Homemade Pappardelle Ragu

Ingredients (16)

• ·Extra virgin olive oil
• ·piece onion
• ·cloves garlic
• ·stalks celery
• ·piece carrot
• ·piece zucchini
• ·pieces ripe roma tomatoes
• ·teaspoon tomato paste
• ·chopped parsley
• ·finely grated parmesan or pecorino cheese
• ·ml tomato sugo
• ·ml chicken stock
• ·ml white wine
• ·g grass fed mince
• ·g Chicken (lovely legs)
• ·g pork ribs

1. 1

   Finely chop onion, garlic, celery, carrot and zucchini.

2. 2

   Peel and roughly chop the roma tomatoes and set aside.

3. 3

   Drizzle olive oil in a medium size deep pan.

4. 4

   Using a high heat, brown off the beef mince, pork ribs and chicken and set aside, adding a good pinch of salt to the meat.

5. 5

   Turn the pan down to a medium heat and sauté onion, garlic, celery, carrot and zucchini, adding a good pinch of salt while frying.

6. 6

   Once the vegetables are nicely browned, turn the heat back on high and add the meat back into the pan.

7. 7

   Add the white wine and reduce.

8. 8

   Add in the roma tomatoes and tomato paste, stir through and reduce for another 10 minutes.

9. 9

   Pour in the stock, stir through, cover and reduce to a low heat. Let simmer for 1hr 20 min, stirring occasionally.

10. 10

    Remove from heat, pull the meat off the pork and chicken bones with a fork.

11. 11

    Add your tomato sauce, varying the amount based on taste.

12. 12

    Bring back to heat, add cheese and stir through, letting it simmer for 15 minutes.

13. 13

    Add your cooked pasta and stir through, adding parsley and more cheese if desired.

14. 14

    Serve and enjoy!