Slow Cooker Millionaire’s Spaghetti

Ingredients

• 500 g lean beef mince
• 1 onion (diced)
• 1 red pepper (diced)
• 1 carrot (grated)
• 1 tsp garlic purée
• 1 tsp mixed herbs
• 1 beef stock pot
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 1 tsp sugar
• 500 g passata
• red wine (a splash)
• water (half-fill the empty passata carton)
• 300 g dried spaghetti
• 120 g white lasagne sauce
• 60 g mozzarella (grated)
• 15 g Parmesan (grated)
• 40 g Red Leicester cheese (grated)
• salt (to taste)
• black pepper (to taste)
• 150 ml pasta water (around; reserve from cooking the spaghetti)

Steps

1. 1

   Brown the beef mince using the sauté function on the slow cooker.

2. 2

   Add the diced onion, diced red pepper, grated carrot, garlic purée, mixed herbs, beef stock pot, tomato purée, sugar, red wine, and passata to the slow cooker.

3. 3

   Half-fill the empty passata carton with water and add the water to the slow cooker.

4. 4

   Stir everything together, cover with the lid, and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours.

5. 5

   Cook the spaghetti according to the packet instructions. Reserve some pasta water before draining.

6. 6

   Mix the cooked spaghetti with the white lasagne sauce and around 150 ml of reserved pasta water until creamy.

7. 7

   Add the creamy spaghetti to the slow cooker on top of the Bolognese.

8. 8

   Top with the grated mozzarella, Parmesan, and Red Leicester.

9. 9

   Cook on high for another 5–10 minutes, until the cheese has melted, then serve.

Notes

Salt and pepper are listed in the ingredients but not assigned an explicit addition point in the method. The amount of red wine is described only as a splash.

Nutrition per serving

• main
• comfort food
• slow cooker
• Italian-inspired
• beef
• pasta
• cheesy