Cheat's spaghetti bolognaise

Supercharge flavour in your weeknight spaghetti bolognaise with pork and fennel sausages, which add heaps of flavour to the beef mince. Another tip? Use the widest frying pan you can find in your cupboard - the surface area helps cook the sauce faster, resulting in a flavour packed but speedy 20 minute cook time. This recipe comes from Nick White.

• serves

  4

• prep

  5 minutes

• cook

  20 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 brown onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 500 g beef mince
• 3 pork and fennel sausages (or other Italian sausages), casings removed
• 2 tbsp (50 g) tomato paste
• 1 beef stock cube dissolved in 1 cup hot water
• 2 x 400 g tins crushed Italian tomatoes
• 300 g spaghetti
• Finely grated parmesan cheese, roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley, to serve

Instructions

1. Heat the oil in the largest frying pan you have (this is key to speed up cook time!), then add the onion, garlic, beef mince and sausage mince and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until the mince is browned.
2. Stir through the tomato paste, followed by the stock and tinned tomatoes. Bring to the boil and gently simmer for 15 minutes over medium heat, until reduced and thickened. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
3. Meanwhile, bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil for the pasta. Cook the pasta according to the package directions, reserve ½ cup pasta cooking water, then drain. Transfer the cooked pasta to the sauce, adding enough pasta water to your desired pasta sauce consistency, tossing to coat the pasta in the sauce.
4. Divide the cheat’s spaghetti bolognaise between serving bowls, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and parsley and serve.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.