Pasta with ragù

Comfort food.

pasta-with-ragù

Ingredients

  • 350g tagliatelle
  • 500g mince
  • 2 onions
  • 3-5 carrots
  • 3-5 stalks of celery
  • 2x700ml passata
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 2 sprigs of rosemary
  • 2 bay leaves
  • Small bunch of sage
  • 1 red chilli (or black pepper)
  • 1 glass red wine

Instructions

  1. Dice onion, carrots, and celery before starting.
  2. Fry onion in some olive oil with the crushed garlic.
  3. Pierce the chilli and add to the frying mix along with the mince and fresh herbs.
  4. After a few minutes, add in the carrots and celery and allow to soften.
  5. Next, add in the passata and season to taste.
  6. Add red wine and allow to simmer for 30min.
  7. Boil the pasta water and cook the pasta as per the required time, remembering to salt the water once the pasta is in.
  8. Combine the ragù and pasta before serving, and make it snow with the parmigiano.

Serves 4 + sauce for 6 more portions.