Slow cook recipes
From casseroles and stews to pies and ragus, taking your time over these warming slow-cook recipes really is worth the wait.
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Winter pasta recipes
Short rib ragù with pappardelle
A slow-cooked ragù is always a joy to cook – and fills the kitchen with its amazing aroma as it gently putters away.
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Slow cooked beef recipes
Leftover beef ragù rigatoni
This beef brisket ragù is made with leftover batch-cooked meat, making it speedy to put together and meltingly tender.
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Chilli recipes
Leftover beef and bean chilli
Using leftover slow cooked brisket in this chilli fast-tracks the flavour, which is then amped up with chipotle and cumin.
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Ragù recipes
Lamb ragù
Our lamb ragù recipe uses slow-cooked lamb shoulder to make the perfect rich sauce for pasta. Make a few days ahead to let the flavours meld.
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Satisfyingly slow roasts
Pot-roast beef brisket with ale and onions
This simple slow-cooked beef brisket is meltingly tender and rich with onion, ale and bay. Freeze any leftovers to make a chilli or ragu.
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Beef stew recipes
Beef short rib bourguignon
Beef bourguignon is a comforting stew from Burgundy. Create a great sauce by braising short ribs in wine before adding the traditional veg.
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Slow cook recipes
Bollito misto (Italian mixed boiled meats)
Try restaurant Manteca's recipe for Italian bollito misto, a platter of meats gently simmered in a simple stock until incredibly tender.
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Best of the best recipes
Best of the best chilli con carne
Full of layered complexity, satisfying texutre and fruity heat, this chilli con carne is the best example of the one-pot classic.
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Slow cooked beef recipes
Red wine-braised short ribs and beans
Gently simmered in a red wine-rich stew alongside plenty of beans, wine-braised short ribs is a hands-off dish with knockout results.
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Slow cook recipes
Pulled pork buns with fennel and gooseberry ketchup
Porchetta gets slow cooked in this pulled pork bun recipe making it a great make-ahead choice for a weekend dinner party.
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Favourite lamb recipes
Paccheri pasta with lamb ragù
This lamb ragù develops its rich flavours during a long, slow simmer. Patience will be seriously rewarded, with a bowl of incredible pasta.
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Venison recipes
Venison and tomato ragù with polenta
This comforting Italian-style venison ragù includes fennel and tomatoes for a brightness and acidity that balances the rich, gamey venison.
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Alternative Christmas roast recipes
Pernil (Puerto Rican slow-roasted pork)
Pernil is Puerto Rican slow-roasted pork with tender meat and crispy crackling, often served at Thanksgiving or Christmas.
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Batch cooking recipes
Lamb, aubergine and olive stew
This aromatic lamb stew with aubergines and olives is perfect to make ahead and freeze for busy nights. Serve with rice, couscous or flatbreads.
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Chef recipes from restaurants
Circolo Popolare’s torciglioni alla Genovese
In Gloria's torciglioni alla genovese - slow-cooked lamb ragù - onions are the true heroes, turning soft, sticky and buttery as they simmer away.
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Alternative Christmas roast recipes
Marmalade porchetta with salsa verde
Cherie Denhamputs a British spin on slow-roast porchetta. The citrussy sweetness in the marmalade works wonders with the punchy salsa verde.
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