Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, slow cooked beef ragu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooked Beef Ragu is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Slow Cooked Beef Ragu is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to 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:

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

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! :)

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