Category
Main Dishes
Servings
6
Ingredients
-
4oz pancetta, or bacon (unsmoked), cubed
- 1 medium onion, finely diced
- 1 medium carrot, finely diced
- 1 medium celery stalk, finely diced
- 2lbs ground beef
-
½c dry white wine
- 5T tomato paste concentrate
- 1c beef stock
- 1T sea salt
-
¼t pepper
- 2 (24-oz cans) crushed tomatoes
- Rigatoni pasta, cooked
Directions
- Place pancetta in the bottom of pressure cooker, laid flat in a single layer.
- Set to "slow cook" to render fat.
- After pancetta begins to slightly sizzle, or after 5 minutes, add onions, carrot, and celery.
- Cook until well softened, about 10 minutes. Add small amount of butter or olive oil if ingredients begin to stick.
- Set cooker to "sear" and add ground beef. Brown well, stirring occasionally, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add wine, scrape bits from bottom and sides of pan, and cook until wine has evaporated, about 7 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, mix tomato paste with beef stock, sea salt, and pepper. Pour stock mixture into the cooker and stir well.
- Close lid and lock. Set to "rice" for 10 minutes.
- When done, quick release until all pressure is released.
- Open and add 1_c water and stir well, scraping bottom and sides.
- Close lid and lock. Set for an additional 10 minutes.
- When done, quick release until all pressure is released.
- Open. Serve bolognese over cooked rigatoni.