Slow-cooked Lamb ragu with pasta

This is an ultimate comfort dish during the cold months. Set your slow cooker in the morning before you go out & about, then you’ll come home to a hearty lamb ragu. Make a big pot—you can enjoy it over a few days or freeze some for a later day.

Serves: 6

Ingredients

Lamb Ragu:

Te Mana lamb square cut shoulder (2.2kg–2.4kg approx) 

2 tbsp Olivado Avocado oil & rosemary
1 onion, diced
1 carrot, diced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
150g bacon, sliced 

1 bottle(680g) Chantal Organics tomato passata
½ cup red wine
2 ½  cups beef stock
3 sprigs Superb Herb rosemary, 

2 Superb Herb bay leaves

To serve:

Diamond lasagne 

¾ cup parmesan, grated 

A handful of Superb Herb Italian parsley

Method

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Brown lamb all over. 

Place the browned lamb and all the ragu ingredients in the slow cooker. Set to cook 5–6 hours high or 8–10 hours low. 

Remove the lamb and shred it using two forks. Return the meat in the sauce.  

Cook the pasta (80–110g per person) in plenty of salted boiling water per package instruction. 

Serve the ragu over pasta, garnished with parmesan and parsley.