Tomato Cream Sauce Sausage Gnocchi
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Tomato Cream Sauce Sausage Gnocchi is a quick and easy weeknight meal that’s incredibly hearty and delicious. It also takes only about 15 minutes to make!
Little soft, juicy, pillowy gnocchi balls are coated in an extra creamy tomato sauce. If you’re a gnocchi lover, this recipe is for you!!
Tomato Cream Sauce Sausage Gnocchi
This recipe is outrageously easy to make. Plus, I adore gnocchi—pillowy, soft bites of potatoes with sausage, spicy cream, and tomato sauce.
Cooking gnocchi is just like cooking pasta. Gnocchi cooks quickly. Furthermore, it rises to the top of the water when done. How wonderful is that?
This recipe is very versatile.
- You can easily make this a vegetarian recipe and omit the sausage.
- You can add more or less cream to make it, well, more or less creamy. Or, should I say more or less tomatoey? Hmmm…
- If you can’t find or don’t like gnocchi, substitute pasta or tortellini instead.
What kind of gnocchi do I use?
You can use shelf-stable potato gnocchi, which I found in the pasta aisle of my grocery store. Alternatively, you can use refrigerated gnocchi. You can find refrigerated gnocchi with refrigerated fresh pasta in the grocery stores.
Tools for Tomato Cream Sauce Sausage Gnocchi
- You’ll need a large pot to cook the gnocchi
- A colander to drain the gnocchi
- A saucepan or braiser pan
- Wood spoons
Ingredients
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- Italian sausage
- onion, chopped
- garlic, minced
- oil
- tomato sauce
- Basil leaves dried
- oregano dried
- salt
- Ground black pepper
- heavy cream
- gnocchi
- fresh basil
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Furthermore, please remember that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary depending on the products used.
Tomato Cream Sauce Sausage Gnocchi
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Ingredients
- 8 ounces Italian sausage
- 1 medium white onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic clove minced
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 15 ounces tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon basil dried
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed dried oregano dried
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 16 ounces gnocchi
- 1-2 tablespoons basil optional, for garnish
Instructions
- In a saucepan, saute sausage, onion, and garlic in oil over medium heat.
- Add tomato sauce, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper. Bring to a low boil then reduce heat to simmer and simmer for 5 minutes.
- While this is simmering, cook gnocchi according to package.
- When gnocchi is done, drain. Remove the tomato sauce from the heat and stir in heavy cream. Add gnocchi to tomato cream sauce and stir carefully. Garnish with fresh basil. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
I’ve never had gnocchi and it’s one of the things on my list to try and make. I’m filing away this delicious tomato cream sauce to have with it when I do. But in the meantime, I have to tell you this was absolutely stupendous tossed with fettuccine. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I love how quickly this tasty dinner came together! Perfect for a busy night!
Putting this on the menu next week. My family loves gnocchi and anything tomato cream. Thanks for the recipe!
Such a tasty recipe – so quick and easy. I left out the sausage in order to make it vegetarian, but otherwise followed the recipe as written. A keeper for quick meals.