Grate Bolognese
- Super simple
- 0:30 m
- 13 ingredients
No knives needed for this delicious bolognese recipe, all you need is a grater! This recipe is seriously tasty, and you don't have to go to GRATE lengths to make this at home.
Serves: 4
Ingredients
For the sauce
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp plant-based tomato pesto
- 1 tbsp Nooch
- 1 tsp Henderson's Relish
- 2 tsp gravy browning
- 100g tofu - smoked
- 200g chestnut mushrooms
- 1 clove garlic clove
- 400g Popla tomatoes
- 2 tomatoes medium
For the bolognese
- 250g rigatoni pasta
- sugar to taste
- tbsp olive oil to serve
- tbsp Nooch
Before you start
High sided frying pan | Large stock pot | Kettle filled and boiled | Colander
Step 1
Prepare the ingredients
- Coarsely grate the tofu and mushrooms, transfer to a bowl and rinse the grater
- Coarsely grate the tomatoes
- Finely grate the garlic clove
Ingredients
- 100g tofu - smoked
- 200g chestnut mushrooms
- 2 tomatoes medium
Step 2
Prepare the sauce
- Warm the oil over medium high heat
- Add the tofu and mushrooms to the pan and stir for 5-6 minutes
- Add the garlic and stir for 1 minute
- Add the tomatoes and stir for 2 minutes
- Add the pesto and nutritional yeast and stir for 1 minute
- Add the polpa tomatoes, stir to combine, reduce the heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes
- Add the Henderson's Relish and gravy browning, stir to combine, taste and season with salt, pepper and sugar
- Reduce the heat to a very low simmer and leave the pan to one side to let the flavours develop
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp plant-based tomato pesto
- 1 tbsp Nooch
- 1 tsp Henderson's Relish
- 2 tsp gravy browning
- 1 clove garlic clove
- sugar to taste
- Salt & pepper to taste
Step 3
Prepare the pasta
- Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of boiling salted water according to the package instructions (approx 10-13 minutes)
Ingredients
- 400g Popla tomatoes
- 250g rigatoni pasta
Step 4
Finish and serve
- Add a ladle of pasta water to the sauce and stir to loosen
- Finely shred the basil leaves.
- Drain the pasta with a colander, quickly transfer the pasta to the sauce and fold to combine.
- Spoon the pasta into bowls
- Season with a sprinkle of nooch, salt and pepper, drizzle over a little olive oil, garnish with basil leaves and serve immediately
Ingredients
- tbsp olive oil to serve
- tbsp Nooch
- basil leaves