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Here’s another vegetarian dish for the recipe collection. In this one, I’ve cooked the pasta with the sauce in the Thermomix and I’ve also added lentils to make a more filling meal. The trick with this dish is to wait for 5 minutes before serving so that the pasta can finish cooking with the heat of the sauce. I’ve learned the hard way that cooking the dish for too long results in the turning Thermomix blades break up the pasta!
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Vegetable Bolognaise
An all-in-one dish for the Thermomix that cooks a vegetable and lentil sauce along with pasta at the same time.
Ingredients
- 1 large red onion peeled and quartered
- 2 cloves garlic peeled
- 2 carrots ~250 to 300g, cut into 2 cm pieces
- 2 zucchini ~250 to 300g, cut into 2cm pieces
- 6 mushrooms halved
- 15 g olive oil
- 800 g canned diced tomato 2x400g cans
- 40 g tomato paste
- 20 g worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 2 tsp dried parsley
- 2 tsp dried basil
- 60 g Thermomix vegetable stock concentrate
- 120 g green lentils rinsed
- Salt and pepper to season
- 100 g wholemeal penne
- Grated parmesan cheese and chilli flakes to serve
Instructions
- Add onion and garlic into the Thermomix bowl and chop with the measuring cup (MC) on for 3 seconds | Speed 5
- Add carrots, zucchini and mushrooms into the Thermomix bowl and chop with the MC on for 4 seconds | Speed 6
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add oil and sauté with the MC off for 8 minutes | Varoma | Speed 1
- Add tomatoes, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, dried herbs, stock concentrate and lentils, use the spatula to quickly mix the ingredients together and cook for 17 minutes | 100C | Reverse | Speed soft with the Thermomix basket sitting on top of the lid
- Stir sauce with the spatula, taste and add seasoning if required
- Add pasta, stir to combine and cook for 12 minutes | 100C | Reverse | Speed soft with the Thermomix basket sitting on top of the lid
- Sit in the Thermomix for 5 minutes before serving
- Serve with parmesan cheese and chilli flakes
Notes
- If after step 2, there are still large pieces of vegetables in the bowl, feel free to chop for a further 1 to 2 seconds. No more than that – otherwise, the finished sauce will not have a chunky bolognaise texture
- If you like your pasta softer, sit in the Thermomix after step 7 until the pasta reaches the desired texture
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[Last updated: January 11, 2015]
I love bolognese sauce, I like your vegetable version 😊
A lovely recipe and great tips too! Thanks for including lentils, they are a fave meat-replacer for me too 🙂 Happy mixing!
I need a like button! Lentils are awesome!
I haven’t yet conquered the art of cooking pasta in the my Thermomix .. But I like the sound of your recipe so much I’ll have to give it a try! 🙂
It did take a couple of unsuccessful attempts to figure it out! Let me know how you go….
This is a delicious lentil bolognaise! I’ve made it several times and keep coming back to this recipe. It’s a regular at our house. Hubby and children are happy to eat this in place of a regular meat version. Great recipe thanks.
I’m so glad you like it. It’s always hard to get meatless dishes past my other half!!