Italian Beef & Gnocchi Bake with Garlic Sauce

Italian Beef & Gnocchi Bake with Garlic Sauce

Ready in 40 minutes • Serves 5
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, November 17, 2019.
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Ingredients

Bolognese

  • 1 pack beef mince
  • 1 brown onion, finely diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 pack Bolognese spices
  • 1 pack tomato paste
  • 1 can chopped tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup beef stock
  • 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 pack gnocchi
  • 1 pack cheese, grated

Salad

  • 1 carrot, peeled into ribbons
  • 1/2 telegraph cucumber, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 pack spinach, washed & roughly chopped, 4 cups worth

To Serve

  • 1 pack garlic sauce

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to high grill. Bring a pot of salted water to the boil. Prep & cook Bolognese. Heat a drizzle of oil in an oven proof fry-pan on high heat. Cook beef for about 5 minutes, until browned. Add onion, garlic and Bolognese spices to pan and cook for 3–4 minutes, until onion is tender.
  2. Add tomato paste, canned tomatoes, stock, balsamic vinegar and 1 tsp salt. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sauce has thickened. Season to taste.
  3. Cook gnocchi. Add gnocchi to pot of boiling water and cook for about 3 minutes, until just tender. Drain and return to pot with a drizzle of olive oil.
  4. To finish. Add cooked gnocchi to pan with Bolognese and mix to combine. Top with cheese and grill in oven for about 5 minutes, until golden.
  5. Prep salad. Combine salad ingredients in a bowl with a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Season to taste.
  6. Serve beef and gnocchi bake with garlic sauce and salad on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2798 kj
669 kcal
Protein 35.8g
Carbohydrate 42.9g
Fat 35.9g