SPAGHETTI "BOLOGNESE"

Actually spaghetti bolognese is a meal that i make when i´m too lazy to cook anything complicated or uses a lot of time. But a friend of mine told me about his yummie bolognese sauce he made with red wine and other yummie ingredients. So i decided to do this aswell and..... this was a good desicion!!! This was definitely the best bolognese sauce i´ve ever had!!! It need´s a lot of time but the result was great!!


Ingredients:

• 1 carrot, finely chopped
• 1/4 - 1/2 piece of celery, finely chopped
• 1 onion + 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 4 - 5 brown champignons, finely chopped
• 160g granulated tvp
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• about 175 - 200ml red wine
• vegetable stock
• tomato paste
• 1 bay leaf
• olive oil
• salt, pepper, paprika powder to taste
• spaghetti

1. Cook tvp according to package instruction. I cook my TVP in a strong vegetable stock, 1/2 fresh onion and a rosemary branch. Drain well!
2. Heat some oil in a pan and sauté the prepared veggies. Take it out of the pan and set aside. Now add the TVP to the pan and fry until brown. This will take some time, but it´s worth, i promise!! Season with salt, pepper and some paprika powder.
3. Add the veggies and deglaze with the red wine and let it boil briefly. 
4. Pour with the chopped tomatoes and some vegetable stock and add the bay leaf. And this is the part that needs a lot of time! Let it cook over low flame as long as possible. I think i was cooking the sauce for about 1 hour, but the longer the better!
5. Meantime pour a little broth. At the end, stir in tomato paste and season with salt and pepper!! I think i had 2-3 tbsp of tomato paste, but you can use as much as you want. It depends on how tomatoey you like it.
6. Serve with spaghetti and vegan parmesan!