Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, slow cooked beef ragu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Slow Cooked Beef Ragu is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Slow Cooked Beef Ragu is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
And while this Slow Cooked Shredded Beef Ragu Sauce will be great with any type of pasta, the best pasta for a rich sauce like this ragu is pappardelle. This wide, flat pasta is especially great for this recipe because the shredded beef clings to the wide strands. This slow cooker beef ragu is the first recipe I made from the book and it was every bit as luscious and comforting as I expected it to be.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook slow cooked beef ragu using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooked Beef Ragu:
- Make ready 250-300 g quality Aberdeen Angus diced beef,
- Get 2 carrots, diced into small cubes,
- Take 2 sticks celery chopped finely,
- Make ready 1 red onion, diced finely,
- Take 210 g tinned cherry tomatoes, (1/2 tin),
- Get 1 heaped tbsp tomato pureé paste,
- Take 1 quality beef stock cube,
- Prepare 3 large cloves garlic, minced,
- Take 1 couple of sprigs of fresh Thyme, or 2 tsp dried,
- Take 1 tsp dried basil,
- Prepare 1 tsp dried oregano,
- Get 1 tsp organic honey,
- Get 1 tsp (heaped), quality cocoa powder,
- Prepare 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar,
- Take 1 good glug of red wine,
- Get 1.5 tbsp cooking oil for frying,
- Prepare Salt and pepper to season
- Prepare To serve:
- Prepare Grated parmesan (optional)
- Take Papperdelle or tagliatelle pasta
This slow cooker beef ragu recipe has a ton of flavor with only a few, simple ingredients, it's easy to toss in a crockpot in just a few minutes, it's gluten free and delicious served with polenta or pappardelle pasta. This Slow Cooker Beef Ragu recipe is easy to prep and simmered in the most delicious tomato sauce. Serve it over pasta, polenta So before the weekend, I cooked up a batch with lots of love, and then spooned it up in some tupperware to share with a good friend. This slow cooker beef ragu has a delicious sauce that has chunky vegetables such as carrots and celery.
Instructions to make Slow Cooked Beef Ragu:
- Add a medium to large saucepan (one with a lid available), to a hob on a high heat. Add the cooking oil. Once warm add the onions and fry for 1-2 minutes until they begin to soften. Add the celery and carrots. Season well with salt and pepper. Fry whilst occasionally stirring for a few minutes.
- Next add in the diced beef. Stir and combine with the veg. Fry until browned off on all sides. Turn the heat down to medium. Add the minced garlic, and tomato paste plus the red wine. Stir together with the beef until it's nicely coated. simmer for a minute or so to burn off the alcohol. Crumble in the beef stock cube and add the tinned cherry tomatoes.
- Allow to simmer for around 3-4 minutes. Next add the cocoa powder and balsamic vinegar. Stir it through until dissolved. The sauce should now look beautifully rich and brown in colour.
- Take a few sprigs of fresh Thyme and place on top of the mixture. Add the oregano and basil and stir through. Place on the lid of the saucepan and turn the hob heat down to low and bring to a gentle simmer.
- Allow to simmer on a very low heat for around 2 hours, returning to occasionally remove the lid and give it a stir. If the sauce reduces too much, simply add a few tbsp of water in to keep it from drying out, you'll probably need to do this every 30 mins or so.
- You'll know the Ragu is ready once the meat is so tender and succulent that it just falls apart when you touch it with a fork. Remove the sprigs of Thyme and discard. Keep warm over a very low heat while you prepare the pasta.
- I find Ragu is nice served with some thick papperdelle or tagliatelle, but you can opt for other types of pasta too if you'd like. Bring a large pan of salted water to a boil and prepare the pasta according to packet instructions or if making your own fresh pasta, begin to boil it now.
- Once ready, drain it off, season well with salt and a small drizzle of olive oil. Add the Ragu a spoon at a time to the pasta on top.
- Grate over a little parmasan to finish. Enjoy! :)
As with any ragu, it goes perfect with a serving of pappardelle pasta. When you bite into this delicious dish, you will be greeted with a delicious tomato sauce. Braised Beef Ragu is the ultimate melt-in-your-mouth Italian comfort food made in your crockpot with tender chuck roast in a rich red wine and vegetable tomato sauce over pasta. A slow-cooked beef ragu should be part of every cook's recipe arsenal - it's unashamedly easy to make and makes you look like a pro. It's an ideal dinner party dish as it can all be made ahead of time and reheated with ease.
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