I have other recipes on this site that we love as a bolognese substitute, but I wanted a true authentic, but vegan, “meat” sauce in my back pocket.
The sauce itself is actually a meat sauce with a touch of tomato, versus a tomato sauce with some meat as we typically know it to be here.
This helps give some of the meaty flavor because when you brown meat for traditional bolognese, you get brown bits on the bottom of the pan.
As much as I love a quick meal, a true classic bolognese, that can now be enjoyed with whole food vegan ingredients, just can’t be beat!