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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Using your hands, mix egg and minced beef. | 2. Heat pan and fry garlic and onion until soft and fragrant, add beef. | 3. Stir constantly until beef changes colour. | 4. Add oregano, thyme, parsley, basil, marjoram, bayleaves. | 5. Stir through. | 6. Add tomato paste and fresh tomatoes, with 1/3 of the wine. | 7. Mix thoroughly. | 8. Season with salt and pepper. | 9. DO NOT ADD WATER AT ALL. | 10. Let boil over very low heat until mixture thickens, stirring ocassionally. | 11. Add carrots and celery, and half of the remaining wine. | 12. Let boil (very low heat) until liquid is absorbed. | 13. Stir occasionally. | 14. Add the rest of the wine, tomato sauce, pinenuts and mushrooms. | 15. Stir until sauce thickens. | 16. Serving method: Boil water until it bubbles, add pasta, 1 tbsp of salt and 2 tbsp of olive oil. | 17. Cook for exactly 8 minutes for al-dente texture. | 18. Drain pasta. | 19. Make sure it's really drained of water. | 20. In a pan, heat up pasta sauce (1 serving) and toss pasta in. | 21. Stir quickly (1 minute) and pour onto plate. | 22. Sprinkle with grated mozzarella and parmesan, and a bit of parsley. | 23. NOTE: Sauce can be stored in small containers in the freezer to be used when needed. | 24. Make sure container is microwaveable, clean and dry. | 25. The sauce keeps for 12 months in the freezer. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
red wine	1	bottle		-	-	-	-
beef mince	1 1/2	1/2		37.825	0.0	8.415	0.2125
celery	3	stalks	diced	30.72	5.7024	1.3248	0.3264
carrot	4		diced	100.04	23.3752	2.2692	0.5856
oregano	1	tablespoon	chopped dried	7.95	2.0676	0.27	0.1284
thyme	1/2	tablespoon	chopped dried	1.212	0.2934	0.0667	0.0202
parsley	1	tablespoon	chopped dried	1.368	0.2405	0.1129	0.03
basil	1	tablespoon	chopped dried	0.6095	0.0702	0.0835	0.017
marjoram	1	teaspoon	chopped	1.626	0.3634	0.076	0.0422
bay leaf	2			-	-	-	-
pine nut	1/4	cup	dry-roasted	227.1375	4.4145	4.6204	23.0749
garlic	5	cloves	minced	22.35	4.959	0.9540000000000001	0.075
onion	1		diced	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
button mushroom	250			37.825	0.0	8.415	0.2125
tomato	1		skinned chopped skinless	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
tomato paste	1	can		139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
ketchup	1/2	bottle		37.825	0.0	8.415	0.2125
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
salt pepper				37.825	0.0	8.415	0.2125

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.