Sunday Recipe Rewind: Olive Garden's Gnocchi With Spicy Tomato and Wine Sauce Recipe
I had never had gnocchi before, but I have heard so many
great things about it that I wanted to try it. I was at World Market a few
weeks ago and came across it so I decided to pick up a bag.
I honestly didn’t know what to expect. I knew gnocchi was
potato pasta so to speak, but I wasn’t sure if I would like it. I thought it
was really great and I thought this recipe was excellent. The only thing I would
do differently next time is I would go low salt everything. Low salt broth and I
would not add salt to the gnocchi while it’s cooking. In the end everything was
just extremely salty to all of us.
Other than cutting out as much salt as possible this recipe
is a true winner and something I look forward to making again in the future. I
have no idea if it’s even close to Olive Garden’s Recipe but its great regardless!
Ingredients:
- 1 lb gnocchi (potato
- dumplings)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 6 fresh garlic cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans tomatoes
- 1/4 cup sweet creamy butter, cut into 1 inch cubes, chilled
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil (to taste)
- salt, to taste
- freshly crushed black pepper, to taste
Directions:
Sauce Preparation:.
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.
To this mixture, add the white wine and chicken broth.
Simmer about 10 minutes.
Reduce the wine and broth by half, add the tomatoes and
basil, and continue to simmer for 30 minutes.
Puree the sauce in blender with the butter and Parmesan
cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Gnocchi Preparation:
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).
Remove pasta from boiling water and lightly mix with sauce.
Top with Mozzarella cheese if desired.
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