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Beef ragù and courgetti
Photo: Lily Banse

Beef ragù and courgetti

19 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

A richly flavoured low-carb meal of slowly braised beef in red wine sauce. If you don’t have a spiralizer to make the courgette spaghetti, use a peeler to make ribbons of courgette instead.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

880
Calories
71g
Protein
52g
Fat
27g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Chicken Liver 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Parmesan Cheese 1 oz (28g) 110
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Oregano 1 tsp dried (1.8g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Ghee not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp ghee or butter
  • 2 onions
  • 2 garlic
  • 2 dried bay leaves
  • ¼ tsp mixed spice
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 400g/14oz beef mince
  • 100g/3½oz chicken livers
  • 250ml/9fl oz red wine
  • 14 large tomatoes, roughly chopped, or 2 x 400g/14oz tins chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tsp tomato purée
  • 200ml/7fl oz bone broth or water (you won’t need much if using tinned tomatoes
  • 2 large carrots
  • sea saltblack pepper
  • 1 large handful fresh parsley
  • 4 large courgettes
  • knob of butter
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 100g/3½oz parmesan

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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