Known as 'gnocchi alla sorrentina,' this classic Italian pasta dish that uses simple ingredients and tastes delicious. Use homemade or store-bought gnocchi.
Ingredients
- ½ tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil: 1 piece
- onion: 0.5 piece (chopped)
- ½ (14.5 ounce) cans passata (crushed tomatoes): 1 piece
- salt: (to taste)
- Potato gnocchi: 1 pack (18 ounce pack)
- Parmesan cheese: 2 Tbsp (grated)
- ball fresh mozzarella: 1 piece (4 ounce, cubed)
- basil leaves: 4 piece (fresh)
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Stages of cooking
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Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat; cook onion until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add passata and salt; simmer over low heat while you prepare the gnocchi.
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Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook gnocchi in the boiling water until they float to the top, 2 to 4 minutes. Drain.
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Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
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Pour 1 ladle of tomato sauce into the bottom of a baking dish. Add gnocchi, remaining tomato sauce, and Parmesan cheese; toss to combine. Arrange cubes of mozzarella cheese evenly on top.
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Place baking dish in the oven and broil until mozzarella cheese is melted and sauce has slightly reduced, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and garnish with basil leaves before serving.
