<img height="1" width="1" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=403686353314829&amp;ev=PageView &amp;noscript=1">

Food Comics: Slow Cooker Bolognese

Picture of Tom O.
Tom O.
3 min read

We are pleased to introduce Food Comics from The Chopping Block where our resident Cartoonist Tom O'Brien illustrates his cooking adventures. Here, he shows you how to make a Bolognese sauce in your slow cooker. 

Hey there, food fans! As colder weather approaches and schedules become more hectic, slow cooker meals start to take off in popularity. A few years ago I did a recipe quick Bolognese, but today I'm going to show you the recipe for my updated Slow cooker Bolognese This recipe is a great thing to come home to after a long day at work. It can be done with a combination of stovetop and slow cooker, or if you have one of today's most popular kitchen tools, you can make the entire thing in your multi-cooker. For this recipe you'll need: 1lb ground beef 1lb ground pork 1 large onion, chopped 1 large carrot, chopped 3 stalks of celery, chopped 4 cloves of garlic, minced 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 3 tbsp tomato paste 1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes 1 tbsp thyme 1 tbsp oregano 1 bay leaf fresh ground black pepper, to taste 1 cup of milk 1/4 cup of red wine Using a pan over medium-high heat or a multi-cooker set to the brown setting, add in the olive oil, onion, carrot, and celery. Cook until onions are translucent, roughly 6 minutes. Next, add the ground beef, ground pork and tomato paste. Continue cooking until the meat has browned, which should take about 6 to 8 minutes. Stir regularly, breaking up the ground meat. Drain off the excess the fat. Transfer into the slow cooker or switch the multi-cooker to the slow cooker mode. Add in the crushed tomatoes, milk, red wine and seasoning. Stir well. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. Serve over pasta with freshly grated parmesan cheese. My favorite pasta for this recipe is wide egg noodles. Don't forget to remove the bay leaf before serving. Happy eating!

If you are interested in learning how to make homemade pasta to go with this Bolognese sauce, check out one of these upcoming classes at The Chopping Block:

View our calendars

Love our food comics but want a text-only version for easy reference in the kitchen? Download a PDF of the recipe here.

OBrien Slow-cooker Bolognese promo