Baked gnocchi in tomato sauce

Total: 55 min. | Active: 35 min.
vegetarian

Ingredients

for 4 person

Tomato sauce
1 tbsp olive oil
onion, finely chopped
garlic clove, finely chopped
2 tbsp tomato puree
1 tin chopped tomatoes (approx. 400 g)
1 pinch sugar
½ tsp salt
a little  pepper
¼ bunch basil, finely chopped
Gnocchi
500 g gnocchi
100 g frozen peas, slightly defrosted
150 g mozzarella, torn
To gratinate
150 g mozzarella, drained, coarsely grated
a little  basil, torn

How it's done

Tomato sauce

Heat the oil in a pan. Sauté the onion and garlic. Briefly cook the tomato puree, add the tomatoes and all the other ingredients up to and including the pepper, simmer uncovered for approx. 10 mins. Mix in the basil.

Gnocchi

Spread the gnocchi and peas in the prepared baking dish. Top with the tomato sauce. Scatter the mozzarella over the top.

To gratinate

Approx. 20 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 200°C. Remove from the oven, garnish with basil.

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