cubes (carrot, garlic, celery) to the pot.
8. 8. Sauté the vegetables briefly.
9. 9. Add the minced meat to the pot.
10. 10. Fry the minced meat while stirring constantly until it breaks into small crumbles.
11. 11. Stir the tomato paste into the meat and vegetable mixture.
12. 12. Fry the tomato paste briefly.
13. 13. Deglaze the pot with red wine.
14. 14. Add the tomatoes to the pot.
15. 15. Pour in the broth.
16. 16. Add the bay leaf to the sauce.
17. 17. Let the sauce simmer on low heat for about 1 hour.
18. 18. Stir the sauce occasionally.
19. 19. Bring water to a boil in a large pot.
20. 20. Salt the cooking water generously.
21. 21. Add the spaghetti to the boiling water.
22. 22. Cook the spaghetti until they are firm to the bite (al dente).
23. 23. Adjust the sauce consistency with a little more broth if it is too thick.
24. 24. Let the sauce reduce further if it is too runny.
25. 25. Season the sauce with oregano.
26. 26. Season the sauce with salt.
27. 27. Season the sauce with pepper.
28. 28. Season the sauce with a pinch of sugar.
29. 29. Season the sauce with cayenne pepper.
30. 30. Add the cooked spaghetti to the sauce.
31. 31. Mix the spaghetti thoroughly with the sauce.
32. 32. Serve the spaghetti topped with shavings of Parmesan cheese.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 680
• Protein: 32 g · Fett/Fat: 22 g · Carbs: 85 g