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#WFD – Gnocchi with Cheesy Mince Bolognaise
Sprinkle with fresh basil leaves and serve.
POLOKWANE – Gnocchi are various thick, small, and soft dough dumplings that may be made from semolina, ordinary wheat flour, egg, cheese, potato, breadcrumbs, cornmeal, or similar ingredients, with or without flavourings of herbs.
What’s for Dinner says this tasty meal uses ready-made fresh gnocchi with a home-made cheesy sauce that the whole family will tuck into.
Ingredients
- 15ml olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 750g lean beef mince
- 400ml cold water
- 1 x KNORR Spaghetti Bolognaise Dry Cook-in-Sauce
- 500g packet fresh gnocchi
- 150g cheddar cheese, grated
Method
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat.
- Add onion and garlic.
- Cook for 5 minutes or until soft.
- Increase heat to medium-high.
- Add mince.
- Cook for 5 minutes or until browned, stirring with a wooden spoon to break up mince.
- Add water and stir in the sachet contents of KNORR Spaghetti Bolognaise Cook-in Sauce.
- Bring to the boil.
- Reduce heat to medium.
- Simmer for 10 minutes or until sauce thickens.
- Cook gnocchi in a saucepan of boiling, salted water for 3 minutes or until partially cooked.
- Drain.
- Spoon bolognaise into a lightly-greased, baking dish.
- Top with gnocchi.
- Sprinkle with cheese.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until cheese is melted and the sauce is bubbling at the edges.
- Sprinkle with fresh basil leaves and serve.
