Tomato and mozzarella gnocchi bake
Soft potato gnocchi baked in a simple tomato sauce under bubbling mozzarella, with no boiling needed.
Ingredients
- 500 g Gnocchi
- 500 g Passata
- 1 Onions, finely chopped
- 0.5 Garlic, cloves, crushed
- 20 ml Olive oil
- 3 g Dried oregano
- 3 g Caster sugar
- 100 g Spinach
- 125 g Mozzarella, torn
- 30 g Vegetarian hard cheese, grated
- 3 g Salt
Method
- Heat the oven to 220°C (200°C fan). Soften the onion in the oil in a pan for 5 minutes, then add the garlic for 1 minute.
- Add the passata, oregano, sugar and salt and simmer for 8 minutes.
- Stir the spinach into the hot sauce until it wilts.
- Tip the gnocchi straight from the pack into an ovenproof dish, pour over the sauce and mix.
- Scatter over both cheeses and bake for 20 minutes, until bubbling and golden.