Welcome back to Cooking With Jamie reviewed by that paper you like as being: “the only online student blog column written by Jamie about cooking”

This week I will be teaching you how to make Jamie’s Bolognese Surprise. Perfect for eating, storing, food fighting and paint stripping!

Food Facts

No. of your 5 a day: 2

Preparation Time: 2-5 Minutes (Depending on how fast you can chop onions and mushrooms)

Cooking Time: 10-20 Minutes

Alcohol Units: 0-9 (Depends on how much of the Wine you drink)

Chance of Burning Down Your Student House/Flat: 23%

Yumminess Rating: Yellow

Healthiness Rating: Bananarific!

Ingredients

• One Onion - Chopped
• Some Mushrooms - Chopped
• Minced Beef (Substitute for Vegetarian Option if you want, it won’t hurt my feelings)
• Basil
• Oregano
• Black Pepper
• Tomato Passata
• A Bottle of Cheap Red Wine

Note: Just in case you didn’t know, Tomato Passata is basically made from ripe tomatoes that have been puréed and sieved to remove the skin and seeds. You can buy it from Tesco’s for 30p and it is an awesome cooking ingredient.

Method

1. Add mushrooms and onions to a frying pan and fry until onions smell nice (about 1-2 Minutes)
2. Add beef and fry until beef is a nice brown colour -you know the score, don’t poison yourself
3. Add Tomato Passata (The amount depends on how many servings you want or how greedy you are). You will need enough to cover the beef.
4. Add a glass of red wine to the mixture. If you like alcohol now is the time to start drinking the rest of the wine. If people ask, you are just “testing” to see if the flavour will blend with the herbs.
5. Season with Oregano and Basil. This takes practice and a lot of overly and under-seasoned dishes before you can work out the right about.
6. Leave to simmer for as long as you want. Five minutes seems to work well but depending on how hungry you are you can leave it for a while, stirring occasionally.
7. Add the black pepper to season and enjoy with spaghetti or some other type of food.

I hope you enjoyed Cooking with Jamie, tune in next time when I will be telling you how to make the perfect plate of Nachos!