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Ultimate Baked Gnocchi is something that you can whip up in just 30 minutes and fully love! Tender pillows of gnocchi are cooked with garden-fresh kale and Italian sausage in a homemade tomato sauce that's rich, vibrant, and deeply fragrant. The result is pure comfort — savory, hearty, and (thanks to all the cheese melted on top) extremely cheesy! Ultimate Baked Gnocchi is truly the ultimate in pasta dinners!
Ultimate Baked Gnocchi is something that you can whip up in just 30 minutes and fully love! Tender pillows of gnocchi are cooked with garden-fresh kale and Italian sausage in a homemade tomato sauce that's rich, vibrant, and deeply fragrant. The result is pure comfort — savory, hearty, and (thanks to all the cheese melted on top) extremely cheesy! Ultimate Baked Gnocchi is truly the ultimate in pasta dinners!
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 large cloves garlic chopped small
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon whole fennel seeds
- 1 (28-ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 4 cups kale stems removed, chopped
- 1/2 pound fully-cooked Italian sausage links cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 1/2 (16-ounce) packages gnocchi
- 3/4 cup Pecorino Romano or parmesan cheese grated
- 1 (8-ounce) package mozzarella cheese cut into 1/4-inch slices
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a 12-inch, ovenproof skillet over medium heat, add the olive oil.
- Add the garlic, the red pepper flakes, and the fennel seeds and cook, while stirring, until fragrant, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and their juices, the salt, the pepper, and the oregano to the garlic mixture and stir to combine, while roughly breaking up the tomatoes with a spoon.
- Add the kale to the skillet and reduce the heat to low.
- Simmer until the sauce has thickened slightly and the kale is tender, about 10 minutes.
- Transfer the skillet from the heat.
- Add the sausage pieces and the gnocchi to the skillet and stir to combine.
- Evenly top the gnocchi mixture with the Pecorino Romano and the mozzarella slices.
- Bake until it is heated through and is bubbling, about 20 minutes.
- Serve hot.
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