Hidden Veggie Bolognese Recipe – Simple Home Edit

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 onion or 2 small onions, finely diced
• 1 celery stalk, finely diced
• 2 carrots, peeled and grated
• 1 large zucchini (courgette) or 2 small zucchini, peeled and grated
• ½ tsp sea salt flakes, plus extra to taste
• 200 g mushrooms, finely diced (I used Swiss brown)
• 1 tsp freshly minced garlic
• 500 g minced (ground) beef (see note 1)
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 700 g passata
• 500 ml beef stock
• 2 bay leaves, dry or fresh
• 1 tsp caster (superfine) sugar
• Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
• 400 g fettuccine (or pasta of choice), cooked as per the packet instructions
• 50 g freshly grated parmesan, to serve (omit for dairy-free)