Slow cooked sausage meat sauce

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Slow cooked sausage meat sauce

Main Serves 6 2h 15 min

A classic, easy supper, if you do it in advance, or good enough for a dinner party. Serve with pasta or rice.

Ingredients

500g minced pork
1 tsp ground fennel seeds
2 tbsp olive oil
2 red onions, chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
good pinch dried chillies (to taste)
2 bay leaves
250ml red wine
2 tins chopped tomatoes, liquid drained away
150ml crème fraîche
120g Parmesan, grated
salt and pepper

Method

Prep time: 15 min

Cooking time: 2h

Step 1
Season the pork with the teaspoon of ground fennel and a generous sprinkle of salt and pepepr.
Step 2
Heat the olive oil in a pan and add the seasoned pork. Fry and stir for a few minutes until evenly browned.
Step 3
Add the onion, garlic, dried chillies and bay leaves. Cook for about half an hour until the onions begin to brown and the mixture is fairly dry.
Step 4
Add the wine, turn up the heat and cook until most of the wine has evaporated. Add the drained chopped tomatoes and cook at a bare simmer until you have a nice thick sauce (it will take an hour or more).
Step 5
Add the crème fraiche and Parmesan and leave for 5 minutes to get acquainted.

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