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Slow Cooker Duck Ragu

Name: Slow Cooker Duck Ragu
Total time: 7 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 duck legs; 1 yellow onion; 2 carrots; 2 stalks celery; 4 cloves garlic; 400 g canned crushed tomatoes; 200 ml red wine; 2 sprigs fresh rosemary; 2 bay leaves

Give Slow Cooker Duck Ragu about 7 hr; most of that is cooking time, and it makes 6 servings. The main ingredients are duck legs, yellow onion and carrots. The cooking is mostly appliance cooking and searing. Each serving has about 410 calories and 28 g of protein.

Slow Cooker Duck Ragu, plated (AI-generated illustration)

Total time: 7 hr
Servings: 6
Difficulty: Medium
Calories: 410 kcal

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Ingredients

For 6 servings

4duck legs
1yellow onion
2carrots
2 stalkscelery
4 clovesgarlic
400 gcanned crushed tomatoes
200 mlred wine
2 sprigsfresh rosemary
2bay leaves

Instructions

Season the Duck legs with salt and pepper. Sear them skin-side down in a hot skillet (no oil needed as duck renders its own fat) until the skin is golden and crispy, about 5 minutes. Transfer to the slow cooker.
Finely dice the Yellow onion, Carrots, and Celery stalks. Saute in the duck fat until softened, about 4 minutes. Add minced Garlic cloves and cook 1 minute more.
Pour in the Red wine and reduce by half. Add the Canned crushed tomatoes, Fresh rosemary, and Bay leaves. Transfer everything to the slow cooker.
Cover and cook on LOW for 7 hours until the duck meat is falling off the bone.
Remove the duck legs, shred the meat and discard the skin and bones. Return the shredded duck to the sauce and remove the bay leaves and rosemary stems. Serve over pappardelle pasta.

Cook’s notes

Searing the duck legs skin-side down renders the fat you then use for the vegetables, so there is no need for oil. Chicken thighs work if you cannot find duck legs, with about 5 hours on low. The ragu freezes well for up to 3 months; toss it with pappardelle or serve over polenta.

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 410 kcal
Protein: 28 g
Fat: 20 g
Carbs: 30 g

Approximate values for one serving.

About this recipe

Cuisine: Italian
Dish type: Pasta
In cookbook: Slow Cooker & Instant Pot