A tasty vegetarian Quorn Bolognese, perfect for a meat-free weeknight dinner. Easy, quick and oh so tasty!
Serve the vegetarian bolgnese with spaghetti and garlic bread for a filling and hearty meal everyone will love!
This is a regular and much requested meal on #meatfreemonday's in our household. Even hubby, who absolutely loves his meat happily munches away!
The benefit of using Quorn mince is that it can be cooked from frozen, so I always keep a family sized bag in my freezer ready to pull out for quick and easy dinners like this.
This easy Quorn Bolognese is also PACKED FULL of nutrient-rich hidden veggies, so it's a great recipe for fussy eaters too! It's also low in fat and high in fibre.
Don't forget to check out my mild and creamy Quorn Curry, and my easy Quorn Chilli Con Carne too!
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✔️ Why should you try it?
- Perfect for meat free Monday
- Hearty and filling
- Packed full of hidden vegetables
- Can be frozen
- A great batch cook recipe
🥘 Ingredients
- Quorn Mince - 300g of frozen Quorn mince.
- Olive Oil - for frying
- Onion - white onion chopped finely.
- Garlic - 2 cloves, peeled and chopped
- Carrot
- Celery
- Courgette
- Herbs - a combination of rosemary, thyme, oregano and bay
- Vegetable Stock
- Passata - or use a tin of chopped tomatoes instead.
- Red Pesto
- Tomato Puree
- Marmite - just a teaspoon helps bring out the savoury flavour of the dish.
🔪 Instructions
The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post
One: Finely chop the onion, garlic, carrot, celery and courgette. Heat the oil in a shallow casserole and cook the vegetables on a medium heat for 3 minutes until they start to soften.
Two: Add the herbs and give everything a good mix.
Three: Stir the frozen Quorn mince into the pan and stir frequently for a minute to break up any clumps.
Four: Add the passata, vegetable stock, tomato puree, red pesto, and marmite to the pan and mix in.
Five: Simmer for 20-25 minutes on a low to medium heat stirring often.
Six: Season and serve with vegetarian hard cheese and chopped basil.
💭 Top tips
- Keep a family sized bag of Quorn mince in your freezer to pull out at short notice. Quorn mince can be cooked from frozen so there is no need to defrost it first.
- Use a mini chopper to chop the vegetables finely. It's the perfect way of getting vegetables into fussy eaters.
🍴 Serving suggestions
Serve the Quorn bolognese with spaghetti, or the pasta of your choice, and a side of garlic bread or pesto focaccia.
Leftovers are delicious on a jacket potato, or why not stir them through cheesy pasta before it's baked to make a Quorn bolognese cheesy pasta bake?
📖 Variations
- Up the veggies by adding chopped peppers and baby spinach to the bolognese.
- Make it spicy by adding 1 chopped red chilli at the same time as the onion.
- Add a glass of red wine just before you add the Quorn mince.
- Make it in your slow cooker (cook on low for 6 hours).
🥡 Storage
The cooked bolognese can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave until piping hot.
The Quorn Bolognese can also be frozen for up to 3 months. Defrost fully in the fridge before reheating.
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Recipe
Quorn Bolognese
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 Onion peeled and finely chopped
- 2 Garlic Cloves peeled and finely chopped
- 1 Carrot peeled and finely chopped
- 1 Celery Stalk finely chopped
- 1 Courgette finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Thyme
- 1 teaspoon Rosemary
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1 teaspoon Oregano
- 300 g Quorn Mince frozen
- 250 ml Vegetable Stock
- 400 ml Passata
- 1 tablespoon Tomato Puree
- 1 tablespoon Red Pesto
- 1 teaspoon Marmite
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a shallow casserole and cook the vegetables on a medium heat for 3 minutes until they start to soften.
- Add the herbs and give everything a good mix.
- Stir the frozen Quorn mince into the pan and stir frequently for a minute to break up any clumps.
- Add the passata, vegetable stock, tomato puree, red pesto, and marmite to the pan and mix in.
- Simmer for 20-25 minutes on a low to medium heat stirring often
- Season and serve.
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Notes
- Up the veggies by adding chopped peppers and baby spinach to the bolognese.
- Make it spicy by adding 1 chopped red chilli at the same time as the onion.
- Add a glass of red wine just before you add the Quorn mince.
- Make it in your slow cooker (cook on low for 6 hours).
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Cathleen
I have been curious about trying Quorn, but with this recipe it is definitely convincing me to give it a go! Thanks so much, bookmarked for later 🙂
Alina
This looks so comforting and delicious dinner idea! But how can I substitute marmite, I doubt I can find one here?
Beth Sachs
Worcestershire sauce would also work.
Helen
We love veggie bolognaise too and this version looks fantastic with all those extra veg. Yum!
Dannii
This is how we make our meat free bolognese too. Thankfully the kids also love it so it's an easy vegetarian meal.
Megan Lehr
I have been looking for more options for meatless monday! This was delicious and felt so healthy.
Claudia Lamascolo
Interesting this sounds wonderful meat free will try soon
Tara
Oh yum! Such a wonderful vegetarian weeknight meal! Those flavors sound incredible and I love how everything comes together in one pot.
Liz
I'm a vegetarian so this Quorn Bolognese is right up my alley! I'm going to pick up some Quorn when I hit up the grocery store!
Anjali
This vegetarian bolognese was so hearty and satisfying even the meat eaters at my table loved it and didn't miss the meat at all!
Sara Welch
This was such a bold and hearty sauce; was perfect over spaghetti! Easily, a new favorite recipe; it was delicious!