Slow-Cooker Beef and Rosemary Pasta Sauce
Anyone who knows anything about us knows two basic things (okay four… I adore pancake recipes and Bob and Echo are spoilt.). I love my slow cooker and Allan would eat pasta three times a day for the rest of his life.
Also, I am fed up with basic tomato sauce with ground beef. So, anytime I find a new pasta sauce recipe I try it in the hope it will get approval and be repeated rather than schlopping some pasta sauce (yes, he prefers the premade stuff to the sauces I spend hours making for him) into a pot with some ground beef.
This, was also a bonus as I have stewing beef I had no notion of what to do with as the idea of stew seems foreign to my pasta loving Canadian born-half Scottish husband.
I guess playing football for so many Italian teams for so many years had more of an impact than just knowing how to swear fluently in Italian!
Slow Cooker Beef and Rosemary Pasta Sauce
Slow-Cooker Beef and Rosemary Pasta Sauce
- 1/2lb lb(680 g) beef stewing cubes
- 1 small onion , chopped
- 1 tbsp dried rosemary
- 1 can (28 oz/796 ml) diced tomatoes , with herbs and spices
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar or red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Trim fat from beef cubes; cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces. In Dutch oven, heat 1 tbsp (15 mL) vegetable oil over medium-high heat; brown beef, in batches. Transfer to plate; set aside.
Drain any fat from pan. Add onion, rosemary and 1/2 tsp (2 mL) each salt and pepper; cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 4 minutes
Transfer onion mixture to slow-cooker. Pour 1/4 cup (50 mL) water into Dutch oven; bring to boil, stirring and scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pan.
Pour into slow-cooker along with beef, tomatoes and vinegar. Cover and cook on High for 4 to 6 hours or until beef is tender. Serve sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.
Source : Canadian Living Magazine: January 2003
Perfect topped with just a little parmesan...
It sounds like a very tasty pasta sauce and pretty versatile too. You could serve over rice or one of the new grains, like quinoa(?) or over a plate of polenta.
I agree – anything would go great with it. But in this house pasta reigns supreme – for Allan anyway – I love all the other grains but he isn`t so keen.
Looks very comforting and rich too.
I reckon it is stew without being stew, and with the tomatoes it goes great with pasta – which is the main thing in this house!
Yum! I just bought some fresh rosemary, too, so this recipe sounds perfect!
It really is good – which surprised me as normally unless it is ground beef it doesn`t get the seal of approval from Allan!
Happy New year! A bit late I know but I’ve been laid low with a nasty virus. Almost better now so trolling the internet again lol. Good to see you posting your delicious recipes again. The cheesy apple pancakes look delicious as does this.
I hope you feel better and that you both had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We wish you both the best of everything this coming year. xxx