Spaghetti with minced meat and paprika sauce, Grandma's style

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 500 g minced beef
• 2 bell peppers, red and green
• 2 onions
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 tomatoes
• 200 ml white wine
• 200 g ajvar
• 40 g butter
• 500 ml vegetable stock
• e.g. salt and pepper
• e.g. paprika powder
• 1 tbsp, heaped herbs, mixed, frozen or fresh
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 500g spaghetti

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 50 minutes

Dice the bell peppers and garlic. Slice the onion into thin half rings and fry them well in butter in a deep pot with the bell peppers, garlic, and minced meat. Peel the tomatoes (this works best if you briefly soak them in hot water first), deseed and dice them, and add them as well. Then briefly sauté a generous portion of paprika, the tomato paste, and the ajvar. Deglaze with the white wine. Once the wine has evaporated, add the vegetable stock. Mix with the herbs, spices, and bay leaves; cover and simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti according to the package instructions until al dente. Finally, remove the bay leaves from the minced meat sauce and serve the sauce with the spaghetti.