Sausage and Gnocchi with Red Pepper Almond Sauce
Gnocchi with Sausage is the very definition of delicious not to mention filling. Serve with my red pepper sauce for an easy, extravagant meal!
Ingredients
- 16 ounce package fresh or frozen gnocchi
- 12 ounce jar sweet roasted red peppers drained
- 14.5 ounce can fire-roasted diced tomatoes with garlic
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- 1 pound hot Italian pork sausages
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt plus more to season water
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper fresh ground
- 6 basil leaves chopped
Instructions
- Heat a large saucepan over medium high heat.
- Meanwhile, fill an 8 quart pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Once water boils, add 3-4 tablespoons of kosher salt and gnocchi. Cook according to package directions.
- Add sausage to saucepan and cook until browned. Flip sausages and brown the other side, about 5 minutes total. After both sides are browned add 1/4 cup water and cover.
- Set aside 1/4 cup of almonds for garnishing. While the sausages are cooking, combine diced tomatoes, almonds, and red peppers. Blend until you have a smooth mixture.
- Pour red pepper sauce into saucepan. Stir around sausage.
- Drain gnocchi, reserving 1/2 cup pasta water. Add reserved pasta water to red pepper sauce. Remove sausage from sauce and slice into coins. Return sausage coins to sauce, add gnocchi. Reduce to simmer, stir in basil. Simmer for 5 minutes while you set the table. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
You can substitute 2 fresh roasted red peppers in place of jarred peppers. I sometimes divide my peppers and chop half a pepper and puree the rest for more visual appeal.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 607cal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 1813mg | Sugar: 3g | Fiber: 8g | Calcium: 173mg | Iron: 6mg