Vegan Bolognese

5 from 4 votes

This vegan bolognese is a rich and tasty mushroom-based sauce that goes perfectly with spaghetti, tagliatelle, on top of polenta, or with a vegan lasagna. But it's also great for any other pasta types. We even use this sauce to put on top of tacos, inside tortilla wraps, or as a topping for roasted veggies.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time1 hr

Total Time1 hr 10 mins

Course: Dressing & Sauces

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: Plant-Based, Vegan

Servings: servings

Calories: 170kcal

Author: Nico

Ingredients

Basic ingredients

5 tablespoon olive oil
2 carrots
2 stalk celery
2 onions
35 ounces mushrooms brown
3 tablespoon tomato paste
4 cups tomato passata
1 cup water
2 tablespoon soy sauce
¾ cup soy milk unsweetened
salt and pepper

Optional but recommended ingredients

½ cup red wine optional
½ tablespoon vegetable bouillon powder optional
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast optional
½ tablespoon miso paste optional
3 bay leaves optional
1 handful parsley optional

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Instructions

Finely chop carrot, onion and celery. Then in a pot (or in a pan with tall edges) gently fry them in olive oil until soft, for about 10 minutes.
In the meantime, chop the mushrooms in small dice, then add them to the pan with the vegetables and cook until the water of the mushrooms has evaporated.
When the pan is dry and hot, add the red wine and stir.
Let the wine evaporate completely, then add tomato paste, soy sauce, nutritional yeast, miso paste, vegetable bouillon powder, bay leaves, tomato passata, and a glass of water to rinse the passata bottle.
Cover with a lid, and let simmer on low-medium heat for about 1 hour.
Then, towards the end, add the unsweetened soy or almond milk. Also, taste and adjust for salt and pepper. At this point you can also add the finely chopped parsley.
Use it for your favourite pasta dish, or lasagne, like we did here. Turn the heat off and let cool down completely, in the pot, before storing it in the refrigerator, in an air tight container.

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