Former Royal Chef Cooks "Spaggy Bol" for Prince William and Harry

absolutely delicious [Music] Winston [Music] Winston come back with that leg of lamb [Music] it makes me sad right now watching the TV and seeing the fighting going on between Prince William and Prince Harry I can stick my two Pena thin but it wouldn't be worth it would it what would that do instead I want to focus on the happy times when William and Harry were boys when they were the princesses my boys at Kensington Palace the happy times when they were best friends I watched the boys grow up during my 11 years working for the queen purin vegetables for them as babies and holding Harry as a baby in the kitchen at Windsor Castle and as they got older older Nursery foods and comfort Foods all their favorites seeing them come into the kitchen all the time playing hide and seek Harry would want to hide in a cabinet William would come in and he'd be hunting for him have you seen Harry have you seen a Harry um Sometimes they come in they'd want to cook and help cook and that never went too well though they were Royal princes they still had children's palettes so I had to make sure that as well as having something that the princess enjoyed on the menu I'd also got something that the boys loved too lots of Nursery foods and lots of comfort Foods has a typical menu that I used to send up to Princess Diana and poached egg Suzette was one of her favorite dishes and then something that the boys could have too something like spaghetti bolognese and that's what I'm making today easy simple to make dish definitely one of the boys favorites now spaggy bowl is a staple to families in the UK it's on most families menu once or maybe twice a week and because it's so easy to make and because it's so cheap this classic Italian Dish has hundreds of different recipes did I say classic Italian Dish I'm teasing it's not classic at all in fact in Italy they don't make spaghetti bolognese the closest you get is Ragu Bolognese which is a little bit different it actually has wild boar in it but spaghetti and Bolognese together that doesn't happen if you make spaggy ball at home show me how you make it what goes into your dish what goes into your recipe type it into the notes below and let me know how you make your spaghetti bolognese start off with a Sofrito it's like a mirepoix I think it's a little bit far enough carrots onion celery and garlic and I'm going to chop them really really fine something what we call a brynoir a fine dice pretty much and they give a real sort of depth to the dish an earthy consistency earthy flavor and then the carrots you can chop fine too but they're actually just as easy grated these will break down in the dish as it slow Cooks as it long slow Cooks I start by soaking my vegetables in some olive oil with a little bit of garlic too then I'm going to put a little bit of salt in there and the salt helps draw the moisture from the vegetables I'm going to saute those until my onions become soft and translucent this is the base for my spaggy bowl once my onions have softened then I'm going to add the ground beef and I'm going to stir this in there until it starts to Brown if you're not a huge fan of beef you can use ground turkey in this too once the meat's browned like this then I'm going to add a little flour now I can he some of you now saying no don't put flour in there you don't put flour in bolognese sauce but I just find it helps bring this dish together so I was Stir in my little bit of flour and then I'm going to add a little bouillon you can add a Roth cube a stock Cube just to give it a little bit more flavor next I've got some Worcestershire sauce I want to put in there and some oregano oregano across the pond okay A little black pepper and some diced tomatoes now some would add red wine now but hey this is for the boys we can't be putting red wine in there turn it down and let it simmer away now the Ragu Bolognese over in Italy would actually sit on the stovetop and simmer all day and all those flavorings came together we're going to give this about 15-20 minutes I popped the lid on this and then turned it down to a simmer and I actually let it simmer for about 35 minutes so all the flavors could come together whenever I was making spaghetti bolognese at home for the family I always always thought about William and Harry coming in the kitchen one time at Christmas the boys have been given pump action water guns for Christmas they came running into the kitchen firing them and everybody got soaked we weren't prepared we decided we were going to get them back a few days later we went into nearby King's Lynn found some pump action water guns raised back to to uh the palace and got into position almost but walking across the lawn policemen saw us he said what are you doing take those guns back to your room and my friend Arthur says oh we're going to shoot William and Harry get those guns back in your room now so we never get did get to shoot William and Harry with the water guns but I always kept in the kitchen just in case they came in whenever the boys were there a little container like this a squeeze bottle with some water in so if they came in and attacked me again with water guns I was ready [Music] oh it smells amazing spaghetti bolognese and the little parmesan cheese just to finish it off spaghetti I remember one time at Kensington Palace William and Harry came into the kitchen they had this for lunch and I thought this will be fun I took a piece and said Harry do you know when the spaghetti's cooked you just throw it against the wall and it sticks well he loved that it's the starch in there I turned around was talking to Prince William and then suddenly Harrier grabbed a handful and thrown it at the wall oh my gosh that was lunch fortunately I got spaggy Bowl on for staff as well downstairs so I ran downstairs got some of their spaghetti and we were good for Royal Lunch foreign [Music] doesn't it look amazing just a little shredded parmesan on the top [Music] ologies it's a staple in my house and was also a staple at Kensington Palace for a very young Prince William and Harry when they were best friends foreign absolutely delicious [Music] Winston well that cooled me down a bit see you again soon

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Id: U2ljXuGIxJA

Length: 8min 47sec (527 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 11 2023