Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat Instant Pot to saute setting. Add olive oil and butter and swirl to coat. Add pancetta, pork, and beef. Season generously with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid evaporates from meat and begins to brown, about 10 minutes. Add onion, carrots, celery, garlic, tomato paste, fennel seeds, red pepper flakes, and thyme sprigs. Season with salt and pepper and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add red wine and cook until reduced by three-fourths, about 6 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes, stir to combine, and season to taste with salt and pepper before topping with lid. Set pressure to high and cook 35 minutes before releasing pressure naturally for 10 minutes. Release pressure automatically. Open lid and return Instant Pot to saute setting. Add heavy cream and stir to combine. Cook until slightly reduced, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes more. Season to taste with salt and pepper and use as desired.

Steps:

• Turn Instant pot on Saute, high heat.
• Add 2 tsp of the oil, onions and carrots; season lightly with garlic salt.
• Saute about 5 minutes or until softened but not browned.
• Remove vegetables to a plate.
• Add half the remaining oil. Add 1 lb of the meat; season lightly with garlic salt.
• Brown meat, breaking up as it cooks. When browned, remove from pot.
• Repeat with remaining oil and meat, season, and sauté til browned.
• Add vegetables and browned meat back to pot. Add wine and chopped garlic.
• Cook 5 minutes til liquid is slightly reduced.
• Add tamari, bouillon, herbs, bay leaves, pepper flakes, parmesan or romano cheese rind, tomatoes with juice, and tomato paste; stir to combine.
• Close and lock the lid. Select "meat" and set for medium pressure, 35 minutes.
• When done, let pressure release naturally, or use the quick pressure release. Remove bay leaves and cheese rind. Serve with hot pasta, zucchini noodles, shirataki noodles, etc; and top with grated parmesan or Romano cheese.
• Traditional method: in large skillet or dutch oven, sauté vegetables in a little oil. Add meat and cook, breaking up, til browned. Add remaining ingredients plus enough water to come up 1" over the level of the meat. Bring to boil, then lower and simmer for 4 - 5 hours, stirring occasionally and adding water as it cooks down. When meat is very tender, and sauce consistency is right, the sauce is ready.
• Crock Pot Method: After sautéing/browning vegetables and meat, place in crock pot with remaining ingredients and ½ cup water. Slow cook on high for 3-4 hours, or low for 6-8 hours. Check halfway through cooking time, stir, add water and adjust time if needed.

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Heat oil in the pot; add ground beef, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove and set aside in a strainer set over a bowl.
• Add onion, carrots, celery, and cherry tomatoes to the cooker. Cook and stir on Saute mode until soft, 8 to 10 minutes. Add garlic, Italian seasoning, and oregano and cook, stirring occasionally, 2 to 3 minutes. Return ground beef back to the pot and pour in red wine. Cook until wine has reduced a bit.
• Meanwhile, mix tomato paste, soy sauce, and cocoa powder together in a small bowl.
• Stir tomato paste mixture into the pot, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon. Pour crushed tomatoes on top of the mixture and do not stir; try to keep them on top. Turn off Saute mode. Close and lock the lid.
• Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 4 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.
• Pour pasta and on top; do not stir in. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 3 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Stir in cream and Parmesan until combined. Serve.