Special Spaghetti

James having put together a decent meal last night, I thought I'd better up my game a bit this evening so took advantage of one of Kasper's mega-long naps to make spaghetti bolognese from scratch. I always do make my own sauce but decided to make an extra effort today, adding diced pancetta, organic courgettes, and a rich beef stock to make it a bit more memorable.

The real trick is to let the whole thing simmer for absolutely ages though - mine was on the hob for at least two hours this afternoon, resulting in a really deep flavour. We served it with wholewheat pasta to compliment the robust sauce and some salad. It was only lacking a hunk of crusty bread to mop up the juices but James had taken the rest of the loaf from last night to scoff at work. Not so hunky.