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Gnocchi with tomato-vodka sauce

Serves 2 to 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 red onion, chopped
2–3 garlic cloves, crushed
3 T olive oil
1 T tomato paste
1 x 340 ml Woolworths passata rustica with basil bottle
2 T crème fraîche
4 T vodka
4 T Parmesan finely grated, plus extra for serving
1 x 400 g Woolworths gnocchi potato dumplings pack
1 T butter
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
fried basil leaves, to garnish
1 x 150 g Woolworths fior di latte tub, torn, for serving

Method

1. Cook the onion and garlic in 2 T olive oil until softened and fragrant.

2. Add the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute. Pour in the passata, cook for 1–2 minutes, then stir in the crème fraîche and vodka.

3. Simmer gently until the sauce thickens slightly. Stir through 2 T grated Parmesan and season to taste.

4. Meanwhile, pan-fry the gnocchi in the remaining olive oil and the butter over a medium heat until golden and crisp. Toss the gnocchi through the tomato sauce.

5. Serve topped with the fried basil leaves and fior di latte. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and season with black pepper.

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Photographer: Myburgh Du Plessis
Food assistant: Claire van Rooyen and Bianca Jones

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Gnocchi with tomato-vodka sauce

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