Pasta with minced beef sauce

Pasta with minced beef sauce. Made with minced beef, yellow onion, garlic; listed quantities are for the whole recipe.

Servings: 4

About 55 min

Ingredients

• 500 g Minced beef
• 150 g Yellow onion
• 8 g Garlic
• 100 g Carrot
• 800 g Canned crushed tomatoes
• 30 g Tomato paste
• 2 g Dried oregano
• 320 g Dry pasta
• 15 g Olive oil
• 100 ml Water
• 3 g Salt
• 1 g Black pepper

Method

1. Rinse, trim and finely chop: yellow onion, garlic.
2. Finely grate carrot.
3. Soften yellow onion, garlic in olive oil over medium heat for 5 minutes; stir without burning.
4. Brown minced beef, breaking up lumps and stirring. Check mince reaches at least 72 °C before serving.
5. Add carrot, canned crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, dried oregano, water. Simmer covered for 25 minutes until tender. Stir and add water if needed to prevent drying out.
6. Cook dry pasta in water as directed on its package until tender. Drain and serve with the sauce.
7. Season with salt, black pepper.