Italian Sausage & Beef Ragu

Italian Sausage & Beef Ragu

PREP TIME   : 15 mins

COOK TIME  : 3 hours

TOTAL TIME : 3 hours 15 mins

Author        : Nagi | RecipeTin Eats

Recipe type : Dinner, Pasta

Cuisine       : Italian

Serves        : 8-10

Ingredients:

Ragu:

• 3 tbsp olive oil, separated
• 1lb / 500g ground beef (mince) (not lean)
• 0.8lb / 400g Italian pork sausages, meat removed from casings (Note 1)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 large onion, finely chopped (brown or white) (Note 2)
• 1 carrot, finely chopped or shredded (Note 2)
• 1 large stalk of celery, finely chopped (Note 2)
• 1 tsp each dried thyme leaves and dried rosemary
• 1 cup red wine (Note 3)
• 2 cups beef broth / stock
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 28oz/800g can crushed tomatoes (Note 4)
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp salt
• Black pepper

To serve (serves 3) (Note 5):

• 8oz/250g pasta of choice (I used pappardelle, the wide pasta pictured in the photos)
• Parmigiano-Reggiano, freshly grated

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