Baked Gnocchi Bolognese
This, I’m not
ashamed to say, is a total cheat – more of an assembly job really, but if I say
it myself, utterly gorgeous.
Serves : 4
Ingredients:
1 x 20g Pack
Fresh Basil
1 x 500g Pack Fresh Gnocchi
1 x 300g Tub Bolognese Sauce
1 x 300g Tub Four Cheese Sauce
3oz / 75g Grated Mozzarella
2 tbsp Fresh Grated Parmigiano
Reggiano
Whole Nutmeg
Salt and Freshly Milled Black
Pepper
Instructions:
1.
Pre-heat
the oven to Gas Mark 4 / 180°F / 350°C.
2.
The only
actual preparation work you’re going to do is start by
chopping the basil leaves
– leaving aside 4 nice small sprigs as a garnish – and boil the gnocchi. To
do this, bring a large pan of water up to boiling point, add some salt and tip in the gnocchi.
1.
Cook them
for about 3 minutes: as they’re cooking they rise to the surface of the water,
and at that point you hike them out into a bowl, using a draining spoon.
2.
After that
spread half the Bolognese
sauce over the base of the baking dish and follow that with half the cheese
sauce.
3.
Next add
all the cooked gnocchi
in a layer and season with salt
and pepper.
4.
Now
sprinkle in the chopped basil
plus half the mozzarella,
followed by the rest of the Bolognese sauce
and then the remainder of the cheese sauce.
5.
Top with
the remaining grated mozzarella,
a few gratings of nutmeg,
and finally the grated Parmesan.
6.
Bake in
the oven on a high shelf for 30 – 35 minutes or until the top is brown and bubbling.
7.
Leave it
to settle out of the oven for 10 minutes before serving, and garnish each
portion with a small basil
sprig.
8.
A green
salad is a good accompaniment.
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