Dinner

Italian Baked Gnocchi

Ooey-gooey delicious italian baked gnocchi.

For those of you who know (and love) me, I’m a true carbavore at heart.  Give me all the bread and pasta in the universe, and I’m a happy girl.  After the gym the other night (gotta work those carbs off SOMEhow) I did NOT want to go to the grocery store, so I did a quick inventory of my fridge and cupboards and created Italian Baked Gnocchi.

You guys… it. was. so. good. – and easy!  Enough so, that I’m adding it to our regular repertoire here at our house.

One note – if you continue to read my recipes (I hope you’ll be back!), you’ll see that I firmly believe in and encourage “playing with your food!”  Recipes (like this one) are ripe with the ability to customize ingredients according to your taste.  Feel free to add other vegetables you have laying around the kitchen to this gnocchi – mushrooms, spinach, fresh tomatoes, even olives!

Serve with salads, fresh baked bread, and a good bottle of Zinfandel and soon enough, you too will be in a deliciously wonderful food coma.

Italian Baked Gnocchi

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Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound ground beef
  • 3/4 pound italian sausage
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced (or more to taste - I love me some garlic!)
  • 1/2 of one large onion, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh oregano, roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh basil, roughly chopped
  • 1 16 oz jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce (I like Trader Joe's Tomato Basil Marinara)
  • 1 16 oz package of gnocchi
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese (my favorite is Sargento Off the Block Mozzarella if you can find it)

Instructions

1

Saute ground beef and italian sausage over medium heat in an oven-safe pan until browned and completely cooked through. Drain all but one tablespoon of fat from pan. Set meat aside.

2

Saute garlic and onion in the same pan you cooked the meat over low to medium heat until mixture is translucent, about 5-7 minutes.

3

Add 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, as well as the oregano and basil, to the garlic onion mixture. Let saute for 1 minute.

4

Add cooked meat and jar of spaghetti sauce to herb, garlic, and onion mixture and warm mixture through. Add salt and pepper to taste.

5

While your meat sauce is warming, cook gnocchi according to package instructions.

6

Once gnocchi is cooked through, combine gnocchi with meat sauce mixture.

7

Once combined, sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and remaining fresh parsley to taste. (I usually use a full cup of cheese so it's nice and cheesy!)

8

Place pan under oven broiler for 5-10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and turned golden brown.

February 13, 2017 By
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  • Tara
    February 15, 2017 at 1:26 am

    this looks delicious!!!!!!!!!

    • Beth
      February 16, 2017 at 1:14 am

      Thanks Tara! 🙂