Mains
Slow Cooker Sausage Ragu
Jenn Bare's slow-cooker mains. About 6 hours in the crock, serves 10.
Written byJenn Bare
Method
Step by step
- 01
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the sweet and hot Italian sausage until browned, about 10 minutes. Break the meat up into crumbles as it cooks.
- 02
Stir in the onion, celery, and garlic; cook and stir until the onion is translucent, about 8 more minutes.
- 03
Pour the mixture into slow cooker. Pour red wine into the skillet, and stir to dissolve the brown flavor bits from the bottom of the skillet. Pour the wine into the slow cooker. Add the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and salt to taste. Mix well.
- 04
Cover. Cook on Low for 5 hours.
- 05
Pour in the cream, stir, cover, and cook for 1 more hour.
- 06
Adjust salt again if necessary.
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Originally published on getcrocked.com.
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Jenn Bare
Founder of GetCrocked and lifelong slow-cooker devotee. Jenn writes every recipe here with one goal: get families back around the table without the weeknight scramble.
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