QUOTE(JoBigShow @ Jul 12 2010, 06:21 AM)
The difference between tomato paste and peeled tomatoes is that:
~Tomatoes patse gives a more pungen, zestier and stronger tomatoes essence to the bolognese..
~Peeled tomatoes (canned) gives a milder contrast and
juicier while stay close to the classic Italian recipe..
Both are fine depends on what you like, but remember the herbs bro: Basil + tomato are superb combo

or dried oregano herbs are good enough as well.

Added on July 12, 2010, 6:30 amIf you want something else than bolognese and 'creamy' as well, try this sauce:
Plain Yogurt +
Extra virgin Olive oil +
Garlic (optional if you don't like it, but garlic is key in this sauce,
cooked in olive oil first before putting in other ingredients) +
chicken stock (for seasoning, the powder ones, not the cube ones) +
herbs (a little dried oregano)
and slices of small pieces of chicken breast.
Very simple, cooking time ETA 5 minutes.

QUOTE(myremi @ Jul 12 2010, 09:52 AM)
Reason for peeled tomatoes : in bolognese cooking, the tomatoes are cooked until it's very soft. By that time, the tomato skin would have curled up and not everyone likes the texture of the bolognese.
I've used both bought-tomato-paste and homecook tomato paste. Of course, the tomato paste bought from the store gives a stronger flavour but the cleaner taste one was the homecook version. It's a lot of work though and a lot of tomatoes.
For recipes, I'm now cooking based on recipes by Jamie Oliver. The trick to his bolognese is chopped bacon which he fries until crispy and fresh basil leaves (daun selasih). The bacon is added to the minced beer and basil leaves after adding in the tomatoes.
Other added ingredients are chopped celery and carrots. Gives it an interesting flavour.

I add grated parmesan on the day that I eat it.
I usually make a big batch of bolognese and freeze them into smaller portions. Then I just grab what I need for the day.
hehe, now i c the diff. i tot the peeled tomato was in fresh form (not canned). Now i get a better picture. I usually use both fresh and paste together, and tats the reason why i need water to cook those stuff til it become soft.
Yeap, i would alway use oregano and basil and sprinkle those parmesan on top of it. umm ummm
The one with the yogurt wont make the sauce taste sourish ?
Myremi, i tried using carrot before, it sweeten the sauce and the sauce gona have some hint of carrot taste hehe.
Hehe guess we all follow the sunday ritual, pack up food on sunday lol. I usually get those freezer zip bag and pack that big bowl of sauce into 5 small packets and wat i need is to boil the spaghetti while i m taking shower and getting ready and heat up the sauce and pour everything into my lunch box and there goes my lovely meal XD.
And hey, u r using bacon tats not fair XD.
Sarah: i usually have 2 cheat meals on a cheat day, but sometime it could be some tempted i attempted 3 lol.
Added on July 12, 2010, 10:26 amQUOTE(xixo_12 @ Jul 11 2010, 10:55 PM)
I'm in dilemma, what should i take to enable me get the total of 90gm of protein/day...
anybody can help?
should i take whey protein?
u dont need whey.
Assume u r taking 6 meals a day:
breakfast 3 eggs
mid - half can of tuna
lunch - meat + vege
mid - meat (or another half can of tuna)
dinner - meat
before bed 3 eggs
100g of meat = 30g of protein. so u only need 50g of meat, tats super little.
This post has been edited by jamis: Jul 12 2010, 10:26 AM