Belgian Spaghetti Student Style Recipe

Ingredients for Belgian Spaghetti Student Style

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• Red Bell Pepper
• White Mushroom
• Carrot
• Garlic Cloves
• 1 pound ground beef (or ground turkey)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (or more, to taste)
• Fresh Parsley
• Plum Tomatoes
• Dry Red Wine
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Thin Spaghetti
• Tabasco Sauce
• 4 ounces Gruyère cheese, grated

How to Make Belgian Spaghetti Student Style

1. Heat olive oil in a large deep pan or Dutch oven over medium heat.
2. Add onion, bell pepper, mushrooms, and carrots. Cook until softened, about 5-8 minutes.
3. Add half the minced garlic (2 cloves) and ground beef. Cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink.
4. Stir in sugar, oregano, thyme, basil, red pepper flakes, and parsley.
5. Add crushed tomatoes, red wine, and tomato paste. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 35 minutes.
7. Stir in the remaining minced garlic.
8. Add Tabasco sauce to taste.
9. While the sauce simmers, cook spaghetti according to package directions.
10. Drain the spaghetti.
11. Divide spaghetti among four bowls.
12. Spoon the sauce over the spaghetti.
13. Top generously with grated Gruyère cheese and serve immediately.