How To Make Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce
Whip up this hassle-free bolognese sauce made with crushed tomatoes, beef, and veggies for your next pasta meal! It’s a rich sauce easily made in one pot.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4ozpancetta,or center cut bacon, chopped
- 1tbspunsalted butter
- 1large white onion,minced
- 2celery stalks,about ¾ cup, minced
- 2carrots,about ¾ cup, minced
- 2lbground beef,lean
- ¼cupdry white wine,like Pinot Grigio
- 28ozcrushed tomatoes,(2 cans), such as Tuttorosso
- 3bay leaves
- ½tspkosher salt and fresh black pepper,to taste
- ½cuphalf & half cream
- ¼cupfresh parsley,chopped
Instructions
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Press sauté on the Instant Pot, then sauté the pancetta over low heat for about 4 to 5 minutes until the fat melts.
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Add the butter, onion, celery, and carrots, then cook for about 6 to 8 minutes until soft.
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Add the meat, then season it with ¾ teaspoon of salt and black pepper to taste. Sauté for about 4 to 5 minutes until browned, breaking the meat up into smaller pieces with a wooden spoon as it cooks.
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Add the wine, then cook for about 3 to 4 minutes until it reduces down.
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Add the crushed tomatoes, bay leaves, ¾ teaspoon of salt, and fresh cracked black pepper.
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Cover and cook at High pressure for 15 minutes.
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Allow natural release, then stir in the half & half cream, and garnish with parsley.
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Serve over favorite pasta, zucchini noodles, or spaghetti squash, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 372.92kcal
- Fat: 28.51g
- Saturated Fat: 11.91g
- Trans Fat: 1.13g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.62g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.53g
- Carbohydrates: 9.55g
- Fiber: 2.37g
- Sugar: 5.33g
- Protein: 18.98g
- Cholesterol: 91.25mg
- Sodium: 397.96mg
- Calcium: 67.44mg
- Potassium: 606.36mg
- Iron: 3.13mg
- Vitamin A: 182.77µg
- Vitamin C: 11.53mg
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