Clark’s Turkey Bolognese Sauce in the Multicooker

I have a FAGOR Multicooker that I got last year when my 10 year old electric pressure cooker died. I love it, it does so much so well.  This is one of the first recipes I adapted for it.  It's not traditional Bolognese sauce because a) it uses ground turkey rather than ground beef, and because b) there's no milk in it (bleah, why is that a thing?). I have been using ground turkey for a while now in recipes that call for ground beef, because one of our good friends developed an allergy to beef, pork and lamb (all mammals, really, he has to carry an Epi-pen with him - Alpha Gal Sensitivity - google it), and we eat together a lot.  Cooks note: I am lazy and use the food processor to chop all the vegetables, a mom that I gave this to, said that she loves this recipe and that her kids don't necessarily know they are eating yucky vegetables! Chop everything finely, but take care that you don't puree them.  Enjoy!

Set the Multicooker to SAUTE

ADD:

1 TBLS decent olive oil

SAUTE for about 2 minutes:

1 large onion, diced small

3-4 cloves garlic, minced

When the onions and garlic have become translucent,

ADD:

1 large carrot, diced small

2 celery stalks, diced small

12 to 14 oz. of white mushrooms, diced to the point you can’t tell they are mushrooms

Cook these for several minutes until the mushrooms have released some of their moisture, about 4 minutes.

ADD:

1 to 1 ½ lbs. ground turkey

Cook until the turkey is no longer pink, another four minutes, try to break it up as much as possible.

ADD:

1 tsp Salt

¼ tsp red pepper flakes (more if you like it spicy)

1 TLBS Italian Seasoning

Mix these in the cooker with the meat and vegetables and saute for another minute. Then, finally...

ADD:

1 28 oz can of pureed tomatoes

1 6 oz can of tomato paste

1 8 oz can of tomato sauce

1 cup of decent red wine (whatever you got open is fine)

Place the top on the Multicooker and lock into place, then set the switch on top to Pressure. Set the Multicooker to HIGH Pressure for 10 minutes.  After the Multicooker stops and changes to WARM, allow to release naturally for 10 to 15 minutes, then move the switch onto to STEAM or Release.  

Serve over the pasta of your choice! 

Buon Appetito!