Slow Cooker / Dutch Oven Bolognese Sauce ...

 I came across this recipe for Slow cooker spag bol sauce when someone commented on Mrs Woog's blog (she put out a cry for help with her spag bol sauce).  I thought this sounded great to put on at Friday lunch time then come home to the smell of a lovely sauce ready to add pasta for a quick Friday night tea.  I bough the ingredients but plans went awry and I didn't get it on the stove until 5pm!  Never the less, using my Big Blue dutch oven, I got it happening and it still turned out wonderfully.  I used bacon instead of prosciutto and added these lovely big mushrooms and a zucchini.  You can never have too many veg in your sauce!

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The recipe is from Modern Day Mummying and the recipe is here http://moderndaymummying.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/slow-cooker-thursdays-spaghetti.html

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 I fried off the bacon in a little oil ...

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 Then added in the vegetables then the pork & veal mince and I also used beef mince too (to make up the 1 kg) ...

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 All other ingredients were added and then I just let it simmer away for 2 hours...

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 I used orichiette pasts (San Remo) as it hangs on to the sauce nicely...

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 Look how lovely and rich the sauce is!  Lots of flavour in there!

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 I ladled out the sauce and mixed it through the pasta, put it in a baking dish and topped it with parmesan...

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Baked for 20 minutes until the cheese melted and voila!

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 Look how much I have left over.  I have frozen it and will give the girls one to take home when they come for the June long weekend.

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Labelled so I won't lose it in my freezer...

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Modern Day Mummying has other slow cooker recipes on her blog and lots of other goodies too - check it out.

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Cheers - Joolz xx