Gnocchi And Rich Garlic Tomato Sauce

Gnocchi is an Italian dish dish also known as 'potato pasta'. I was watching 'Nadia's Comfort Kitchen' ( a quarantine special ) the other day. I saw her making this dish. It just looked moth watering so I didn't hold back and the next day made this for My family and I 's dinner. I've gotta say it was delicious. Here is the recipe. ( Makes enough for a hungry family of five )

Ingredients

Gnocchi
4  large potatoes, not the small boiling ones, the big baking spuds cleaned with skins on.
1 egg
About 3 - 4 cups of flour
Large pasta pot
salt
water

Sauce
2 cans of tinned tomatoes, don't recommend using the mexican style, very hot.
3 cloves of garlic or 2 teaspoons of crushed, what ever you have on hand.
Salt and pepper to taste


Preheat your oven to 180 degrees
Place the cleaned spuds on the tray and place into oven for 50 minutes or until very tender. Stick a knife through them to test.

Cut the warm potatoes in half and squeeze the mash out of the skins into into a seive over a bowl. Don't chuck those skins away. You can bake them in a tray for about 10 minutes in a bit of oil and salt to make potato skin chips.You don't want to be handing hot potatoes so wait till they are cooled down, but they have to be warm not cold.
Push the potato through the seive to make it as fluffy as possible. Add in to egg mixing fast to not cook the egg. I gave up after a while because it was so tedious, but If you are patient enough probably a good idea to do this step.
Sift the flour cup by cup and mixing with you hands until it reaches a dough like form. Then roll into 30 cm worm like rolls about 2 to 3 cm wide. Cut with a knife into bite size pieces. They now will look like squares. Start by boiling the water in the pot. Salt the water up like you do to cook pasta. Cook for around 20 minutes till they feel similar to pasta.

While the Gnocchi are cooking start the sauce. Add 3 tables spoons of oil to a hot pan. I know it sounds like heaps but you need it. Then add the tomatoes and finely cut garlic. Add some seasoning herbs, salt, pepper. You can be very flexible with this sauce adding gherkins, salami, broccoli, parsley, basil, ect. Simmer of a medium heat for at least 10 minutes.

When both things are cooked strain the gnocchi and mix the sauce with it. Add some cheese on top with salt, pepper, parsley anything you want.

Enjoy.