Pork Bolognese with Pulse Pasta and Micro Watercress

Pork Bolognese with Pulse Pasta and Micro Watercress

Ready in 30 minutes • Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, August 18, 2019.
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Ingredients

BOLOGNESE

  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 fennel bulb, halved and thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 pack Bolognese spices
  • 1 pack lean ground pork
  • 680g tomato passata
  • 1 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1/2 pack baby spinach

PASTA AND COURGETTE

  • 2/3 pack pulse penne pasta
  • 2 courgettes, peeled into ribbons
  • 50g feta cheese, crumbled

TO SERVE

  • 1 punnet micro watercress, snipped with scissors

Steps

  1. Bring a pot of hot salted water to the boil.
  2. Prep & start Bolognese. Heat 2 tsp oil in a fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook onion and fennel for about 4 minutes, until soft. Add garlic and Bolognese spices and cook, stirring, for about 1 minute, until fragrant.
  3. Add pork and 1/2 tsp salt and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring, until browned. Add tomato passata and soy sauce and cook for about 5 minutes on low heat, until thickened. Season to taste and stir through spinach.
  4. Prep courgette & cook pasta. Cook pasta in pot of boiling water for 6-8 minutes, until tender. Drain pasta, return to pot with courgette ribbons and feta. Toss to combine and season.
  5. Serve pasta topped with Bolognese and micro watercress.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1847 kj
441 kcal
Protein 42.8g
Carbohydrate 32.9g
Fat 12.8g