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Stop. Go slow with these ragù recipes

Relax. A good ragù takes time. You'll be rewarded for your patience.

Paola Toppi's pasta with ragù

Ben Dearnley

Relax. A good ragù takes time, with the reward being fall-apart protein and a rich sauce to toss through your favourite pasta. Melbourne favourites Tipo 00 have shared some of their favourite ragù recipes, including gnocchi with duck ragù and porcini mushrooms and casarecce with pork and fennel sausage ragù; while Paola Toppi’s recipe for homemade pasta with a pork and veal ragù and will become a firm favourite in your household. And our recipe for pappardelle with mushroom ragù show that a good pasta sauce doesn’t have to be all about the meat.

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Pappardelle with duck ragù

Sausage and mushroom pasticciata
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Sausage and mushroom pasticciata

Photo: Mark Roper

Tipo 00’s gnocchi with duck ragù and porcini mushrooms

Fusilli with lamb ragu (Fusilli con ragu di agnello)
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Fusilli with lamb ragu (Fusilli con ragu di agnello)

Photo: Vanessa Levis

Pappardelle with mushroom ragù (pappardelle con misto di funghi)

Rigatoni with ragù bianco by Don Peppino's
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Rigatoni with rabbit ragù by Don Peppino’s

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chicche di patate e melanzane con ragù (Potato and eggplant chicche with pork ragù)

Rigatoni with chicken ragù and green sauce recipe
Photo: William Meppem

Rigatoni with chicken ragù and green sauce

Photo: Mark Roper

Tipo 00’s casarecce with pork and fennel sausage ragù

Gnocchi with short rib ragù
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Gnocchi with short rib ragù

Photo: Ben Hansen

Massi’s pappardelle with osso buco ragù

Photo: Chris Chen

Pappardelle with braised goat ragù

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Pinbone’s lamb shoulder ragù with gnocchetti

Photo: Mark Roper

Tipo 00’s rigatoni ragù bolognese

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Paola Toppi’s pasta with ragù

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