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Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce

Our Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce brings together aromatic vegetables, red wine and ground beef cooked to perfection. A little parmesan cheese rounds out this tomato based sauce leaving you with a comforting and hearty pasta dish.
4 Servings Recipe By
Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 1/3 cups mince Onion
  • 1/2 cups grate Carrot
  • 1/2 cups dice Celery
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons mince Garlic, Cloves
  • 1/2 cups Red Wine
  • 1/8 cups cook and dice Bacon
  • 1/2 cups Beef Bone Broth/Stock
  • 14 ounces Crushed Tomatoes, Canned
  • 3 tablespoons Tomato Paste
  • 1/4 teaspoons Sea Salt
  • 1/4 teaspoons Black Pepper
  • 1 1/2 cups cook Ground Beef

Serving Day Ingredients

  • 1/8 cups Parmesan Cheese, Grated
  • 8 ounces Spaghetti

Freezer Containers

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Make It Now Cooking Directions

These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.

  1. **Due to the nature of pressure cooking there is always room for inconsistency. The times given here are based on 4 servings fresh. If you are using more servings you may need to increase your cooking time.**
  2. Set Instant Pot to saute and heat olive oil.
  3. Add in onion, carrots, celery and garlic. Cook until veggies begin to soften.
  4. Remove veggies to a bowl. Using red wine, deglaze Instant Pot. Scrape any bits off the bottom, then allow to cook for 15 minutes, until wine is reduced.
  5. Once wine has reduced, add veggies back to Instant Pot.
  6. Add bacon, beef broth, tomatoes, tomato paste, sea salt, black pepper and ground beef.
  7. Lock lid into place and seal steam nozzle.
  8. Cook on high pressure for 20 minutes.
  9. Let pressure release naturally for 5 minutes, then release any remaining pressure.
  10. Cook noodles according to package directions.
  11. Serve sauce over noodles and garnish with parmesan cheese.

Freeze For Later Cooking Directions

These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).

Why would I want to freeze this?

  1. Set Instant Pot to saute and heat olive oil.
  2. Add in onion, carrots, celery and garlic. Cook until veggies begin to soften.
  3. Divide veggies among indicated number of round freezer containers.
  4. Using red wine, deglaze Instant Pot. Scrape any bits off the bottom, then allow wine to cook for 15 minutes, until reduced.
  5. Once wine has reduced, pour into containers on top of veggies.
  6. Add bacon, beef broth, tomatoes, tomato paste, sea salt, black pepper and ground beef to containers.
  7. Label and freeze.

Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions

These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.

  1. Thaw: Prep from frozen
  2. **Depending on your container size/shape and your serving size, you may need to adjust cooking times given as it is based on 4 servings frozen in indicated container.**
  3. Add frozen contents to Instant Pot.
  4. Lock lid into place and seal steam nozzle.
  5. Cook on high pressure for 20 minutes.
  6. Let pressure release naturally for 5 minutes then release any remaining pressure.
  7. Cook noodles according to package directions.
  8. Serve bolognese sauce over noodles. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

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