Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce (Pasta Meat Sauce)

Name: Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce (Pasta Meat Sauce)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 480 min
Total time: 505 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 medium onion (finely diced); 2 celery sticks (finely diced); 2 medium carrots (grated); 2 lb ground beef (we prefer beef with 15% or 20% fat content); Salt and black pepper; 4 g arlic cloves (minced); 1/2 cup finely chopped parsley (plus more to serve); 1 Tbsp granulated sugar; 1 cup dry white wine (Pinot Grigio or Chardonnay); 2 28 oz each canned crushed tomatoes (or canned whole tomatoes, crushed)*; 1 cup whole milk; 1 bay leaf (optional); Pasta, Parsley and Parmesan (or your favorite Italian cheese to serve); Large skillet or dutch oven (slow cooker)

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!

⏱ 505 min 🔨 Prep 25min 🔥 Cook 480min 📊 Hard 🍽 8 servings ⭐ 5.0 (110) 👁 11

Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce (Pasta Meat Sauce)

Instructions

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.
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.
Add 1 cup milk, 1 bay leaf, 1 Tbsp sugar, and both cans of tomatoes with juice and stir to combine.
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.
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.

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💰 Cost Estimate

Total Ingredients
$2915.00

Per Serving
$364.00/serving

🏠 Savings
~$5830.00 vs buying!

📋 Price Breakdown (80% ingredients detected)

Ingredient	Amount	Subtotal
olive oil	0.25 cup	$83.00
onion	1 medium	$50.00
celery sticks	2	$102.00
carrots	2 medium	$74.00
ground beef	2 lb	$396.00
Salt and black pepper	-	-
arlic cloves	4 g	$6.00
finely chopped parsley	0.5 cup	$306.00
granulated sugar	1 tbsp	$2.00
dry white wine	1 cup	$47.00
each canned crushed tomatoes	2 oz	$45.00
whole milk	1 cup	$25.00
bay leaf	1	$1779.00
Pasta	-	-
Large skillet or dutch oven	-	-