Tortellini Bolognese and a Cheats Mille Feuille

Ingredients

• Veal and pork mince
• Canned tomatoes
• Onion
• Garlic
• Tortellini (store bought)
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Cream
• Marscapone
• Vanilla paste
• Icing sugar
  
• Croissants (again store bought, part cooked)
  

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 C
2. Stick big ass pot of salted water on to boil.
   
3. Slice croissants into three and place on an oven tray and bake until crispy.
   
4. Chop onion, mince garlic, defrost store bought tortellini and raspberries.
   
5. Saute onion and garlic until onion is translucent
6. Chuck in mince and stir until brown
7. Add tomatoes and chop up big bits
8. Stir in a little tomato paste
9. Simmer until thick
10. Season to taste.
    
11. Tip tortellini in water and stir, stick lid on until it comes back to the boil.
    
12. Whip cream to soft peaks, stir in vanilla paste, icing sugar and marscapone.
13. Smear crispy croissant slice with cream, sprinkle with raspberrys repeat with other slices.
14. Sprinkle the lot with icing sugar and serve thusly

Time to cook: 30 minutes
Cost per serve: $15
Inspiration: Ripped more or less directly from a fresh tv episode.

Quick spaghetti bolognese

Ingredients:

• Minced pork
  
• Minced beef
• Canned tomatoes (I prefer whole and smoosh 'em myself)
• Garlic
• Onion
• Olive oil
  
• Salt
• Oregano (dried)
• Spaghetti
• Herb bread to accompany.
  

Method:

1. Chop onion finely (I've had good results grating it too, just more tears) and fry it and the garlic in some olive oil.
2. Chuck in the mince and brown it.
3. Smoosh up the tomatoes and chuck them in.
4. Sprinkle in some oregano
5. Head oven to 220 degrees C
   
6. Simmer until thick
7. Cook spaghetti as per packet, whilst heating herb bread.

Time to cook: 35 minutes
Cost per serve: $5
Inspiration: Very little

Tomato and Sausage Risoni

Ingredients:

• Beef sausages
• Risoni
• Tomato passata (is that a tautology?)
• Onion (half, finely sliced)
• Capsicum
• Garlic
  
• Rocket
• Parmesan slivers
• Oregano (dried, I think it's better than fresh)
  
• Salt

Method

1. Cook sausages and then slice.
2. Stick garlic bread in 220 degree C oven
   
3. Fry onions, garlic and capsicum until soft.
4. Add oregano
   
5. Pour in passata and 4 cups of water, bring to the boil
6. Dump in risoni
7. Boil the crap out of it for 10 minutes until risoni is soft.
8. Serve topped with rocket, Parmesan and a drizzle of olive oil and a couple of bits of garlic bread.

Time to cook: 35 minutes
Cost per serve: $7.50
Inspiration: A 30 minute recipe from taste website.