Name: Smokey pork and pancetta bolognese
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 jar smoked tomato paste; 130 gram Italian diced pancetta; as needed vegetable oil; 500 gram pork mince; 40 gram frozen soffritto base; 1 clove garlic; 1 tablespoon fennel seeds; 1 tin chopped tomatoes; 500 millilitre chicken stock; 340 gram linguine; to taste salt; to taste black pepper; to taste parmesan

Step 1

In a heavy-based frying pan, fry the diced pancetta (130 g) in a dash of oil (as needed) for a few minutes to render the fat, then add the pork mince (500 g) , breaking it up with a wooden spoon. Brown the mince off, then add the M&S Sofrito mix (40 g) , garlic (1 clove) and fennel seeds (6 g) . Sweat the veg in the pan until sweet and translucent.

Step 2

Stir in the M&S Smoked tomato paste (1 jar) , allowing it to caramelise in the pan before pouring in the tomatoes (1 tin) and stock (500 mL) . Bring to the boil, then turn down to a simmer and cook for 25 minutes.

Step 3

Meanwhile, bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil. Cook the linguine (340 g) for 8 minutes. Drain and set aside.

Step 4

Season the Bolognese with salt (to taste) and black pepper (to taste) and serve with the cooked linguine and a generous helping of parmesan (to taste) .

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