Slow Cooker Bolognese {No Browning Recipe!}

Bolognese with spaghetti in the slow cooker.

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Slow Cooker Bolognese {No Browning Recipe!}

This Slow Cooker Bolognese recipe is so easy - no browning needed. Just leave it to cook all day and come home to a thick, rich beef ragu. Perfect to top spaghetti or use in lasagne.

Prep Time15

Cook Time8

Total Time8 15

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: People

Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

For the Slow Cook:

500 g Beef mince
800 g Tinned tomatoes (usually made up of 400g tins)
3 Sticks Celery Chopped finely
3 Carrots Peeled and chopped finely
1 Onion Peeled and chopped finely
6 Cloves of garlic Peeled and crushed
75 g Tomato pureé
125 ml Red wine
2 Beef stock cubes undiluted, crumbled
2 tsp Dried oregano
3 Bay leaves
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

To Serve:

1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce or Henderson's Relish
15 g Fresh basil Finely chopped

Metric - Imperial

Instructions

Put all of the slow cook ingredients into the slow cooker and cook for 6 hours on HIGH or 8 hours on LOW.
Add the Worcestershire sauce and fresh basil.

Optional:

If you want to serve with spaghetti, boil the spaghetti for 2-3 minutes less than the usual cooking time. Drain and add to the bolognese sauce, with a splash or two of reserved cooking water. Stir well and allow the pasta to absorb the sauce a little and soften.

Notes

Mince: Chopping your mince finely before adding to the slow cooker will avoid any big meat lumps. If you're in the USA you can use ground beef or hamburger meat as the equivalent

Bay leaves: Fresh or dried is fine, remove before serving

Vegetables: I buy a 'soffritto' mix if available to save having to chop the celery, carrots and onions. A 400g/14oz or 500g/18oz bag is fine. It might be called ‘vegetable base mix’ or something similar in some supermarkets

Nutritional information: The nutritional information does not include any spaghetti or other dishes to serve

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