Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, slow cooked beef ragu. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Generally, most pasta sauces will pair perfectly well with most common pasta types, like spaghetti, fettuccine, linguine, penne / ziti, macaroni, shells etc. 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. Season roast with salt and pepper and place on top of onion mixture.
Slow Cooked Beef Ragu is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Slow Cooked Beef Ragu is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have slow cooked beef ragu using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooked Beef Ragu:
- Get 250-300 g quality Aberdeen Angus diced beef,
- Make ready 2 carrots, diced into small cubes,
- Get 2 sticks celery chopped finely,
- Prepare 1 red onion, diced finely,
- Get 210 g tinned cherry tomatoes, (1/2 tin),
- Take 1 heaped tbsp tomato pureé paste,
- Make ready 1 quality beef stock cube,
- Make ready 3 large cloves garlic, minced,
- Prepare 1 couple of sprigs of fresh Thyme, or 2 tsp dried,
- Take 1 tsp dried basil,
- Make ready 1 tsp dried oregano,
- Prepare 1 tsp organic honey,
- Make ready 1 tsp (heaped), quality cocoa powder,
- Prepare 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar,
- Prepare 1 good glug of red wine,
- Make ready 1.5 tbsp cooking oil for frying,
- Make ready Salt and pepper to season
- Get To serve:
- Get Grated parmesan (optional)
- Take Papperdelle or tagliatelle pasta
Served with fresh pappardelle and herbs. This beef ragu is perfect for a special occasion, date night, fall dinner party or everyday family meal! Place the browned beef in the slow cooker. Add the beef broth to the still warm skillet and whisk to dissolve any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet.
Steps 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! :)
Pour the beef broth from the skillet into the slow cooker. Sprinkle the oregano, thyme, and rosemary over the beef. After the cooking time is complete, use two forks or meat claws to shred the beef apart in the slow cooker. Serve the beef ragu on top of creamy cheesy polenta or tossed with pappardelle pasta. Top with freshly grated parmesan cheese.
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