What you need for 2-3 people: Was Du für 2-3 Personen brauchst:

Spaghetti:

  • 250 gram (9 oz) Spaghetti
  • 1 litre water (1,8 pints)
  • 2 tablespoons salt

Bolognese:

  • 250 gram (9 oz) tofu
  • 4 tablespoons tomato puree
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 3 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 3 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 cup red wine
  • 0,2 litre (7 fl oz) water

Parmesan:

  • 50 gram (1,8 oz) nutritional yeast (you can get it in organic grocery stores ;)
  • 50 gram (1,8 oz) peeled and grounded almonds
  • time to prepare: 20 minutes
 

September 22, 2006

This dish is one of my favourites. We'll make our bolognese sauce with tofu. If you season everything well it is better than the original one! Believe me! Tofu has all amino acids your body needs, lots of minerals and people say it can lower you cholesterol! It tastes delicious too ;)

SPAGHETTI:

  • At first we heat some water for the Spaghetti.
  • We give the  water into a big cooking pot.
  • We add the Spaghetti and one tablespoon salt.
  • We stir everything so that the Spaghetti don't cleave on each others.
  • The Spaghetti need to cook 5-8 minutes until they are "al dente"
  • After that you cast the content of the cooking pot into a colander and flush it shortly with some cold water.

BOLOGNESE:

  • At first we peel the onion and cut it into small pieces.
  • Afterwards we mince the tofu into small crumbs.
  • We mix the tomato puree witht the water.
  • Now we heat 3 tablespoon olive oil in a frying pan.
  • We add the onion and fry it for about 2 minutes while stirring.
  • Now we add the tofu crumbs and fry them for about 5 minutes until the tofu becomes a little brown.
  • We add the tomato sauce and some red wine (don't worry, the alcohol will evaporate)
  • At the end we add the sugar, salt, oregano and thymin.

 

PARMESAN:

  • We mix the nutritional yeast flakes with the peeled and grounded almonds in a ratio of 1:1.
  • You definately should try it. You'll get used to it very fast. It definately does not taste like real parmesan but is a hearty addition to any pasta dish. Besides it's much healthier than cheese. The yeast comprised lots of B-Vitamins and the almonds do have a lot of iron. This vegan parmesan is totally free of cholesterol and totally guilt free! ;)

 

 

ENJOY 

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