Elliot learns to Cook 1 - Bolognese Sauce

It is long overdue that Elliot should learn cooking. Here is his first away-from-home cooking lesson at Saujana Putra home on 15 October 2017.

Bolognese Sauce - The Heng's Style

Vegetable :
3 Tbsp            Olive Oil
3 Large           Onions - diced
2 Medium       Carrots - diced
1 Large           Garlic - diced finely
1 Thumb Size Ginger - diced finely
2 Tbsp             Oregano Spice

Marinating Minced Meat :
500 gm            Chicken Minced
3-5 Tbsp          Corn Flour
1/4 Cup            Red Wine or Rice Vinegar
1 Tin               Tomato Puree (medium size)

1 Cup               Water (optional if too dry)

For Taste :
1 Tbsp             Sugar
1 tsp                Salt
1 tsp                Pepper

Addtional :
1 piece           Green Pepper diced
1 Tin              Mushroom (Chinese button mushrooms) diced finely
1 Tin              Kidney Beans

1) Heat up oil, fry Onions until fragrant. Add in garlic and ginger.
2) Continue to fry with Carrots in, add oil if too dry.
3) Add in Oregano Spice, fry to let fragrance out.
4) Mix Corn flour into Minced meat, add in Red Wine or Rice Vinegar. Mix well.
5) Put Minced Meat into sauce and add in Tomato Puree.
6) Add in Sugar, Salt, Pepper and adjust according to taste.
7) Put in mushrooms, green peppers, Kidney Beans and mix well and stop the fire. Cover with lid.

Best to cook this 6 hours prior to eating.

This is a very versatile dish. From this sauce, we could make :-

• Homemade Pizza - may use thin wraps or bread with butter spread
• Lasagne - use non-cooked type, possible to use bread but cut off sides and roll with pin.
• Pasta & Sauce with cheese