SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE ------ Milan (Italy)

HELLO DEAR FRIENDS!
We are your Italian friends from Milan (Italy) working together on the e-Twinning project. The topic for this year is TRADITIONAL CUISINE OF MY COUNTRY. We have decided to post here the most famous recipe of Italian cuisine: SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE!

We hope you try it at home and we hope you enjoy it!
Take care. Greetings from Italy,
2nd year Primary School - Milan. Italy.

INGREDIENTES:
50 ml Olive oil
100 g Bacon
1 Onion
1 Garlic
1 Carrot
1 Celery
200 g Minced Meat
3 Chopped Tomatoes
500 g Spaghetti
Salt
200 g Parmesan cheese


PREPARATION METHOD:

1. To make the bolognese sauce, heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat.
2. Add the bacon, onion, garlic, carrot and celery and fry for about 6 minutes or until tender.
3. Add the minced meat and stir-fry until the meat is evenly brown and crumbly.
4. Add the chopped tomatoes and salt (caution! the bacon is quite salty).
5. Put the spaghetti into a pan of boiling, salted water. Cook according to packet instructions until "al dente" - about 10 minutes.
6. Drain thoroughly and heap into a serving bowl.
7. Add Parmesan cheese and serve with the tomato sauce and enjoy!