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My husband and I were recently on vacation and ate dinner at a local Italian restaurant. I ordered gnocchi with a hearty meat sauce and seriously ate the whole entire platter of it within minutes. It was amazing! That’s pretty much when my love affair with gnocchi began. Haha!
This gnocchi casserole is my go to dinner when I don’t have a lot of time but still want to feed my family something delicious!
Easy Gnocchi Casserole Recipe
You'll only need 5 ingredients to make this delicious casserole!
Serving
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground Italian Sausage
- 16 ounces Gnocchi
- 26 ounce pasta sauce
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Brown Italian sausage in a skillet over medium heat and drain excess grease.
- Cook gnocchi according to package directions, remove from heat and drain.
- Combine sausage, gnocchi, pasta sauce, Italian seasoning and 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.
- Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and pour in gnocchi mixture. Spread evenly in pan.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until heated through.
- Top with remaining mozzarella cheese and bake for another 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Nutrition
Calories: 395 kcal · Carbohydrates: 26 g · Protein: 18 g · Fat: 25 g · Saturated Fat: 10 g · Cholesterol: 65 mg · Sodium: 1265 mg · Potassium: 476 mg · Fiber: 3 g · Sugar: 4 g · Vitamin A: 597 IU · Vitamin C: 8 mg · Calcium: 183 mg · Iron: 4 mg
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Isn’t one of the best things about vacation sampling the local Italian food! I love new Italian restaurants, even though in Buffalo, we have such good Italian food. I love this gnocchi recipe you have shared with us because it looks so easy peasy. It’s kind of like visiting Disney, all I want to do when I get there is eat. eat. eat.
I’m not the biggest fan of gnocchi but this sounds really good. I’m sure I have some friends who would love this if I made. I might have to add it to our Wednesday Night Dinners rotation 🙂
Thanks for the recipe. This was simple and very good. The family loved it. It will become one of our staple meals 🙂
I’m going to try this over the weekend. Looks delish!!
Does this have freeze ahead of time directions? I just stocked up on some on sale gnocchi and want to stock some freezer meals before baby gets here soon 🙂
Hi Stephanie. We haven’t tried freezing this recipe, but a lot of recipes online say that you can freeze it. Here is some useful information that we found on the internet – When we tried freezing a batch of gnocchi as soon as they were formed, the frozen dumplings feathered apart in boiling water. … Transfer the baking sheet to the freezer; freeze the gnocchi until solid, about 45 minutes; and then place the frozen pieces in a zipper-lock bag and store in the freezer for up to one month.
If I want to prep this in the morning and refrigerate it and pop it in the oven when I get home, do you think the gnocchi will get soggy sitting in the sauce all day?
In other words, is it vital to bake this immediately after prepping it?
Hi Payton. We usually make it and then cook it right after or at least within the hour. Not sure how well it will do sitting in the sauce all day. You might have to experiment with it.
Has anyone tried to make this without precooking the gnocchi? I’m wondering if you added a little extra sauce and sealed it tightly with foil if they would cook in the oven?
My husband loved this recipe for his birthday dinner! It was so easy to throw together and it tastes great!