Everyone needs a great everyday Spaghetti Bolognese recipe, and this is mine!

The Bolognese Sauce is rich, thick and has beautiful depth of flavour.

Serve it over pasta, stuff intojacket potatoes, make an epicLasagnaorBaked Spaghetti Pie!

Spaghetti Bolgonese in a bowl sprinkled with fresh parmesan, ready to be eaten

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This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbookDinner!

Spaghetti Bolognese

We Aussies have a thing about shortening words.Good dayisgday.PavlovaisPav,afternoonisarvo,mosquitosaremozzies.

Sharon isShazz,NagisaisNagi(thats yours truly).

Close up of Bolognese Sauce in a pot, fresh off the stove

So it is thoroughly Aussie to shortenSpaghetti BolognesetoSpag Bol!

And here she is my Spag Bol.

Worcestershire sauce:it just adds that little extra something-something.

What goes in Spaghetti Bolognese

I get antsy if I get caught in a situation where I have to do without;

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Supermarket canned tomatoes here in Australia are notoriously sour.

Especially the Australian ones it pains me so much to say that, but its true.

How to make Spaghetti Bolognese

Slow cooking makes the beef incredibly tender and the sauce develops extra flavour.

Different name for the same thing!

Try it once, you will be converted!

Close up of Spaghetti Bolgonese in a rustic black bowl, ready to be eaten

But it is anoptional step.

Sometimes, you just dont have the energy to clean yet another pan.

Or, for a more traditional start, real-dealItalian Focaccia.

Bolognese Sauce and pasta tossed in a pan, ready to be served.

Garden Salad withItalian Dressing(hit of crisp fresh salad essential!)

Though if you have the time, slow cook it for a couple of hours.

The flavour develops and the meat becomes so luxuriously tender.

Meat sauce over spaghetti in a bowl, ready to be eaten

Either way, I hope you love it as much as I do!

Nagi xx

Watch how to make it

This recipe features in mydebut cookbook Dinner.

The book is mostly new recipes, but this is a reader favourite included by popular demand!

Spaghetti Bolgonese in a bowl sprinkled with fresh parmesan, ready to be eaten

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Updated with new commentary, new photos and most importantly, recipe video!

No change to recipe I wouldnt dare!

Too many readers love it as it is.

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