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Baked Gnocchi With Pomodoro Sauce

This Baked Gnocchi With Pomodoro Sauce is incredibly easy to make with loads of flavor! This simple tomato sauce gets tons of flavor from herbs sautéed in olive oil with pillows of potato gnocchi and toped with mozzarella cheese! Mix in a homemade fettuccini sauce and you’ve got yourself an oh so delicious Pomodoro sauce.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: baked gnocchi, fresh herbs, San Marzano tomoatoes, fettuchini alfredo sauce, onions, garlic, hot pepper flakes
Author: Two Adorable Labs

Ingredients

Red Sauce

  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 5 stems flat leaf parsley, fresh
  • 5 stems oregano, fresh
  • 5 stems basil, fresh
  • 1/2 sweet onion, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1 28 oz can DeLallo San Marzano tomoatoes
  • pinch salt and pepper
  • pinch red pepper flakes
  • 1 tsp sugar (optional)
  • 4 tbsp butter, salted I used Land O Lakes
  • 4 tbsp butter, salted

Homemade Fettuccini Sauce

  • 2 sticks butter, salted
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 4 cups heavy cream
  • 2 cups parmesan cheese
  • pinch pepper

Gnocchi

  • 1 16 oz package of DeLallo potato gnocchi
  • 1 block Mozzarella cheese, broken into pieces
  • 1 cup parmesan cheese

Instructions

Red Sauce

  • Add olive oil to a cast iron skillet. Over medium heat sauté herbs until crispy
  • Melt butter, chop onions, peel garlic and sauté until onions are opaque. Throw whole clove in and cook with onions
  • Drain herbs, peel stems from leaves, add to can of tomato sauce. Add onions and garlic
  • Add pepper, salt, and hot pepper flakes. Let simmer

Fettuccini Sauce

  • Melt butter, add garlic powder, heavy whipping cream, and cheese. Blend together into red sauce

Gnocchi

  • Boil Gnocchi, drain, and add to sauce in cast iron skillet
  • Top with mozzarella and parmesan cheese
  • Place cast iron skillet in oven and broil for approximately 5-7 minutes
  • Serve hot with garlic bread

Notes

Note:  This recipe calls for a lot of salt.  You might want to use un-salted butter instead of salted.  Or omit the pinch of salt.