The Daily Blagel: Bagel Meals: Bolognese Bagel

This is kind of a repurposed Bolognese (and in fact the Bolognese recipe alone makes a very tasty dish) so it makes great leftover bagels, but you could do a whole batch this way as a meal. The Bolognese mix is made to my preference, using pork mince over beef for example, and all that cinnamon. I love cinnamon. Anyhow; have a look and enjoy... but it is super messy, be warned!

Ingredients:

One toasted sesame Bagel.
A round lettuce.
A few fresh basil leaves.
A slathering of light cream cheese.
A big slab of unabashedly plastic soft cheese like Edam or Gouda.

For the Bolognese mix:

A few rashers of bacon, sliced up into strips.
Lean Pork Mince.
1 courgette, sliced up into chunks.
A few cherry tomatoes.
A can of chopped tomatoes.
A clove of garlic, crushed.
A generous dash of cinnamon, marjoram and paprika.
A dash of Red wine vinegar.

Construction:

Obviously, we start with the Bolognese!

Start by frying up the slices of bacon with the garlic. When the bacon looks done add the pork mince in handfuls. Add the cinnamon, marjoram and paprika and stir thoroughly on a high heat. When the mince starts to cook through add the courgette chunks and cherry tomatoes. After a few minutes you can add the chopped tomatoes and the splash of vinegar, and then let it simmer away for about 10 minutes.

Whilst that’s boiling up we can get started on the much simpler task of sorting out the bagel.
Because this has a lot of wet materials, I recommend toasting your bagel halves first. Use the slab of cheese as your base, and slather up the other half with some cream cheese. Then layer on your ripped leaves of lettuce, and sprinkle on the basil leaves.

Spoon a few heaped tablespoons of your Bolognese mixture onto the slab of cheese and spread it out to roughly the edges of the bagel. Then, smoosh together and eat!

For an extra treat, bung it into the microwave for about 30 seconds to melt the cheese that extra bit.

This is very, very messy to the untrained eater, so make sure you have plenty of paper towels ready if you want to really tuck in.