Indulge your taste buds with the amazing flavors of our Creamy Sausage and Gnocchi recipe! This is a quick, easy one-pot meal that you can create in about thirty minutes.
A few things I love about this recipe…
- Its cooked in one dish. Oh how I wish all of my meals were made in one pot. The less cleanup, the better! I don’t think anyone would argue with me on that.
- It has the perfect amount of heat. The hot Italian sausage is the perfect meat for this creamy, cheesy dinner.
- I feel fancy using Gnocchi. 🙂
So…Here’s how to make it!
In a large pan, heat two tablespoons of olive oil over medium-high heat. Add half a pound of hot Italian sausage to the pan and break it up into bite-sized pieces. Cook the sausage until it’s cooked through and lightly browned. Drain grease, remove the sausage from the pan, and transfer to a plate. Repeat this for the other half pound of the sausage.
In the same pan, turn the heat to medium. Add two more tablespoons of olive oil and one whole diced yellow onion. Add a pinch of salt and two tablespoons of water to the onions (the water will help deglaze the pan). Cook until the onions are softened. Add four cloves of minced garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of fennel, 1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano, and 1/4 teaspoon of dried basil. Mix together until fragrant – about thirty seconds.
Now that your kitchen will be smelling wonderful…
Add the cooked sausage back to the pan. Add in a 14.5-ounce can of diced tomatoes, 3/4 cup of heavy cream, and 1/4 cup of warm water. Pour in a one-pound package of gnocchi. Stir to combine and bring to a simmer. Now turn the heat to low and cover until the gnocchi is cooked through and tender (about five minutes). Just a few more steps until Creamy Sausage and Gnocchi is ready!
Remove the pan from the heat and add one cup of shredded mozzarella, 1/8 cup of shredded parmesan, and 1/2 cup of chopped flat-leaf parsley. Stir to combine.
To finish it off, top with 1/2 more of the shredded mozzarella cheese and broil on high in the oven until melted and lightly browned. You can skip this step if your pan is not oven-safe or you are simply too hungry to wait!
Lastly, top with a little parmesan cheese and eat up your Creamy Sausage and Gnocchi One Pot Meal!
Thanks for checking out our recipe. We hope you find this and our other recipes super enjoyable!
Creamy Hot Italian Sausage and Gnocchi (One Pot Meal)
Ingredients
- 1 lb package Gnocchi
- 1 lb hot Italian sausage, casing removed (5 sausages)
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup freshly shredded parmesan (from block)
- 1/2 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add 2 teaspoons of olive oil to a large pan over medium-high heat.
- Add sausage to the hot pan, working in two batches. Break up sausage into bite-size pieces. Cook until cooked through and lightly browned. Drain off fat and transfer to a plate.
- Turn heat to medium and add the remaining 2 teaspoons of olive oil to the pan and add the onions. Add a pinch of salt to help the onions soften. Add 2 tablespoons of water to the pan to help deglaze the pan. Cook onions until softened.
- Once onions are softened, add the minced garlic, fennel, oregano, and basil and mix together until fragrant (about 30 seconds).
- Add sausage back to the pan and combine with the onion mixture.
- Add the can of diced tomatoes, 3/4 cup of heavy cream, and 1/4 cup of warm water to the pan. Add the gnocchi to the pan. Stir to combine and bring to a simmer. Turn heat to low and cover until gnocchi is cooked through and tender, about 5 minutes.
- Taste for doneness and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Once the gnocchi is cooked, remove from heat and add 1 cup of mozzarella, 1/8 cup of shredded Parmesan, and the chopped parsley. Stir to combine.
- Top with the remaining 1/2 cup of mozzarella and broil on high in the oven until melted and lightly browned (broiling is optional).
- Serve with remaining Parmesan.
