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Spaghetti Sauce with Beef and Sausage

Tasty, easy tomato sauce with ground beef and sausage cooks in just 15 minutes in the Instant Pot, or simmers all day in the slow cooker.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Dinner, Freestyle, Instant Pot, Sauce, Slow Cooker, Smart Points, Spaghetti
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients

  • 1/2 tbsp bacon fat
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 1 lg celery stalk minced
  • 1 lg carrot or 6 baby carrots, minced
  • 8 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 lb 96% lean ground beef
  • 5 oz red wine
  • 2 - 28 oz cans crushed tomatoes
  • 2 tsp oregano
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon pesto or 8 basil leaves torn
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 lb turkey sausages
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

  1. Using the Sauté setting on the Instant Pot, Sauté on High: bacon fat, ground beef, onions, celery and carrots until meat is browned, stirring to crumble, about 7 minutes.

  2. Add wine, cook another 2 minutes.

  3. Add tomatoes, spices and pesto. Stir well, then tuck the bay leaf in just under the surface of the sauce. Layer the sausages just on top.

  4. Cook 15 minutes manual high pressure, natural pressure release. Remove the sausages and keep warm. Remove bay leaf if you can find it. Stir in parsley if using.

  5. Combine sauce with 1 lb spaghetti, prepared according to package directions. Serving size is 1/6 of the recipe with one sausage per serving.

Recipe Notes

This recipe is ideal for the Instant Pot, but if you prefer it can be cooked in your slow cooker for 6 hours on low.

5SP per serving for the sausage and sauce, 12SP per serving with a pound of your favorite pasta.