Stracotto

Name: Stracotto
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 kg piece of beef chuck sinew removed; olive oil; 2 red onions; 2 carrots; 2 cloves of garlic; 2 sticks of celery; 1 bulb of fennel; ½ a bunch of fresh rosemary (15g); ½ a bunch of fresh sage (15g); 250 ml Chianti red wine; 2 tablespoons tomato purée; 1.5 litres organic meat or veg stock

Instructions

Cook:4h

A Tuscan family favourite: think the emotion of Bolognese on the familiarity scale, but with a whole new level of comfort. It’s inspired by Nonna Miriam from Panzano, and this simple cooking process gives you what she calls a ‘rich plate’ – she likened it to the moment you know you’ve got a winning hand in poker. To serve, it’s traditional to enjoy the rich sauce with freshly cooked tagliatelle as a primo, serving the rest of the sauce with the meat as a secondo, teamed with steamed greens, oozy polenta, mash or whatever you fancy!

Updated at: Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:29:39 GMT