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Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce (Pasta Meat Sauce)
A good bolognese sauce is cooked slowly, puttering away on the stove for hours as the deep meaty flavors develop but it's so easy in the slow cooker!
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 8h 25m⏳ Prep: 25 min🔥 Cook: 8h👤 Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com📖 natashaskitchen
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●slow cooker
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a large deep pan, heat 1/4 cup olive oil. Add onion, celery and carrots and sauté until softened (⏱️ 8-10 mins). Add garlic and 1/2 cup parsley and stir ⏱️ 30 seconds or until garlic is fragrant. Transfer to slow cooker.
cup olive oil1/4medium onion (finely diced)1medium carrots (grated)2
2
In the same pan (without washing it), add ground beef, season with 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper and sauté until cooked through and no longer red (⏱️ 6-10 mins). For leaner sauce, you can spoon off and discard excess oil at this point keeping 3 Tbsp oil in the pan. Add 1 cup white wine and sauté on med/high heat until wine has completely evaporated (⏱️ 8-10 mins). Transfer meat to slow cooker.
ground beef (we prefer beef with 15% or 20% fat content)2 lbdry white wine (Pinot Grigio or Chardonnay)1 cup
3
Add 1 cup milk, 1 bay leaf, 1 Tbsp sugar, and both cans of tomatoes with juice and stir to combine.
bay leaf (optional)1
4
Cover and cook on low ⏱️ 8 hours or on high ⏱️ 3-4 hours. If it it seems too liquidy, let it cook with the lid off for the last ⏱️ 30 minutes.
5
Season with more salt to taste (I added nearly 1 tsp more salt). Serve generous amounts of bolognese sauce over your favorite pasta, topped with cheese and garnished with fresh parsley.
Pasta, Parsley and Parmesan (or your favorite Italian cheese to serve)
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