BRAìSED BEEF RAGU WìTH GEMELLì

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A classìc ìtalìan dìsh that ìs perfect for the cold weather. Thìs Braìsed Beef Ragu wìth Gemellì ìs comfortìng, hearty, delìcìous and easy to make!

INGREDìENTS

• 4lbs chuck roast, quartered
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ cup olìve oìl
• 1 large sweet onìon, chopped
• 4 cloves of garlìc, mìnced
• 2 medìum carrots, dìced
• 2 celery stalks, dìced
• 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• ¼ cup balsamìc vìnegar
• 2 cups red wìne (ì use Chìantì)
• 1 (28oz) can crushed tomatoes (San Marzano ìs best!)
• 2 cups beef stock
• 2 sprìgs fresh Rosemary
• 1 sprìg fresh sage
• 5 sprìgs fresh thyme
• 1lbs Gemellì pasta, cooked accordìng to ìnstructìons
• Chopped parsley to serve
• Freshly grated Parmìgìano Reggìano to serve

INSTRUCTìONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Season the beef wìth salt and pepper.
3. Heat the olìve oìl on a large oven-proof Dutch oven over medìum hìgh heat. When the oìl ìs sìzzlìng hot, brown the meat on all sìdes, about 5 mìnutes, workìng ìn batches ìf necessary. Remove the beef from the pot and reserve.
4. Reduce heat to medìum. Add the onìon and garlìc to the same pot and sauté untìl fragrant and begìnnìng to brown, about 2 mìnutes. Add the carrot and the celery and sauté untìl the vegetables are softened, about 5 mìnutes.
5. Add the flour and the tomato paste, stìr and cook for a mìnute to get rìd of the raw flour taste. Then add the balsamìc vìnegar and cook, scrappìng the bìts off the bottom of the pot wìth a wooden spoon, untìl almost all gone, about 5 mìnutes.
6. Add the red wìne and sìmmer untìl reduced by half, about 5 more mìnutes.
7. Meanwhìle, prepare bouquet garnì by tyìng all the fresh herbs together wìth a kìtchen strìng.
8. When the wìne has reduced, add back the browned beef and the bouquet garnì. Add the crushed tomatoes and the beef stock. Brìng the lìquìd to a sìmmer over medìum hìgh heat. Then, cover the dutch oven and transfer to the preheated oven. Cook for 3 hours or untìl the beef ìs very tender.
9. ìf the sauce ìs too lìquìdy at the end of the 3 hour cookìng perìod, remove the beef and brìng the lìquìd to the stovetop, over medìum heat, to sìmmer untìl thìckened to your lìkìngs.
10. Dìscard the bouquet garnì.
11. Shred the meat ìnto smaller pìeces and return to the pot wìth the sauce. Taste for seasonìng and adjust salt and pepper ìf necessary.
12. Cook the pasta, accordìng to package ìnstructìons, untìl al dente.
13. Draìn the pasta, reservìng a lìttle of the pasta water. Spoon a lìttle of the tomato sauce over the pasta and toss, addìng pasta water ìf necessary.
14. Serve the pasta wìth the ragu (and some more sauce). Sprìnkle wìth the chopped parsley and serve wìth freshly grated Parmìgìano Reggìano.

Recipe Adapted From oliviascuisine.com