Name: Beef ragout
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1.2kg beef shin, cut into chunks -; 4-5 tbsp olive oil -; 2 onions, finely chopped -; 3 carrots, finely chopped -; 4 celery sticks, finely chopped -; 4 garlic cloves, sliced -; 3 tbsp tomato purée -; 400ml red wine -; 2 rosemary sprigs -; 2 bay leaves -; 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes -; 500ml beef stock -; parmesan, grated, and pappardelle (see 'Goes well with', below), to serve -

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25 min.

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Ingredients for - Beef ragout

1. 1.2kg beef shin, cut into chunks -

2. 4-5 tbsp olive oil -

3. 2 onions, finely chopped -

4. 3 carrots, finely chopped -

5. 4 celery sticks, finely chopped -

6. 4 garlic cloves, sliced -

7. 3 tbsp tomato purée -

8. 400ml red wine -

9. 2 rosemary sprigs -

10. 2 bay leaves -

11. 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes -

12. 500ml beef stock -

13. parmesan, grated, and pappardelle (see 'Goes well with', below), to serve -

How to cook deliciously - Beef ragout

1. Stage

Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and season the beef all over. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a flameproof casserole over a medium-high heat and brown the beef until dark, about 15 mins, in batches if you need to, using 1 tbsp oil for each batch. Drain the beef in a colander to remove the fat while you cook the rest.

2. Stage

Wipe out the pan with kitchen paper, then add about 2 tbsp oil, the onions, carrots, celery and garlic with a pinch of salt and cook for 8-10 mins over a low-medium heat. Stir in the tomato purée and cook for a further 3 mins. Add the wine, herbs, tomatoes and stock, season and bring to the boil, stir the beef back into the sauce and reduce to a simmer. Cover and put in the oven for 2 hrs 30 mins, then remove the lid, stir and put back in the oven, uncovered, for 30 mins. Stir or use a fork to roughly shred the beef, and season. Serve now, or chill until serving – it tastes better if made a day ahead.

3. Stage

When ready to serve, gently reheat the ragout over a medium heat. Cook the pasta in a large pan of salted water for 3 mins, drain then tip into the ragout, toss together with some of the parmesan and leave for 1 min. Ladle the pasta into bowls, scatter over the remaining parmesan and serve.