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Beef Ragu
This easy slow cooker Beef Ragu with pappardelle pasta is the epitome of Italian comfort food. Tender chunks of beef and hearty vegetables simmering in a red wine-tomato sauce sounds fancy, but after a few minutes of flavor-building up front, your slow cooker does all the work!
👥 6 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 30 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Meggan Hill📖 culinaryhill
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
- ●dutch oven
- ●oven
- ●slow cooker
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a Dutch oven or large stock pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat until shimmering. Sprinkle beef generously with salt on all sides. Add to pot in a single layer and sear without moving until a dark brown crust forms on one side, about 5 to ⏱️ 6 minutes.
Salt
2
Flip meat over and continue browning on the second side until a dark crust forms. Remove from pot and transfer to slow cooker.
3
Swirl the pot to make sure there are at least 2 tablespoons oil and/or rendered fat. If not, add 1-2 tablespoons more. Add onion, carrots, celery, and a pinch of salt, and scrape the browned bits off the bottom of the pot (aka delicious flavor).
Salt
4
Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft, about ⏱️ 5 minutes. Stir in garlic until fragrant, about ⏱️ 30 seconds.
5
Stir in crushed tomatoes, broth, wine, tomato paste, fennel seeds, red pepper flakes (if using), and thyme. Bring to boil and transfer to slow cooker.
crushed tomatoes1 (28-ounce) cantomato paste3 tablespoon
6
Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 to ⏱️ 6 hours or LOW for 8 to ⏱️ 10 hours. Remove bay leaves and thyme stems (if you used fresh sprigs). Shred meat with two forks. Season to taste with salt and pepper and keep warm while preparing pasta.
bay leaves2Salt
7
To serve:
8
Bring 4 quarts water and 1 tablespoon salt to boil. Add pasta and cook according to package directions, about 3 to ⏱️ 4 minutes for fresh pappardelle or 6 to ⏱️ 8 minutes for dried. Stir occasionally to separate the noodles.
Saltpappardelle (see note 3)1 pound
9
Remove 2 cups of pasta cooking water from pot, then drain well. Add drained pasta back to pot. Add sauce and toss to coat, adding pasta cooking water as needed to make the sauce the consistency that you want (start with 1/4 cup if desired and see what you think).
10
Serve with parmesan cheese and fresh basil or thyme if desired.
Nutrition Facts
calories
766 kcal
fat Content
33 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
5 g
sugar Content
5 g
sodium Content
566 mg
protein Content
49 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
194 mg
carbohydrate Content
63 g
saturated Fat Content
12 g
unsaturated Fat Content
21 g
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