spaghetti bolognese recipe | Jessica Cox

Ingredients

• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
• 1 carrot, finely diced
• 2 sticks celery, finely diced
• 500gms (ideally free range) beef mince
• 1/3 cup tomato paste
• 2 anchovies, finely sliced
• 1 medium sized eggplant, cubed
• 4 roma tomatoes, cubed
• 1 1/2 cups roughly chopped mushrooms
• 1 cup chicken or beef stock
• 1 can crushed tomatoes or 1 1/2 cups pasatta
• 1 red capsicum, diced
• 3 bay leaves
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• salt and pepper to season
• pasta of choice for serving