Olive Garden Gnocchi With Spicy Tomato And Wine Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb gnocchi (potato dumplings)
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 6 fresh garlic cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
• 1 cup dry wine
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans tomatoes
• 1/4 cup sweet creamy butter, cut into 1 inch cubes, chilled
• 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil (to taste)
• salt, to taste
• freshly crushed black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 sauce preparation:.
• 2 place the olive oil, garlic and chili flakes in a cold pan. on medium heat, stir and cook the olive oil, garlic, chili flakes until garlic turns slight golden brown.
• 3 to this mixture, add the wine and chicken broth. simmer about 10 minutes.
• 4 reduce the wine and broth by half, add the tomatoes and basil, and continue to simmer for 30 minutes.
• 5 puree the sauce in blender with the butter and parmesan cheese. season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 6 pasta preparation:.
• 7 prepare pasta when sauce is complete. use a large pot to boil pasta. cook the pasta in salted boiling water until they float (approximately 3 minutes or 160 degrees f internal temperature).
• 8 remove pasta from boiling water and lightly mix with sauce.
• 9 plating suggestion:.
• 10 place sauced pasta on serving plate, top with parmesan and basil.