Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, slow cooked beef ragu. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooked Beef Ragu is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Slow Cooked Beef Ragu is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

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. It's packed with juicy tomato and garlic flavor and tender shredded beef that swims in a little tomato gravy situation that is on point for.

To get started with this 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 can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooked Beef Ragu:

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

This rustic Italian Beef Ragu requires minimum skill or effort as it is made easily in a slow cooker. Use it with spaghetti or in lasagna and freeze the rest! I am going to admit openly that I am not a big fan of crock pots. I don't use mine very often, mostly because I enjoy.

Steps 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! :)

I am going to admit openly that I am not a big fan of crock pots. I don't use mine very often, mostly because I enjoy. Beef cooked low and slow in the slow cooker makes a fantastic rich ragù sauce for pasta. Use two forks to shred the beef, then give it a good stir before serving. 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.

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