Vegetarian Ragu Pasta is the perfect weekend dinner for your next speciak occasion!
If you love pasta and eating hearty vegetarian dishes then you will love this vegetarian ragu pasta recipe from the Feast Cookbook. 
What are your favorite cookbooks these days? Lately, I have been obsessing over the Feast Cookbook by Sarah Copeland with photographs by Yunhee Kim. All the recipes are vegetarian, seasonal and simply beautiful. If you haven’t checked this cookbook out yet I can’t recommend it enough. I received it as a birthday gift a few years ago from my friend Janine and I will be referring to it for inspiration in the kitchen for years to come. The recipe I’m sharing today is a slightly adapted vegetarian ragu pasta recipe from Feast loaded with delicious vegetables like butternut squash, mushrooms, carrots, and fennel. It involves a lot of chopping as prep work (which you can do in advance) and a lot of simmering (over an hour) but it is a labor of love totally worth it in my opinion. I hope you enjoy it as much as my family did!
Vegetarian Ragu Pasta Recipe from Feast Cookbook
Vegetable Ragu Pasta Recipe
If you love pasta and eating hearty vegetarian dishes then you will love this vegetarian ragu pasta recipe from the Feast Cookbook.Â
Ingredients
- 5 T olive oil
- 1 lb white mushrooms cleaned and chopped
- 1 large yellow onion chopped
- 1 bulb fennel halfed, cored and chopped
- 4 carrots chopped
- sea salt + freshly ground pepper
- 1 small butternut squash peeled, seeded and chopped.
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 T tomato paste
- pinch of red pepper flakes
- 1/2 t paprika
- 1/2 t fennel seeds
- 1 C dry white wine
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 T chopped fresh thyme
- 3 C vegetable stock
- 28 oz San Marzano tomatoes in juice
- 1 lb pasta of choice
- fresh ricotta for topping
- Pecorino cheese for grating
- fresh mint optional garnish
Instructions
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In a large pot heat olive oil and add in mushrooms for 7 minutes or until they begin to brown.
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Add onion, fennel, carrots, 3/4 t salt and 1/4 t black pepper and continue to cook for 6 minutes.
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Add squash, garlic, tomato paste, red pepper flakes, paprika, and fennel seeds and cook for 1-2 minutes.
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Add white wine and stir, and cook at medium heat for 5 minutes as the sauce begins to thicken.
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Add bay leaf, thyme, and 2 cups stock.
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Add the tomatoes and their juices, with clean hands squeeze the tomatoes on their way into the pot to lightly crush them.
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Reduce sauce for 15 minutes at medium heat, stirring occasionally.
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Add 1 C stock and reduce heat to low.
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Continue to simmer the sauce for 1 hour to reduce the sauce to a thick, vegetable ragu.
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Add salt and pepper to taste
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Cook pasta according until al dente.
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Drain, saving 1/2 C cooking liquid to use in sauce if desired.
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Combine pasta and sauce, adding pasta cooking liquid as needed for desired thinning.
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Serve and garnish individual servings with grated pecorino, freshly ground pepper and a spoonful of ricotta.
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Enjoy!
The main vegetables in the ragu: fennel, carrots, onion, garlic, mushrooms, and butternut squash.
You can chop the veggies ahead of time if you want to and refrigerate until you are ready to start cooking.
If you make this Vegetarian Ragu Pasta Recipe from Feast Cookbook please share on instagram using hashtag #rainbowdelicious and tag me at @rainbowdelicious , I’d love to see what you are up to in your kitchen!
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I love this cookbook, and I adore a hearty pasta dish like this, so many delicious veggies in there!
Isn’t it such a great one? Thanks Sue!
I am kind of a carnivore but this recipe looks amazing even without any meat. Mushrooms and tons of various veggies sound awesome!
Thanks for your kind words Igor!
This looks delicious and that is coming from a vegetarian! YUMMO I need to check out that book!
I’m glad it has your approval! Thanks, Cindy!
This looks so yummy. Adding butternut squash is brilliant!
It adds a great flavor! Thanks, Brandi!
This Ragu taste absolutely delicious. My family and I loved it
I’m so happy to hear this, thanks Capri!
Loving all those fresh veggies in this homemade sauce. Perfect comfort food!
Thank you, Lisa!
I love this pasta! The veggies give it ALL the flavor with little effort. It’s the perfect weeknight recipe…thanks! 🙂
I’m so glad you like it, Traci!
I’m saving this for when school starts! We are trying to go for a more vegetable forward diet and I think this pasta recipe is the perfect thing! Looks delicious!
It is such a filing vegetarian dish, I hope you enjoy it Jessie.
This is great for a family weeknight dinner! This looks so cozy and comforting! I need to try this out.
Thanks Neil, I hope you enjoy the pasta!