Slow Cooked Beef Ragu
Slow Cooked Beef Ragu

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Slow Cooked Beef Ragu is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Slow Cooked Beef Ragu is something that I have 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. Slow Cooker Beef Ragu is a rich and tender, fall-apart tomato beef sauce. With all the magic happening in your slow cooker, come home to a satisfying, ready-made home cooked dinner!

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have slow cooked beef ragu using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooked Beef Ragu:
  1. Take 250-300 g quality Aberdeen Angus diced beef,
  2. Make ready 2 carrots, diced into small cubes,
  3. Prepare 2 sticks celery chopped finely,
  4. Make ready 1 red onion, diced finely,
  5. Get 210 g tinned cherry tomatoes, (1/2 tin),
  6. Get 1 heaped tbsp tomato pureé paste,
  7. Take 1 quality beef stock cube,
  8. Prepare 3 large cloves garlic, minced,
  9. Prepare 1 couple of sprigs of fresh Thyme, or 2 tsp dried,
  10. Take 1 tsp dried basil,
  11. Take 1 tsp dried oregano,
  12. Get 1 tsp organic honey,
  13. Get 1 tsp (heaped), quality cocoa powder,
  14. Prepare 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar,
  15. Prepare 1 good glug of red wine,
  16. Take 1.5 tbsp cooking oil for frying,
  17. Make ready Salt and pepper to season
  18. Get To serve:
  19. Get Grated parmesan (optional)
  20. Get Papperdelle or tagliatelle pasta

When you bite into this delicious dish, you will be greeted with a delicious tomato sauce loaded with shredded beef, carrots, celery, and a whole heap of flavor. Slow Cooker Beef Ragu - slow cooked to perfection, beef that is falling apart and a thick tomato sauce! Served with fresh pappardelle and herbs. This beef ragu is perfect for a special occasion, date night, fall dinner party or everyday family meal!

Instructions to make Slow Cooked Beef Ragu:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Grate over a little parmasan to finish. Enjoy! :)

Served with fresh pappardelle and herbs. This beef ragu is perfect for a special occasion, date night, fall dinner party or everyday family meal! This popular Slow Cooker Beef Ragu recipe is easy to make & so delicious! Prepare this Beef Ragu recipe in the slow cooker or on the stovetop for an Italian-inspired easy dinner! Keyword beef ragu recipe, ragu recipe, slow cooker beef ragu.

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