Slow-Cooker Pork Ragu

Name: Slow-Cooker Pork Ragu
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 2 pounds, boneless pork butt roast, trimmed and cut into 1½-inch pieces; 2 teaspoons, kosher salt; 1 teaspoon, pepper; 1 , (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes; 4 ounces, pancetta, cut into ¼-inch pieces; 1 , onion, chopped fine; 2 , carrots, peeled and chopped fine; 1/2 cup, red wine; 1/4 cup, extra-virgin olive oil; 6 sprigs, fresh thyme; 2 tablespoons, tomato paste; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon, fennel seeds; 1/2 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1/2 cup, chopped fresh parsley; 1-2 pounds cooked, pasta; , Grated Parmesan cheese

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2019

Main Courses

Pork

Slow Cooker

Sunday sauce on a weekday? We found a way.

SERVES8 to 10

TIME6 to 7 hours on high, or 8 to 10 hours on low

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The only thing better than a rich, tomatoey “Sunday sauce” is one that you can make on a weekday. With that goal in mind, we grabbed our slow cooker and set out to create a recipe that would require only tossing in the raw ingredients and t...

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