Pasta with Veggie Mushroom Bolognese Sauce

Pasta always works, especially because everyone likes it and is usually quick to prepare. The absolute classic: Spaghetti Bolognese. But it doesn’t always have to be meat to cook a good bolognese sauce.

In today’s post I will show you a quick & vegetarian recipe for pasta with a delicious mushroom bolognese sauce. The ground meat is replaced by mushrooms and seasoned with soy sauce and Italian herbs. Have fun cooking!




Cooked/Baked today: Pasta with Veggie Mushroom Bolognese Sauce
Difficulty: Medium
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Category: Main Dishes, Recipes without Meat, Pasta & Noodle Recipes, Fast Food, Veggie Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Recipes with Mushrooms
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Pasta with Veggie Mushroom Bolognese Sauce

Pasta with Veggie Mushroom Bolognese Sauce

Ingredients for 4 – 6 servings:

• 500 grams pasta (type of your choice)
• 750 grams sieved tomatoes
• 500 grams mushrooms (king oyster mushrooms or brown mushrooms)
• 200 milliliters water
• 75 milliliters soy sauce
• 1 small piece celeriac
• 1 large carrot
• 1 large onion
• 2 – 3 cloves garlic
• ½ stick leek
• 1 heaping tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon Italian herb mixture
• Oil for frying
• Salt, sugar & pepper to taste
• Basil for garnish

Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:

• Pot or saucepan for sauce
• Large pot for pasta
• Pasta strainer

Instructions:




…for pasta with mushroom bolognese sauce:

Clean mushrooms & roughly break into small pieces with your hands. Peel off the onion & garlic & chop finely. Peel/clean the leek, carrot & celeriac & chop as finely/small as possible.

Heat up a large pan with a good dash of oil & brown the mushrooms over medium to high heat for 2 – 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then add the prepared vegetables & fry for another 3 – 4 minutes. When that’s done, stir in 1 heaping tablespoon of tomato paste & allow to roast briefly.

Preparing Pasta with Veggie Mushroom Bolognese Sauce

Next, deglaze everything with 75 milliliters of soy sauce & allow the soy sauce to boil down almost completely while stirring. Then pour in 750 milliliters of pureed tomatoes and 200 milliliters of water, also add 1 tablespoon of Italian herbs, stir everything well, bring to a boil & simmer gently over low heat for about 7 – 8 minutes.




While the sauce is simmering, bring a large pot with salted water to a boil & cook the pasta in it for 7 – 8 minutes or according to the package instructions, then drain over a pasta strainer. Finally, season the sauce with a good pinch of salt, sugar & pepper to taste & then remove from the stove.

Serving Pasta with Veggie Mushroom Bolognese Sauce

Dish up the done pasta on deep plates & serve with a few ladles of veggie mushroom bolognese sauce. Finally garnish with a little basil and serve. Have fun cooking!

Video Tutorial:

Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):