Belgian Spaghetti, Student Style
photo by Belgophile
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 onions, chopped
- 1⁄2 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1⁄4 lb white mushroom, sliced
- 1 carrot, peeled and diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
- 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon basil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, minced
- 1 (14 ounce) can peeled plum tomatoes, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup dry red wine
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- salt and pepper
- 1 lb thin spaghetti
- Tabasco sauce (optional)
- 3⁄4 cup grated gruyere cheese
directions
- Heat olive oil in deep pan or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions, bell pepper, mushrooms, and carrots. Cook until soft, 5 to 8 minutes. Add half the garlic and all the ground beef. Continue cooking over medium heat, using a wooden spoon to stir and break up the meat with, until meat is no longer pink.
- Stir in sugar, oregano, thyme, basil, red pepper flakes, and parsley. Add tomatoes and juices, red wine, and tomato paste. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 35 minutes.
- Add remaining garlic. Add Tasbasco sauce, if desired.
- Cook spaghetti; drain. Distribute among four bowls. Spoon sauce over spaghetti. Top with Gruyère cheese.
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Reviews
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After a recent trip to Belgium my DD requested that I prepare "something Belgian" and chose this recipe. We really enjoyed the chunky combination of vegetables and meat. You're right - the gruyere cheese made it something special. Although I enjoy gruyere, my children used parmesan and still enjoyed it. Ruth Van Waerebeek's recipes are great! Thanks for posting Belgophile.
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Belgophile
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My most cherished cookbook is Ruth Van Waerebeek's Everybody Eats Well in Belgium. It has been my inspiration for most of our family's special occasions and holiday meals and it was through exploring this book that cooking and entertaining became such a pleasurable hobby for me. The book is out of print, but I contacted Ruth to express my appreciation and ask her permission to include her recipes here. In her words: "My main concern when I wrote this book, was exactly that, that people around the globe would be able to taste these wonderful Belgian flavors! So, I don't have any objection that you post the recipes on the web."