Vegan Red Lentil Bolognese Recipe:
Prep Time: ~10 minutes
Cook Time: ~45 minutes
Yields: 4 big portions
Storage: Sealed container in the fridge
This recipe doesn’t include pasta or its cooking instructions so please follow the packet for these. The Bolognese will also go perfectly with a jacket potato! This recipe also has quite a few ingredients, but I can assure you it’s worth it…
Ingredients:
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 2 onions (chopped)
- 2 cloves of garlic (crushed)
- 3 large carrots (chopped)
- 2 sticks of celery (chopped)
- 200g dried red lentils
- 600ml vegetable stock
- 2 tins of chopped tomatoes
- 1 tbsp. tomato puree
- Pinch of allspice
- 2 red or green peppers (chopped)
- 150g mushrooms (chopped)
- Pinch of salt
- Black pepper to taste
- Splash of soy sauce (reduced salt)
- A few drops of lemon juice
- 2 tbsp. (dried or fresh) oregano
- 2 tbsp. (dried or fresh) basil
- 1 tsp. sugar
Method:
- Gently fry the onions in a little olive oil until softened
- Add the garlic, stir, then cook for a further 1-2 minutes
- Pour in the carrots and celery then cover and cook gently for about 10 minutes
- Then add the lentils and stir gently for 2 minutes
- Add the stock, tinned tomatoes and tomato puree, then bring to the boil (stirring occasionally to ensure the lentils don’t stick)
- Cover and simmer again for another 10 minutes (stir occasionally again)
- Then add the allspice, peppers, mushrooms, salt, pepper, soy sauce and lemon juice
- Cover for one final time then leave to cook for about ~30 minutes (stir occasionally)
- After this, add the herbs and check seasoning – add sugar as necessary
- You can then check to ensure all the veg is soft and the lentils are cooked (if the sauce is a little thin add a few vegetable gravy granules to help thicken)
- Then serve and enjoy!
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