Creamy Pork Spaghetti Bolognese

20-MIN MEAL

High Protein

Quick

with Spinach, Bacon, and Parmesan

8 min

Difficulty: 2/3

Italian

You can't beat the feeling of sitting down to a hearty bowl of bolognese! In this version, the delicate mixture of tomato, cream, and mirepoix will please your taste buds and warm your soul. Ingredients: Marinara sauce (water, tomato paste, sugar, salt, modified corn starch, dried garlic, vinegar, dried onion, soybean oil, dried red bell pepper, spices, herbs, natural flavour, xanthan gum, citric acid, lactic acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Ground pork • Spaghetti (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • Mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) • Bacon (pork, water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, spices, smoke) • 35% Cream (cream, milk, dextrose, cellulose gel, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate) (milk) • Spinach • Parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, water, modified corn starch and/or potato starch, cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzyme, lipase), salt, citric acid, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, flavour, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, caramel colour, beta-carotene, anticaking blend (potato starch, corn starch, dextrose, calcium sulfate, cellulose, natamycin, enzyme)) (milk) • Garlic puree (garlic puree, soybean oil, water, citric acid, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Vegetable stock powder (salt, sugars (dextrose, corn syrup solids, sugar), dehydrated vegetables (sulphites) (carrot, potato, onion, leek, red and green bell peppers, cabbage, celery, tomato, garlic), hydrolyzed vegetable proteins (corn, soy), potato starch, palm oil, corn starch, yeast extract, canola oil, spice extracts, herb, turmeric extract, natural flavor) (soy, sulphites).

Allergens

Soy

Mustard

Wheat

Milk

Sulphites

Crustaceans

Egg

May contain traces of allergens

Peanuts

Sesame

Tree nuts

Fish

Gluten

Utensils

Large Pot

Measuring Spoons

Large Non-Stick Pan

Measuring Cups

Colander

Tags

High Protein

Quick

Ready-in-20

Ingredients

Ground Pork

250 g

Cream

56 mL

Spaghetti

170 g

Mirepoix

113 g

Baby Spinach

56 g

Marinara Sauce

1 cup

Parmesan Cheese, shredded

0.25 cup

Garlic Puree

1 tbsp

Vegetable Stock Powder

7.5 g

Bacon Strips

100 g

Butter

2 tbsp

Pepper

0.125 tsp

Salt

0.125 tsp

Preparation

Before starting, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
Wash and dry all produce.
Roughly chop spinach.

To the boiling water, add spaghetti. Cook for 12-13 min, stirring occasionally, until tender but still firm to the bite.
Reserve 1 cup (2 cups) pasta water.
Strain spaghetti, then return to the pot, off heat.
Cut bacon strips in half crosswise.
Heat a large non-stick pan over medium. When hot, add bacon. Cook for 5-7 min, flipping occasionally, until crispy.**
Remove from heat. Using tongs, transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Set aside.
Discard bacon fat from the pan. Carefully wipe the pan clean.

Reheat the same pan (from step 2), heat 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) butter over medium-high, until melted.
Add pork, mirepoix and garlic puree. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 3-5 min, breaking up pork into smaller pieces, until no pink remains.**

To the pan with pork, add marinara sauce, stock powder, cream and half the reserved pasta water. Season with salt and pepper.
Reduce heat to medium.
Cook for 1-3 min, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens slightly.

Roughly chop bacon.
To the pot with spaghetti, add spinach and creamy pork bolognese sauce, then stir for 1 min until spinach wilts. (TIP: For a lighter sauce consistency, add more reserved pasta water, 1-2 tbsp at a time.)
Divide spaghetti bolognese between plates.
Sprinkle bacon and Parmesan over top.

If you've opted to add bacon, cut bacon strips in half crosswise. Heat a large non-stick pan over medium. When hot, add bacon. Cook for 5-7 min, flipping occasionally, until crispy.** Remove from heat. Using tongs, transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Set aside. Discard bacon fat from the pan. Carefully wipe the pan clean. Reuse the same pan to cook bolognese sauce in step 3.