Olive Garden Gnocchi With Spicy Tomato and Wine Sauce

Cooks4_6's Note:

I love gnocchi, and found this on another website. Chef's Tip: Add Cream to sauce to add richness and/or add vegetables of choice to sauce and/or add sautéed chicken strips to sauce.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 40 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 lb gnocchi (potato dumplings)
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 6 fresh garlic cloves
• ½ teaspoon chili flakes
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 2 (14 ½ ounce) cans tomatoes
• ¼ cup sweet creamy butter , cut into 1 inch cubes, chilled
• ½ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• ¼ cup chopped fresh basil (to taste)
• salt , to taste
• freshly crushed black pepper , to taste

Directions:

1. Sauce Preparation:.
2. Place the olive oil, garlic and chili flakes in a cold pan. On medium heat, stir and cook the olive oil, garlic, chili flakes until garlic turns slight golden brown.
3. To this mixture, add the white wine and chicken broth. Simmer about 10 minutes.
4. Reduce the wine and broth by half, add the tomatoes and basil, and continue to simmer for 30 minutes.
5. Puree the sauce in blender with the butter and Parmesan cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
6. Pasta Preparation:.
7. Prepare pasta when sauce is complete. Use a large pot to boil pasta. Cook the pasta in salted boiling water until they float (approximately 3 minutes or 160 degrees F internal temperature).
8. Remove pasta from boiling water and lightly mix with sauce.
9. Plating Suggestion:.
10. Place sauced pasta on serving plate, top with Parmesan and Basil.

Reviews

[Kittencalskitchen]

this is a fantastic recipe, I made this with my Kittencal's Easy Gnocchi and plan on making it again next time with fresh chopped ripe Roma tomatoes, I increased the chili flakes way up, I didn't have fresh basil handy when I made this so I used 1-1/2 teaspoons dried and sauteed with the garlic mixture, thanks for sharing Cooks!

[rosslare]

Wonderful, a new favorite simple dish!

[sofie-a-toast]

Delicious! Much to my dismay, the store didn't have gnocchi so I substituted cheese tortellini which actually worked out well. I also cut down on the butter a bit since it seemed excessive. The sauce was already rich and creamy and flavorful so no need to add cream. The consistency was just wonderful. I think this would be great in any recipe calling for tomato sauce. Thanks for the recipe!