Slow-Cooker Bolognese Sauce

Name: Slow-Cooker Bolognese Sauce
Yield: Serves 16-24 (Makes 12 cups-enough to sauce 4 lbs of pasta)
Cuisine: Europe, Italian
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1/2 , small onion, chopped fine; 1 , small carrot, peeled and chopped fine; 1/2 rib, celery, chopped fine; 3 cloves, garlic, minced; 3 tablespoons, tomato paste; 1 1/2 pounds, ground pork; 1 1/2 pounds, 85 percent lean ground chuck; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, black pepper; 3 cups, whole milk; 3 cups, dry white wine; 2 , (28 ounce) cans whole tomatoes, ground in blender until smooth; 1 teaspoon, chopped fresh thyme leaves

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2006

As a slow-simmering pasta sauce, Bolognese would seem ideally suited to the slow cooker. You can make a big batch of this hearty sauce in your slow-cooker—if you know one simple trick.

SERVES16-24 (Makes 12 cups-enough to sauce 4 lbs of pasta)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Bolognese sauce is a hearty Italian pasta sauce in which ground beef and pork are simmered for hours in milk, wine, tomatoes, and vegetables. But most slow-cooker Bolognese recipes yield watery, bland results—more soup than sauce. To avoid ...

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