Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, ragu (meat sauce). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ragu (meat sauce) using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Ragu (meat sauce):

1. Take 500 g Minced beef
2. Make ready sausages (optional)
3. Prepare 1 can plum tomatoes
4. Get 1/2 can water
5. Get 1 large carrot
6. Get Sun dried tomatoes (optional)
7. Prepare 1 stick celery (optional)
8. Take 1 medium onion
9. Prepare cube Stock
10. Make ready Star anise
11. Get 1 teaspoon cumin
12. Make ready 1 splash red wine
13. Get 2 tablespoons tomato purée
14. Get 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
15. Prepare 2 tablespoons garlic purée
16. Prepare 1/2 tablespoon gravy granules
17. Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoon sherry vinager (optional)
18. Prepare salt & pepper
19. Prepare 2 teaspoon Cheyenne pepper (optional)

Serve with a side salad and extra cheese, if you like. This Italian sauce can be meaty as in the classic ragù alla bolognese is often served with pasta or polenta. Try Anna del Conte's authentic bolognese or change it up with Rick Stein's sausage ragù. Increase the heat and add the meat.

Instructions to make Ragu (meat sauce):

1. Empty the can of plum tomatoes into a large sauce pan with half a can of water and a stock cube on a medium to low heat. Add a star anise and cumin.
2. Dice the carrots, celery (optional) and sun dried tomatoes (optional) and add to the sauce pan.
3. Brown the mince beef and add it to the sauce pan. Do allow enough space in the pan to allow the liquids to boil off to really brown the mince.
4. You can also fry up some sausages (optional), cut them up and add them to the sauce.
5. Dice and fry the onions in the same pan until translucent.
6. Deglaze the pan with some red wine and add that to the sauce. This ensure all the goodness that was stuck to the pan is transferred to the sauce.
7. Add the tomato purée, garlic purée, tomato ketchup. Mix everything in and simmer for at least 30 minutes.
8. To thicken I use gravy granules, but cornstarch mixed in water will also work or any other thickening agent.
9. Add the sherry vinegar (optional) as a final touch. You can add salt and pepper to taste, but what I like best is to add Cheyenne pepper which gives it a warming kick.
10. Boil up your favourite pasta, add the ragu sauce and enjoy. I prefer fusilli because it really holds the meat sauce.

Try Anna del Conte's authentic bolognese or change it up with Rick Stein's sausage ragù. Increase the heat and add the meat. Add the wine and bring to boil. Add the herbs and season to taste. Serve over broad pasta, like fresh tagliatelle, if you want to respect the tradition.

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