Ultimate ragu sauce
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 celery sticks, diced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 100g pancetta, diced
- 500g beef mince
- 100ml white wine
- 1 can chopped tomatoes or pasatta
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- milk
- 1 tbsp basil
- 1 tbsp oregano
- mushrooms / courgettes (optional)
Method
- STEP 1sweat onion, carrot and celery in 1 tbsp of oil for 1 or 2 minutes, add pancetta and lightly brown
- STEP 2add mince and cook until browned
- STEP 3add tomato paste into centre of pan to cook off harsh taste and then mix in
- STEP 4add wine and cook for a few mins to almost completely reduce
- STEP 5add tomatoes, herbs and seasoning, turn down the heat and leave to simmer
- STEP 6add milk to finish
- STEP 7the longer you leave it to simmer gently the better it will be
