How to Make the Ultimate Pork, Fennel, and Lemon Ragu
Test cook Keith Dresser makes host Bridget Lancaster the ultimate Pork, Fennel, and Lemon Ragu with Pappardelle.
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I'm on team fennel so I am looking forward to making this dish tonight.
I’ve been making this pasta since late October thru the holidays. Easy way to feed a crowd! Helps to have a large Dutch oven to scale-up the recipe.
I have trouble finding just 1.5 lbs of shoulder, but you can carve off part of one and use the rest for other stuff. I had a bone-in shoulder and used that for extra flavor. The bone weighed 7 oz after roasting so the a bone with meat on it weighing 2 lbs should work for this recipe.
I am so making this! thank you!!!!
To die for!!!!!!!
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Dinner party entree that everyone raved about. I added some sun-dried tomatoes, doubled the cook time and had a little more lemon
90 minutes by butt! Started this recipe at 4:30 and just ate at 9:00PM. My oven must be broken because it took well over 3 hours in a 350 degree oven
Made this tonight, one of the best dishes I've made recently. I'm not a fan of anise and this was my first time using a fresh fennel bulb but I gave it a try. The fennel mellows out and the whole dish was delightful! Thank you Keith, Bridget and ATK!
I think this might be the best ATK recipe I've ever tried. Truely outstanding meal.👍
A good recipe. I found that the lemon was a little too much. I would reduce the lemon juice by half first, taste, and add more if needed next time. The fennel taste was a little too subdued. Next time, I might sauté the fennel for less time, or add some fennel seed, or even add some sambuca before the water (thinking outside the box:) to bring out the anise flavors. Overall, a good recipe.
I made this exactly to the recipe and found it very greasy and too lemony. We threw it away and we almost never waste food. I’ve learned my lesson and now read the reviews on the AtTK website before cooking. (The greasy and too acid comments were there.). Also, I’ll add the recommended lemon or acid in small increments to all their recipes as once it’s in, it can’t be fixed. Very disappointed.
AND Repeat number 5? 😝 Honestly this is getting more boring every day sorry but most of us are quite capable of finding older episodes 😳😱😳😱😳
Didn’t I see this video a few months back?
fennel is the most disgusting thing ever. if i want licorice i will buy some candy
Ughhh, the way Bridget walked onto set & delivered her line was iconicccc! I love this show, i learn so Much 🙂
I’ve made this a 4-5 times. Very good.
“Its tender i can feel it in my thong” 😈
Ragu is the name of my indian friend
No fennel use celery.
Serious comfort food !!
Thank the maker 😊
It is refreshing to see the omnipresent tomato sauce out of the equation for a change.
That looks AMAZING! Definitely going to make this one. Thanks ATK.
Beautiful!!!!