This easy Scotch Lamb bolognese recipe is super simple to make, but it’s incredibly tasty – perfect for fussy kids! It can be batch cooked and frozen for later too. This recipe has been made in collaboration with Scotch Lamb PGI. #Ad #ScotchLamb #Naturally #ScotchLambPGI #MeatWithIntegrity
Scotch Lamb bolognese – my kids’ favourite midweek dinner recipe
If you ask my children what they want for dinner, they’ll say pasta. In fact, I asked them what they wanted for Christmas dinner this year – if they could have anything they wanted, what would it be. Their response: pasta bolognese.
My Scotch Lamb bolognese recipe is one of their absolute favourites, and it’s super easy to whip up too. I often make a big batch and freeze it in two-child servings for a quick midweek meal when time isn’t on our side.
Ingredients needed
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 medium brown onion
- 1 medium-sized carrot
- 1 celery stick
- 2 garlic cloves
- 475 grams Scotch Lamb mince
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- salt & pepper
- 200 ml lamb stock
- 400 grams chopped tomatoes
How to make easy Scotch Lamb bolognese
- Heat sunflower oil in a saute pan over a medium heat. Saute the onion, carrots, celery and garlic until they begin to soften, about five minutes.
- Add the Scotch Lamb mince and season well with salt and pepper.
- Fry the Scotch Lamb mince until browned all over.
- Add the tomato puree and dried thyme.
- Add the lamb stock and tinned tomatoes.
- Cover, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes until the lamb bolognese sauce is thick and reduced.
Tips for making lamb bolognese for fussy eaters
- use a mini food processor to cut the vegetables as finely as you can
- this recipe freezes very well. Simply defrost and reheat!
- keep the flavours mild – you can always spice lamb bolognese up at the table with a drizzle of chilli-infused olive oil, or a sprinkling of cayenne pepper
What pasta do I serve Scotch Lamb bolognese with?
Lamb bolognese sauce is best served with wide, flat pasta such as tagliatelle, pappardelle or linguine.
Bigton Farm – Meet the Crofter!
We are a family of meat-eaters, and I believe it’s our responsibility, as consumers, to make sure that the meat we’re buying comes from quality sources – preferably as local as possible to reduce food miles, and reared to a high standard of animal welfare.
I recently visited Bigton Farm here in Shetland to learn about the dedication and commitment sheep farmers are putting into producing top quality Scotch Lamb PGI. On this 300-hectare farm overlooking one of Shetland’s most picturesque beaches, sisters Kirsty & Aimee Budge are reinventing what it means to be a crofter. They are the 7th generation in the family to farm these lands, and in 2018 they won the BBC Countryfile Farming Heroes award for the pioneering work that they’re doing.
Kirsty and Aimee are working hard to make their farm even more sustainable, economically and environmentally – rearing 300 sheep, 90 cows and 80 acres of barley crops.
Bigton Farm is a Quality Meat Scotland Monitor Farm, one of only nine across Scotland as an example of best practice. The sisters are involved in organising and running QMS meetings, presenting and providing data as well as promoting women in agriculture.
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More Scotch lamb recipe inspiration
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Easy Scotch Lamb Bolognese
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 medium brown onion finely chopped
- 1 medium carrot finely chopped
- 1 stick celery finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 475 grams Scotch Lamb mince
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- Shetland sea salt to taste
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 200 ml lamb stock
- 400 grams tinned chopped tomatoes
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Instructions
- Heat sunflower oil in a saute pan over a medium heat. Saute the onion, carrots, celery and garlic until they begin to soften, about five minutes.
- Add the Scotch Lamb mince and season well with salt and pepper.
- Fry the Scotch Lamb mince until browned all over.
- Add the tomato puree and dried thyme. Stir until the lamb is coated in the tomato puree.
- Add the lamb stock and tinned tomatoes. Cover, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is thick and reduced.
- Serve with linguine, tagliatelle or pappardelle pasta.
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I love a good lamb mince dish and often wonder why we don’t use it more often. Your lamb bolognese looks and sounds delicious… and I’m sure if I had a fussy kid, it would be perfect for getting her to eat… But she’s not fussy and I suspect she’d just wolf it down anyway x
This is definitely a crowd pleaser!
I’m drooling as I look at those pictures. Also I agree that buying local is the way to go.
I’ve never thought to use lamb for a bolognese, but it makes for a nice change!
Lamb is definitely one of my all-time favourite meats. However, I may be biased as I am from Wales but personally I think Welsh Lamb is the best! I love the look of your Scotch Lamb bolognese though.
I love bolognese sauce but haven’t tried it with lamb. If it’s kid-approved, then it’s sure to be delicious!
I love a good homemade bolognese, especially on day two when it tastes even better and of course if you can use local good quality ingredients it tastes even better. slurp!
Yeah perfect for kids! It will give me some new inspiration and ideas of introducing new things. I’m a fussy eater myself so it may be helpful