# Meatless Tuscan Ragù

This delicious Tuscan ragù also called "sugo finto" (fake ragù) is made following the same principles of a meat ragù, just without the meat!

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 sticks celery
- 1 onion
- 3 carrots
- 2 garlic cloves
- 20 g parsley
- 20 g basil
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 100 ml red wine
- 1 can vegetable stock
- olive oil
- 1 small can peeled tomatoes
- 500 g gnocchi
- 3 sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 pinch salt
- generous amount black pepper

## Instructions

1. Start by adding a good quality extra virgin olive oil to a pan.
2. Add the soffritto: chopped onion, carrot, and celery.
3. Add two bay leaves.
4. Put it on a medium heat and let it slowly cook.
5. Chop basil, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and parsley.
6. Add the chopped basil, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, and parsley to the pan.
7. Make a little space in the middle and add a tablespoon of tomato paste.
8. Mix the tomato paste with the vegetables.
9. Add a pinch of salt.
10. Add a generous amount of black pepper.
11. Add a good glug of red wine.
12. Wait and cook off all the alcohol, you just want the sweetness from it.
13. Crush one can of plum tomatoes with your hands just before adding them.
14. Add one can of vegetable stock to the plum tomato can to rinse it.
15. Add the vegetable stock to the ragù.
16. Cook the ragù for 20 minutes on a medium heat until it's reduced by half.
17. Boil potato gnocchi in a pot of water.
18. Add the gnocchi to the ragù.
19. Put the gnocchi and the ragù back on the heat and stir it all together.
20. Turn the heat off and add the last drop of olive oil.

## Equipment

- pan
- wooden spoon
- knife
- chopping board
- pot
- slotted spoon

## Tips

- To get the perfect texture, you need to chop the soffritto (onion, carrot and celery) a little chunkier than usual so they'll still hold their shape once cooked.
- Cook off all the alcohol from the wine, you just want the sweetness from it.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0KP4RqLICf/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b0e8894c-36cb-409f-bccf-0ced81345b47
- Extracted: 2025-08-08

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