Gnocchi alla Sorrentina

Directions

1. First prepare the sauce. Add olive oil and garlic to the bottom of a cold, deep frying pan and turn on the heat, allowing the ingredients to slowly come to temperature. Saute until the garlic is golden brown and discard it, keeping the oil.

2. Next, add the passata to the oil and allow it to simmer for about 25-30 minutes on medium to low heat. Wait until the sauce is cooked before seasoning with salt and pepper.

3. Just before the sauce finishes cooking, cook the gnocchi in a pot of boiling salted water for 60 seconds. Drain, and place them in a medium sized baking dish.

4. Spoon the sauce over the gnocchi, they should be downing in sauce.

5. Gently rip the bocconcini in half and sprinkle them over the gnocchi in an even layer.

6. Bake the gnocchi in a 500 degree oven until the sauce is bubbling, and the cheese is caramelized.

7. Finish with a light dusting of grated Parmigiano and chopped basil.

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