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Italian Sausage and Tomato Gnocchi is the best one-pot recipe to make on busy weeknights since you can get the best creamy sausage gnocchi with tomatoes and spinach in less than 30 minutes.
One-pan recipes are such a blessing during the week. They are simple recipes that the whole family can enjoy, made in one pot, making fewer dishes, and still have a satisfying weeknight dinner.
Why you’ll love this family favorite recipe!
With this 30-minute meal, you can have some of the best pillowy gnocchi in a delicious creamy Italian pork sausage sauce for a delicious meal of pasta comfort food. Plus, add in some garlic bread, and you are ready to enjoy a simple recipe with minimal prep.
Table of Contents
- Ingredients for Italian Sausage and Tomato Gnocchi:
- How to Make Italian Sausage and Tomato Gnocchi:
- Sausage and Tomato Gnocchi Recipe
- How to store the tender gnocchi and sausage dinner:
- Tips and tricks for making an easy sausage and gnocchi dinner:
- Toppings for sausage gnocchi:
- More Pasta Dishes:
- Quick links for making dinner easy:
Ingredients for Italian Sausage and Tomato Gnocchi:
- Onion: Use a white onion or a yellow onion diced
- Sausage: I like to keep it simple with ground Italian sausage
- Seasoning: Use a combination of Italian seasoning, garlic powder, ground black pepper, kosher salt, and minced garlic
- Cream: Adding in heavy cream will make the best creamy tomato sauce
- Tomatoes: All you will need is a can of diced tomatoes
- Pasta: Get a package of shelf-stable gnocchi from the pasta aisle in the grocery store
- Greens: Add fresh spinach for added vitamins
- Cheese: All you need is shredded mozzarella cheese for the topping of the gnocchi
How to Make Italian Sausage and Tomato Gnocchi:
Cook sausage:
- To a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, add the onion, sausage, seasonings, and minced garlic.
- Break the sausage meat up with a spatula and cook it through.
- Once cooked, remove any grease from the pot.
Add cream:
- Stir in the heavy cream, diced tomatoes, store-bought gnocchi, and spinach.
- Simmer for 12-15 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add in cheese:
- Stir in the mozzarella cheese and let it melt. Enjoy!
Sausage and Tomato Gnocchi
Equipment
- Dutch oven
Ingredients
- 1 white onion, diced
- 1 lb Italian sausage
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- 14 oz can diced tomatoes
- 16 oz potato gnocchi
- 4 cups fresh spinach
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
Instructions
Cook sausage:
- To a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, add the onion, sausage, seasonings, and minced garlic.
- Break the sausage meat up with a spatula and cook it through.
- Once cooked, remove any grease from the pot.
Add cream:
- Stir in the heavy cream, diced tomatoes, store-bought gnocchi, and spinach.
- Simmer for 12-15 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add in cheese:
- Stir in the mozzarella cheese and let it melt. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How to store the tender gnocchi and sausage dinner:
Fridge: Place any leftover Italian sausage gnocchi into a glass airtight container for up to 5 days to use for another quick dinner.
Tips and tricks for making an easy sausage and gnocchi dinner:
Protein added:
When making this simple dinner recipe I love using ground Italian sausage because it add so much flavor and can be paired with anything. However, you could use ground chicken or ground pork instead.
But, if you want to keep the Italian flavors, you could also use Italian chicken sausage links and cut them into circles instead of browning the meat, just saute the sausage.
Added veggies:
Feel free to make this recipe your own. I love trying to sneak in veggies when I can. Green beans or chopped broccoli would be great in this recipe.
Toppings for sausage gnocchi:
Top with one pot recipe with some fresh basil and shredded parmesan cheese for the perfect addition of flavor and color.
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Quick links for making dinner easy:
- Family meal plans
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- FREE budget meal plan
- Cooking videos to watch
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I love to cook and am used to making complicated meals, but I saw your video and this is different from things I usually make. i was blown away! It was so delicious and EASY! I’m going to make it again next week. And the leftovers were equally good 🙂
Wonderful. Flavorful and filling. The gnocchi cooked fine in the pot as everything simmered the last 15 minute; no need to precook it. We added the mozzarella cheese to part of each serving at the table and decided we like the dish better without. We had crusty bread on the side to soak up sauce, and also had some fruit (red grapes and sliced apple). Thanks, Julia, for featuring this in the recent video of 15 one pot recipes.
I love this recipe! I wasn’t sure if the gnocchi should’ve been pre-cooked or not so I just boiled them first before adding them to the recipe. Came out delicious! Will make again!
Amazing
This meal was super easy to prepare. Only thing I left out was the onion which my boyfriend doesn’t like. It was delicious, will definitely be making this again in the future
I made this tonight and it was so SO good! I didn’t have any spinach so I substituted in some fresh cubed zucchini. Even my picky husband loved it! Thanks for a great recipe Julia!
Very yummy and easy to make! My picky 2 year old even liked it. I will definitely make it again.