One-Pot Ravioli from Frozen | Instant Pot recipe

We love making quick and easy one-pot dinner recipes, especially using freezer-friendly and pantry staple ingredients. This is a twist on our crowd-favorite one-pot tortellini recipe with a few tweaks. 

My son declared this one-pot ravioli as the best homemade Italian dinner he’d ever had! If that’s not enough to convince you, you’ll have to try it yourself.  

ONE-POT RAVIOLI INGREDIENTS

Here’s what you need for the best one-pot ravioli recipe:

• Sausage. We use original ground pork sausage from Jimmy Dean. 
• Beef broth. You can use store-bought or make your own in an Instant Pot. 
• Ravioli. Choose your favorite frozen ravioli. 
• Canned tomatoes. We use a mixture of fire-roasted diced tomatoes, tomato paste, and canned tomato sauce for this ravioli recipe. 
• Seasonings. Capture the classic Italian flavors with dried basil, oregano, onion powder, and garlic powder. 
• Cornstarch. This is the trick for quickly thickening up your tomato sauce. 
• Spinach. We recommend chopped fresh baby spinach. 
• Cottage cheese. Use small curd cottage cheese, which melts more evenly. 
• Cream. Heavy cream enriches your sauce, even though it’s just a small amount. 

How to Make Ravioli with Sausage in an Instant Pot

Start by searing the sausage using the Sauté function on the Instant Pot. Cook until the meat is browned and crisp, then drain off any extra fat, if necessary. Add the beef broth to the pressure cooking pot and scrape up any browned bits on the bottom. 

Place the frozen ravioli into the pot in an even layer without stirring, then add the fire-roasted tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and your seasonings and salt. 

Lock on the lid and cook the ravioli on High Pressure for 2 minutes. When the timer beeps, use a quick pressure release and carefully remove the Instant Pot lid. 

In a separate bowl, make a slurry by whisking the cornstarch with two tablespoons of cold water to make a smooth paste. Return the Instant Pot to Sauté and add the slurry to the ravioli, stirring as you go. Add the baby spinach and cottage cheese and continue to stir everything until the sauce is thick and creamy and the spinach is softened. Pour in the heavy cream, then season your sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Enjoy!

Important Tips for Making Instant Pot Ravioli

• We like to use Jimmy Dean original pork sausage for this recipe because of the added flavor, but any loose pork sausage will work. You could also use chicken or turkey sausage if you prefer, but the sauce won’t be as rich and flavorful. 
• The little bit of heavy cream really adds to the texture of the finished dish, so don’t skip it!
• Adding small curd cottage cheese to this ravioli recipe helps keep it moist, as it’s not as dry or crumbly as ricotta cheese. 
• You can omit the spinach if you want, but we like to add veggies where we can. Or, try another green like chopped kale or arugula. 
• We developed this recipe using the standard-size pack of frozen ravioli at our grocery store, but it’s very forgiving. The recipe works well if you use two packs of frozen ravioli and no change to the other ingredients. It was slightly less saucy, but still easily fed 8.

More One-Pot Dinner Recipes for the Instant Pot

Try these other fast and easy one-pot dinners next: 

• Tex-Mex Spicy Mac is a fully loaded twist on mac and cheese with a kick of spice and plenty of melty cheese. 
• One-Pot Tortellini features our favorite stuffed pasta in a simple tomato sauce with baby spinach. 
• Garden Minestrone Soup is a healthy and light veggie-packed dinner that’s perfect for summer produce.