Oh, so you do want Tom Hiddleston’s recipe for Bolognese, then? Good, because it sounds delicious.
Recently Tom was interviewed for GQ magazine – and a thoroughly excellent interview it is too – in which he serves the Taffy Akner, the interviewer, some of his very own Hiddlenese, a term which will almost definitely catch on.
The interview veers dramatically from savage sarcasm to endearing earnestness, so it’s had to tell whether Akner really enjoyed the Bolognese, but that’s not the point.
The point is, how often do you get access to a celebrity Bolognese recipe? “Not very fucking often,” the mob roars back. Allow me then, mob, to placate you with the holiest of holy scrolls.
Tom Hiddleston’s Bolognese recipe.
Due to popular demand, Tom Hiddleston's Bolognese recipe. pic.twitter.com/NTp65mtKvX
— Taffy Brodesser-Akner (@taffyakner) February 9, 2017
Ingredients:
Big, generous knob of butter
A little bacon
Carrots
Celery
Mince
Tin of tomatoes
Bit of red wine
Bit of milk
Healthy garnish (?)
Method:
1. Stir it a bit
2. Throw it in the oven*
3. Kind of braise everything
4. Kind of boil off some of the tomato juice
5. Boil off some of the alcohol in the wine
6. Once it’s all sort of stewing, stick it in the oven at about 180°
*We think he meant ‘put it on the hob’, here.
Bolognese is one of those meals that you should just know how to cook. The ingredients are affordable, the method is simple, and the taste – mwah – c’est fantastique! Si vous le faites correctement.
Here’s a shocking piece of information though: he didn’t serve it with pasta.
Just to clarify, HE DIDN'T SERVE IT WITH PASTA.
— Taffy Brodesser-Akner (@taffyakner) February 9, 2017
Of all the things we learned about Tom Hiddleston in that interview, that was possibly the most shocking. Always serve your Bolognese with pasta, kids. There’s no room for mavericks in this kitchen.
