The baked gnocchi is a delicious and rich first course. This recipe I propose today does not require boiling the gnocchi in water, but they are cooked directly in the oven in tomato sauce. A really tasty and practical dish, different from Sorrento-style gnocchi which are first creamed in a pan.
Sorrento-style gnocchi is a first course from Italian cuisine originating from Sorrento. The gnocchi are made with flour, potatoes, and water, cooked and seasoned with tomato sauce, fior di latte, basil, and parmesan, baked, and served in small clay pots, the pignatiello.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Energy 194.99 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 8.72 (g) of which sugars 1.34 (g)
- Proteins 7.19 (g)
- Fat 14.89 (g) of which saturated 7.49 (g)of which unsaturated 4.08 (g)
- Fibers 1.03 (g)
- Sodium 349.66 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 100 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 14 oz potato gnocchi
- 1/2 cup Parmigiano Reggiano DOP
- 2 tbsps butter
- 7 oz mozzarella
- 10 oz peeled tomatoes
- 1/3 white onion
- 4 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- 4 leaves basil
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
Tools
- 1 Stewpot
- 2 Bowls
- 2 Cast iron pans
- 1 Food mill
Preparation
Chop the onion and add it to the stewpot with the oil. Heat and slightly brown the onion.
Meanwhile, pass the tomatoes through the food mill, then add it to the sauté.
Season with salt and pepper, add the basil and cook for 10 minutes.
Let the sauce cool and butter the clay pot or two small cast iron pans.
Add four tablespoons of tomato sauce and add the gnocchi.
Cover the gnocchi with the remaining sauce and sprinkle with Parmesan.
Preheat the oven to 390°F and dice the mozzarella. Sprinkle the gnocchi with mozzarella and bake for 25 minutes.
Remove from the oven and serve immediately.
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