Dinner

Beef Ragu with Wholewheat Spaghetti

Name: Beef Ragu with Wholewheat Spaghetti
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 150 g Beef mince, 5% fat; 180 g Cooked wholewheat pasta; 200 g Passata; 60 g Onion; 50 g Carrot; 1 stick, about 40 g Celery; 5 g Olive oil; 10 g Parmesan; 1 clove, about 3 g Garlic; A pinch Dried oregano; 1 leaf Bay leaf

A proper bolognese with 5% mince, a soffritto and passata, given time to reduce, over wholewheat spaghetti. 49 g of protein for 613 kcal.

Calories: 613kcal
Protein: 49g
Fat: 16g
Carbs: 68g

Per serving, makes 1. 15 minutes of work, then forty minutes simmering. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Gluten
Milk
Celery

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Beef mince, 5% fat150 g
Weighed raw. Standard 20% mince is nearly twice the calories at the same weight.
Cooked wholewheat pasta180 g
About 75 g dry. Cooked weight.
Passata200 g
Onion60 g
Carrot50 g
Celery1 stick, about 40 g
Olive oil5 g
Parmesan10 g
Garlic1 clove, about 3 g
Dried oreganoA pinch
Bay leaf1 leaf

Method

Chop the onion, carrot and celery small and cook them in the oil over a medium heat for ten minutes until soft and sweet.
Turn the heat up, add the mince and break it up with a spoon. Cook until it is browned all over and any liquid has boiled off, about six minutes.
Add the garlic, oregano, bay and passata with a splash of water. Simmer on the lowest heat, partly covered, for forty minutes, adding water if it catches.
Cook the spaghetti in well-salted water, drain, toss with the ragu and finish with the parmesan.

Worth knowing

The forty minutes is not optional. Ragu at ten minutes tastes of tomato; at forty it tastes of beef.
Wholewheat pasta is about 35 kcal per 100 g less than white when cooked, and holds a ragu better. Standard 20% mince in place of the 5% would add about 180 kcal.

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