Name: Vegan bolognese
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 15g dried porcini mushrooms -; 1 ½ tbsp olive oil -; ½ onion, finely chopped -; 1 carrot, finely chopped -; 1 celery stick, finely chopped -; 2 garlic cloves, sliced -; 2 thyme sprigs -; ½ tsp tomato purée -; 50ml vegan red wine (optional) -; 125g dried green lentils -; 400g can whole plum tomatoes -; 125g chestnut mushrooms, chopped -; 125g portobello mushrooms, sliced -; ½ tsp soy sauce -; ½ tsp Marmite -; 270g spaghetti -; handful fresh basil leaves -

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20 min.

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Ingredients for - Vegan bolognese

1. 15g dried porcini mushrooms -

2. 1 ½ tbsp olive oil -

3. ½ onion, finely chopped -

4. 1 carrot, finely chopped -

5. 1 celery stick, finely chopped -

6. 2 garlic cloves, sliced -

7. 2 thyme sprigs -

8. ½ tsp tomato purée -

9. 50ml vegan red wine (optional) -

10. 125g dried green lentils -

11. 400g can whole plum tomatoes -

12. 125g chestnut mushrooms, chopped -

13. 125g portobello mushrooms, sliced -

14. ½ tsp soy sauce -

15. ½ tsp Marmite -

16. 270g spaghetti -

17. handful fresh basil leaves -

How to cook deliciously - Vegan bolognese

1. Stage

Pour 400ml boiling water over the dried porcini and leave for 10 mins until hydrated. Meanwhile pour 1 tbsp oil into a large saucepan. Add the onion, carrot, celery and a pinch of salt. Cook gently, stirring for 10 mins until soft. Remove the porcini from the liquid, keeping the mushroomy stock and roughly chop. Set both aside.

2. Stage

Add the garlic and thyme to the pan. Cook for 1 min then stir in the tomato purée and cook for a min more. Pour in the red wine, if using, cook until nearly reduced, then add the lentils, reserved mushroom stock and tomatoes. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and leave to simmer with a lid on.

3. Stage

Meanwhile, heat a large frying pan. Add the remaining oil, then tip in the chestnut, portobello and rehydrated mushrooms. Fry until all the water has evaporated and the mushrooms are deep golden brown. Pour in the soy sauce. Give everything a good mix, then scrape the mushrooms into the lentil mixture.

4. Stage

Stir in the Marmite and continue to cook the ragu, stirring occasionally, over a low-medium heat for 30-45 mins until the lentils are cooked and the sauce is thick and reduced, adding extra water if necessary. Remove the thyme sprigs and season to taste.

5. Stage

Cook the spaghetti in a large pan of salted water for 1 min less than packet instructions. Drain the pasta, reserving a ladleful of pasta water, then toss the spaghetti in the sauce, using a little of the starchy liquid to loosen up the ragu slightly so that the pasta clings to the sauce. Serve topped with fresh basil and some black pepper.