Dairy-Free Cheesy Baked Gnocchi

Cheesy. Gnocchi. Bake. Those three words together just make you go all gooey and warm inside, and this recipe delivers on the expectations of how comforting this dish sounds and are maybe not the words you’d expect to hear when preparing a plant-based / dairy-free meal! Ready in 30mins, it’s the perfect recipe for mid-week eats - guaranteed to satisfy.

Prep time 5mins Cooking Time 25mins

Serves Perfect to serve as a main dish for 3, or as a side dish for 4-6

INGREDIENTS

1 packet of gnocchi

1 brown onion finely chopped

Olive oil

1 can of whole peeled tomatoes

1 tbsp tomato paste

1 tsp sugar

3 tsps crushed garlic

3 tbsps dairy-free sour cream

1 tsp smoked paprika

Salt & Pepper to taste

Fresh parsley chopped

1 cup dairy-free mozzarella shreds

4-5 dairy-free mozzarella slices

METHOD

Step 1 Pre-heat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius and prepare a small baking dish (approx. 20cm x 20cm)

Step 2 Warm olive oil in a pan over medium heat and add your chopped onion and garlic, cook gently for 5mins or until soft, then stir through the tomato paste

Step 3 Add your whole peeled tomatoes and crush them down, add sugar, salt & pepper and simmer for 5mins

Step 4 Reduce the heat to low, then stir in the sour cream, paprika and parsley

Step 5 Bring a pot of water to the boil and cook gnocchi to packet instructions (should only take a few minutes), once cooked add the gnocchi straight from the boiling water to the pan, reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water

Step 6 Add a splash of the pasta cooking water to the baking dish, then pour in the gnocchi and sauce, mix everything together well

Step 7 Top with mozzarella and bake for 15mins. Garnish with parsley and serve