Slow Cooked Beef In Pasta Sauce

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/4 kg beef (topside, bolar, round steak are good)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 large onions, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 800 g crushed tomatoes
• 1/2 cup tomato paste
• 2 cups beef stock
• 1 cup red
• 1 tablespoon italian mixed herbs
• 1/8 teaspoon mixed spice, similar to spice
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• cooked pasta, to serve

Recipe

• 1 trim excess fat from beef and season with black pepper.
• 2 heat the oil in a heavy based pan and cook the onion and garlic until tender-about 5 minutes. remove.
• 3 add the beef to the pan. turn, browning well all over.
• 4 add the remaining ingredients (except the pasta) and stir to combine. bring to the boil, then reduce heat to a simmer.
• 5 cover and cook for 2 1/2 hours then remove meat to a warmed covered plate.
• 6 increase heat under sauce and cook without a lid for 15 minutes or until reduced to a sauce consistency. season with more black pepper if you wish.
• 7 slice the meat and return to the sauce; serve over genrous portions of cooked pasta.