One Pot French Onion Pasta
This French onion pasta combines caramelized onions, rigatoni, and Gruyere cheese all cooked in a pressure cooker for the ultimate one-pot cozy meal.
Equipment
- 1 Pressure cooker for one-pot cooking
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 12 oz mezze rigatoni uncooked, short pasta works best
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 yellow onions large, thinly sliced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme chopped
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- 2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt or to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
- 3 cups beef stock low sodium
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 cup Gruyere cheese grated
Instructions
Instructions
- Heat butter and olive oil in the pressure cooker on medium heat until melted.
- Add sliced onions and cook, stirring frequently, until deeply caramelized (about 20–25 minutes).
- Add garlic and thyme, cooking for 1 minute until fragrant.
- Deglaze pot with white wine and scrape up browned bits.
- Stir in Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Add uncooked pasta.
- Add beef stock and water to just cover pasta. Seal lid and set pressure cooker to high for 5 minutes.
- Quick release pressure. Carefully remove lid when float valve drops.
- Stir in cream and Gruyere cheese until melted and combined. Serve warm.
Notes
For best results, allow onions to caramelize thoroughly. Quick release is key to perfect pasta texture.