Gnocchi Bolognese Bake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 750 g lean ground beef (mince)
• 600 ml italian pasta sauce
• 625 g fresh gnocchi
• 150 g swiss cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200c. heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat; add onion and garlic and cook for 5 minutes or until soft.
• 2 add beef and cook, stirring to break up mince, for 5 minutes or until browned.
• 3 add pasta sauce and season with salt and pepper.
• 4 bring to the boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until sauce has thickened.
• 5 meanwhile, bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil and cook gnocchi partially (about 3 minutes should do) then drain. gnocchi will finish cooking in the oven!
• 6 spoon meat sauce into a baking dish (6cm deep, 24x30cm base).
• 7 top with gnocchi, sprinkle with cheese, then bake for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted and browning and sauce bubbling at edges.