Jamie Oliver Pasta Sauce - Quick suggestions please............

[annie0000]

Anyone got any quick suggestions on how to make bolognaise sauce made with jars of Jamie Oliver's Tomato and Basil sauce taste less sh!te??

Damn buy one get one free offer - should have stuck with Lloyd Grossman!!

[karenmac60]

Knowing Jamie it'll have no salt or sugar in - bung a load of that in and you should be fine ;)

[annie0000]

tried that karen - but maybe not enough i'll chuck more in - it's the texture that I hate as well, it's like tomato paste!

[annie0000]

I'm going to write to him about it...he's just wasted good mince!

[karenmac60]

That's pure mince by the way ;)

[Ric.ror]

Add loads of chilli

[merciasounds]

I am surprised - fry up onion, garlic add squirt tomato purée, pinch salt, half teaspoon sugar, chopped fresh herbs, fennel seeds, even ketchup at a push, but then omit the sugar

[annie0000]

can't add chilli - kids not too keen on that or extra herbs I have already got chopped onion, grated carrot, beef stock and garlic paste chucked in - added more salt, pepper and sugar and it does taste a bit better but the texture is really mushy :o( - it'll have to do - we are all starving!!

[annie0000]

Thanks all :o)

[sandyRoe]

Hunger is a great sauce :-)

[annie0000]

lol karen and sandy!

[annie0000]

well it wasn't too bad in the end - Lloyd's is much better though. I might have overdone the sugar as OH response was that it was a bit sweet! Anyhoo, now trying to remove bolognaise stains a luminous yellow polo shirt!!!