Bolognese Sauce (adapted from "Jamie's Food Revolution" by Jamie Oliver) Serves 4-6 2 slices of smoked bacon, preferably

free-ran e or or anic (! use about " medium pieces of streaky bacon) 2 medium onions 2 cloves of arlic 2 carrots 2 celery stalks olive oil 2 #eaped teaspoons dried ore ano $ pound ood-%uality round beef, pork, or (even better&) a mi'ture of t#e t(o 2 ' $)-ounce cans of diced tomatoes sea salt and fres#ly round black pepper a small bunc# of fres# basil ) ounces *armesan c#eese $ pound dried spa #etti or penne To make your sauce : Finely slice t#e bacon+ *eel and finely c#op t#e onions, arlic, carrots, and celery - don't (orry about tec#ni%ue, ,ust c#op a(ay until fine+ *lace a lar e casserole-type pan on a medium to #i # #eat+ -dd 2 lu s of olive oil, your sliced bacon, and t#e ore ano and cook and stir until t#e bacon is li #tly olden+ -dd t#e ve etables to t#e pan and stir every ./ seconds for around 0 minutes or until softened and li #tly colored+ 1tir in t#e round meat and t#e canned tomatoes+ Fill one of t#e empty cans (it# (ater and add to t#e pan+ 1tir in a ood pinc# of salt and pepper+ *ick t#e basil leaves and place in t#e refri erator for later+ Finely c#op t#e basil stalks and stir into t#e pan+ 2rin to a boil+ 3urn t#e #eat do(n and simmer (it# t#e lid sli #tly aske( for $ #our4 stirrrin every no( and t#en+ 3ake t#e lid off and cook for anot#er ./ minutes, stirrin occasionally+ 5eep an eye on t#e sauce as it cooks, and if you t#ink it's startin to dry out, add a splas# of (ater+ Remove t#e 2olo nese sauce from t#e #eat+ Finely rate t#e *armesan and stir #alf into t#e sauce+ 3ear and stir in any lar er basil leaves, keepin t#e smaller ones for sprinklin over before servin + 6i' up, #ave a taste, and season (it# a little more salt and pepper if needed - con ratulations& 7ou no( #ave a beautiful 2olo nese sauce+ -t t#is sta e you can allo( it to cool, ba it up and free8e it, or eat it strai #ta(ay (it# t#e pasta belo(+ To cook your pasta and serve : 2rin a lar e pan of salted (ater to a boil+ -dd your pasta and stir, follo(in t#e packa e cookin times - don't let it cook any lon er or it (ill become too soft - you (ant it to #ave a bit of bite+ 1avin a little of t#e cookin times, drain t#e pasta in a colander+ *ut t#e drained pasta back into t#e pan+ -dd #alf t#e 2olo nese sauce to t#e cooked pasta and mi' (ell, addin a little of t#e reserved cookin (ater to loosen+ 9ivide bet(een your plates and spoon t#e remainin sauce over t#e top+ 9ri88le (it# olive oil, sprinkle over t#e rest of t#e *armesan, and scatter (it# t#e small basil leaves - bellissima! "bellissima", in !talian, means beautiful& (! oo led for t#e meanin 7es, indeed, t#is is a beautiful sauce& :) )