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Slow Cooked Wild Boar Ragu Recipe
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
2 hrs 30 mins
 

Delicious homemade wild boar ragu served with tagliatelle pasta

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: homemade, recipe
Servings: 8 people
Author: Ian
Ingredients
  • Olive oil extra virgin
  • Red onion
  • Carrots chopped
  • Wild boar
  • 4 sticks Celery
  • 6 cloves Garlic olives
  • Plain flour coating the wild boar
  • Chestnut mushrooms
  • Porcini mushrooms
  • Pancetta
  • 2 Bay leaf
  • Orange rind
  • Oregano
  • Red wine
  • Tomatoe Puree
  • Parmesan grated
  • Tagliatelle dried/fresh
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 150C or Gas mark 2

  2. Dice the wild boar into even chunks

  3. Season the flour with salt and pepper. Coat the wild boar meat

  4. Ina separate frying pan, fry the wild boar meat until lightly browned

  5. In a big stainless steel pot, heat the oil on a medium heat.  Add the chopped vegetables (onion, carrots, celery, garlic) into the pot. Stir everything in the pot till the vegetables have softened

  6. Add two bay leaves, pancetta and orange rind to the big pot and cook for around 5 minutes

  7. Add the browned meat to the pot

  8. To the frying pan which was used to brown the meat, add the red wine and stir over a medium heat

  9. Add the tomato puree to the ragu in the big pot and remember to stir to avoid any bits being burnt at the bottom

  10. Pour the red wine and the water into the big pot and bring to a simmer

  11. Add the oregano and stir

  12. Place the lid to the pot and put the pot in the pre-heated oven for around 2 hours. Duringthis cooking time, stir the ragu a few times

  13. One hour into the cooking time, add the porcini and sliced chestnut mushrooms to the ragu

  14. To prepare the pasta, boil some water in a saucepan with some salt. Add the tagliatelle into the boiling water and drain once ready

  15. Serve the ragu on top of the pasta, finished off with some grated parmesan

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