Slow-Cooked Ragù

Name: Slow-Cooked Ragù
Prep time: 6 h 30 min
Cook time: 6 h 30 min
Total time: 6 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 425 grams unsalted crushed tomatoes; 1 Tbsp canola oil; 158 milliliters diced carrot; 158 milliliters diced celery; 473 milliliters unsalted chicken stock (such as Swanson); 118 milliliters dry white wine; 2 Tbsps minced fresh garlic; 340 grams lean ground pork; 454 grams ground sirloin (90% lean); 315 milliliters diced onion; 57 grams pancetta, chopped; 1 teaspoon salt, divided; 59 milliliters unsalted tomato paste; 113 grams hot turkey Italian sausage link, casing removed

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Slow-Cooked Ragù a try. This recipe serves 12. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 252 calories, 16g of protein, and 16g of fat per serving. If you have chicken stock, turkey sausage link, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the dry white wine you could follow this main course with the White Wine Frozen Yogurt as a dessert.

Instructions

Place pancetta in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook 4 minutes or until beginning to brown, stirring occasionally.

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Add sirloin; cook 3 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble.

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Porterhouse Steak

Place sirloin mixture in a 6-quart electric slow cooker. Return skillet to medium-high heat.

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Porterhouse Steak

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Slow Cooker

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Add ground pork and sausage; cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble.

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Ground Pork

Sausage

Add pork mixture to slow cooker.

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Return skillet to medium-high heat.

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Add oil; swirl to coat.

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Cooking Oil

Add onion, carrot, and celery; saut 4 minutes.

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Onion

Add tomato paste and garlic; cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently.

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Garlic

Add wine; bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes or until wine mostly evaporates, scraping pan to loosen browned bits.

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Wine

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Add stock, tomatoes, 3/4 teaspoon salt, pepper, and bay leaf; bring to a boil. Carefully pour stock mixture into slow cooker; cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours. Discard bay leaf. Stir in remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt.

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