Grammy's Kitchen · Bolognese Sauce · Lentil Bolognese

One of 35 bolognese sauce recipes we measured

Lentil Bolognese

from www.budgetbytes.com

It ranks #3 of 35 for tenderness among the bolognese sauce recipes we compared. 44 cooks on www.budgetbytes.com rate it 4.7★.

hands-on20m
waiting25 min
makes4
each$1.22
kcal478
levelbeginner

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 35.

this recipe typical
liquid434%54%
fat14%4%
aromatics111%34%
sweetener7%0%
salt2%0%
vegetables and beans274%111%

Where it stands out

  • #3 of 35 for tenderness

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

150 g1 yellow onion ($0.37)
61 g1 carrot ($0.15)
40 g1 stalk celery ($0.10)
27 g2 Tbsp cooking oil ($0.08)
12 g4 cloves garlic ($0.32)
1 g1/4 tsp crushed red pepper ($0.02)
58 g1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts* ($1.07)
192 g1 cup uncooked red lentils** ($0.67)
425 g1 15oz. can crushed tomatoes ($1.00)
49 g3 Tbsp tomato paste ($0.27)
1 g1 tsp dried oregano ($0.10)
2 g1 tsp dried basil ($0.10)
3 g1 tsp garlic powder ($0.10)
12 g1 Tbsp sugar ($0.02)
3 g1/2 tsp salt ($0.02)
1 g1/4 tsp black pepper ($0.02)
720 g3 cups vegetable broth ($0.36)
113 g1/2 cup full-fat canned coconut milk*** ($0.81)

Method: 6 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Wonderful meatless main dish! Also in case anyone doesn't know--you can freeze your leftover tomato paste to use another time. I like to scoop out the rest of the can in tbsp-size dollops on a piece of parchment paper and freeze. Once the dollops are froze” — a cook, 5.0★
“I love this recipe! My husband and I are vegetarian and make it all the time - we like to double the recipe, and either freeze the leftovers (works well reheated from frozen), or eat it across several days. I feel like it has the perfect combination of tasting” — a cook, 5.0★
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