Rich Beef Ragu

20 May 2008

Ready in 21/4 hours

Ingredients
25g dried porcini mushrooms
2 tbsp olive oil
2 carrots, finely chopped
2 celery sticks, finely chopped
1 large onion, finely chopped
200g pancetta, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 sprig fresh rosemary, leaves picked and finely chopped
1kg beef chuck steak, finely chopped
4 tbsp tomato purée
Good pinch of dried chilli flakes
150ml red wine
400g can chopped tomatoes
300ml fresh beef stock, hot

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Takes 13/4 hours to make and about 1 hour in the oven

Ingredients
12 small organic onions, each 120-140g
Bunch of fresh flatleaf parsley
4 fresh rosemary sprigs
2 garlic cloves
Butter, for greasing
50g mixed dried wild mushrooms
2 tbsp olive oil
150ml Marsala
2 tbsp tomato purée
100g fresh white breadcrumbs
50g grated fresh vegetarian Parmesan

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Takes 25 minutes to make, 3¾ hours in the oven

Ingredients
1 onion
1 carrot
1 celery stick
100g bacon
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 fresh rosemary sprigs
900g cubed stewing beef
400ml red wine
200ml beef stock
300g giant dried pasta shells
25g grated Parmesan
Fresh basil leaves to serve

For the roast tomato sauce
1kg ripe medium tomatoes, halved
4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
2 tsp caster sugar
2 tbsp sun-dried tomato purée
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

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