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Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce

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I am glad that you found me, so I am happy to present you my Gnocchi Tomato Sauce Recipe. A fast cooked food that everyone likes.

Gnocchi are great! They can be combined as flexibly as any pasta and provide culinary pleasure. The best thing is, they are made from potatoes and can also be gluten-free. 

Gnocchi combine especially well with vegetables, as shown here with tomatoes and zucchini. This is healthy and a contribution to leave a green footprint in the world.

Have fun cooking and enjoy it!

1. Recipe Gnocchi Tomato Sauce

Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce

Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.

Servings 2
Calories 538
Preparation Time 30 Min.
Cook Time 20 Min.
Total Time 50 Min.

Simple tutorial for the preparation of gnocchi with tomato sauce.

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Gnocchi tomato sauce on the plate
Gnocchi Tomato Sauce Recipe Image © Thomas Sixt

Ingredients

Gnocchi basics

500 g floury potatoes (z.B. Ackersegen or Bintje)
150 g flour (This is also available gluten-free.)
1 pc egg
3 pinches Salt
3 pinches nutmeg

Zucchini

2 pc small or medium sized zucchini (gourgettes)
1 tbs oliv oil

Tomatensauce

15-20 pc small tomatoes
1 tbs oliv oil
2 cloves fresh garlic (I like to use young garlic)
50 g tomato paste
60 ml white wine
60 ml Vegetable broth
1 tsp majoram
1 tsp brown sugar
2 pinches Salt
2 pinches Pepper
1/2 bunch fresh parsley

Serve

50 g grated parmesan

Instruction

Preparation step 1
Zucchini cubes in the pan
Fry the zucchini cut into cubes in the pan.

Prepare Zucchini

Wash the zucchini and cut the ends.

Cut the courgettes in quarters.

Cut out the inside with the seeds with a knife.

Cut the courgette quarters into strips again twice lengthwise.

Cut the zucchini cubes off the strips.

Add oil to the pan and heat.

Roast the zucchini cubes in the hot pan, lift them out of the pan and put them aside.

Preparation step 2
Roast the garlic in the pan
Fry the garlic in the pan.

Fry garlic

Heat oil in a frying pan and add chopped fresh garlic and fry.

Preparation step 3
Prepare the tomato sauce in the pan

Prepare Sauce

Add the fresh vine tomatoes to the pan.

Add the tomato paste.

Deglaze with white wine and stock.

Season with marjoram, sugar, salt and pepper.

Preparation step 4
Tomato sauce
Prepare tomato sauce from fresh, aromatic small vine tomatoes in the pan.

Mash tomatoes

Lightly mash the tomatoes in the pan.

Preparation step 5
Finish cooking the tomato sauce
Tomato sauce made from fresh tomatoes in the pan.

Cook sauce

Finish cooking the tomato sauce in the pan for a good 10 minutes.

Preparation step 6
Uncooked gnocchi
Fresh gnocchi on the board.

Prepare Gnocchi

Cook the gnocchi in plenty of salted water in a large pot for 2-3 minutes.

When the gnocchi float on the surface of the water, they are cooked.

Preparation step 7
Finely chopped parsley
Freshly cut parsley on a wooden cutting board.

Cut herbs

Cut fresh parsley finely and add to the dish.

Preparation step 8
Gnocchi and zucchini in tomato sauce

Combine ingredients

Add the cooked gnocchi and the fried zucchini cubes to the tomato sauce and fold in.

Preparation step 9
Grated parmesan
Freshly grated parmesan.

Prepare Cheese

Finely grate the parmesan.

Preparation step 10
Gnocchi tomato sauce on the plate
Gnocchi Tomato Sauce Recipe Image © Thomas Sixt

Serve

Place the gnocchi in tomato sauce with zucchini on the preheated plate.

Decently sprinkle grated parmesan over it.

Enjoy your meal!

Courses

Cousine

2. Calories and Nutritional Values

3. Tips for the Preparation of the Tomato Sauce

Prepare tomato sauce from fresh aromatic small vine tomatoes in the pan.

I prefer to prepare my tomato sauce from the ripe and tasty vine tomatoes that I buy directly in the Italian shop.

For the real Italian touch I roast garlic in olive oil and add some wine, broth and tomato paste. Then add the tomatoes, wonderful

Always prepare the sauce first. The sauce is waiting for the gnocchi!

4. Tips for Gnocchi Buy or Prepare Yourself

I have already published the step by step instructions elsewhere: Have a look at Making Gnocchi yourself. Try it out, it’s easy and fast!

The
Gnocchi basic recipebrings homemade dumplings into your kitchen. © Thomas Sixt Food Photographer

The fast way to gnocchi happiness: Buy fresh gnocchi from the supermarket’s refrigerated shelf of your choice and prepare them according to the instructions.

5. Vegetable Complement to Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce

I like to use zucchini in this dish. That’s why I’ll tell you my cooking secret for the perfect zucchini preparation in the sauce:

  1. I quarter the zucchini and gut it. This way there are no bitter substances left.
  2. Then I cut my quarters into strips again and then cut the courgettes into evenly sized cubes.
  3. I fry the courgette cubes in olive oil before preparing the tomato sauce and put them aside after frying.
  4. When the cooked gnocchi join the tomato sauce, the fried zucchini cubes are added to the finished tomato sauce.
fried zucchini cubes in a pan.
Seared zucchini cubes.

6. Further, Suitable Cooking Ideas

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