Duck ragù with pasta

Name: Duck ragù with pasta
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 200g Waitrose Cooks’ Ingredients Soffritto Mix, or similar; 2 sprigs each of fresh thyme and rosemary, chopped, plus extra to serve; 410g pack Gressingham Duck Confit (from Waitrose), or similar; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 400g tin cherry tomatoes; 250g pack Fresh Soli Pennoni pasta (from Waitrose), or other large fresh pasta tubes; 40g finely grated Gruyère

Easy
March 2012

Easy
March 2012

Serves 2
Takes 10 minutes to make, 50-55 minutes to cook

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Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
200g Waitrose Cooks’ Ingredients Soffritto Mix, or similar
2 sprigs each of fresh thyme and rosemary, chopped, plus extra to serve
410g pack Gressingham Duck Confit (from Waitrose), or similar
1 tbsp tomato purée
400g tin cherry tomatoes
250g pack Fresh Soli Pennoni pasta (from Waitrose), or other large fresh pasta tubes
40g finely grated Gruyère

Method

Heat the oil in a large pan over a low-medium heat. Gently sauté the soffritto mix with the chopped herbs for 8-10 minutes until soft. Meanwhile shred the meat from the duck into bite-size pieces.
Add the tomato purée, tinned tomatoes and shredded duck to the pan with 200ml water. Season well, then simmer over a low heat for 40-45 minutes until the sauce has thickened and the flavours have concentrated.
Plunge the pasta into boiling salted water and cook for 6-7 minutes, then drain, reserving a little of the cooking water.
Stir the pasta through the ragù with a splash of the reserved cooking water and half the Gruyère. Season and serve with the rest of the cheese and fresh herbs.