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Slow Cooker Ragu

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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 Ib ground pork
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 cup diced carrots
  • 1/2 cup diced celerry
  • 1 cup red wine
  • 2 28 oz cans San Marzano tomatoes
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 tsps dried basil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper

Method
 

  1. Place the ground beef and pork in your slow cooker, breaking the meat into small chunks with the back of a wooden spoon. Add the oil, garlic, onions, carrots, celery, red wine, tomatoes with their juice, tomato paste, bay leaves, basil, salt and pepper. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 8 hours, until the meat is tender.
  2. Discard the bay leaves, Serve with a short pasta that has lots of nooks and crannies for the sauce to tuck into or long noodles to slurp and swirl.