Gnocchi sauce with ground beef and salami
( Sugo per gnocchi con carne e salumi )

Recipe for gnocchi sauce with ground beef and salami

Preparation and cooking

• - Peel and chop onion.
• - Let it fry slightly in olive oil on very low heat.
• - Add ground meat and stir often to prevent it from sticking to the bottom.
• - After a couple of minutes add pureed tomatoes too and a glass of hot water or vegetable stock if you prefer.
  Season to taste with salt.
• - Continue cooking on low heat, half-covered, for about 20 minutes.
  Your sauce should not be too thick.
  Add other hor water if necessary.
• - Add aromatic dried herbs just before turning off the stove.
  On the contrary, add chopped fresh basil, cubed cotto ham and speck in strips once your stove is turned off.
  Stir very well.

Just before stirring

• - Cook potato gnocchi in abundant salt water.
  Remove from water with skimming ladle and transfer them directly in the pan with sauce.
  Serve immediately.

Note

Tips

• - You can find the right dose for gnocchi in this page: potato gnocchi. Gnocchi that perhaps you have the habit to call dumplings are made with 1kg (2.2 pounds) potatoes and 300g (10 1/2 ounces) all-purpose flour.
• - You can prepare this sauce in advance.
• - Add a couple of garlic cloves to the onion, if liked. I prefer not to add it to taste better the full flavor.
• - Use this sauce to toss egg pasta too, especially tagliatelle, fettuccine or chitarra spaghetti.
• - Use other ground meat if prefered.

Menu planning

• - Family menu. If you prepare gnocchi seasoned with this sauce, it is one-plate meal to accompany eventually with a green seasonal salad with a little olive oil.
• - Get-together menu. In this case the doses are enough for 10-12 people if served in a full menu, Italian-style from starter to dessert.
  If you serve gnocchi in a full menu, be careful to choose the other courses.
  Choose assorted finger food to match with a cocktail or a glass of good-quality wine before sitting at table. Consult paged dedicated to canapes, croutons (crostini) and appetizers for your favorite ideas.
  Begin your seated get-together with gnocchi and then serve a meat dish accompanied by a seasonal side dish.
  Close your menu with a typical Italian cake. I suggest a fruit tart. No custard or whipped cream, not too digestible for the presence of gnocchi.

Healthy eating

• - Nutrition facts you can read is only for sauce to which you have to add calories, fat and sugar for gnocchi dough. Calories are 684 per head. Eat them in moderation :))
• - Fiber per portion: 2.8 grams

Loretta

What's the right wine for " Gnocchi sauce with ground beef and salami "?

My husband and I matched a bottle of organic Chianti with this gnocchi dish the first time we tested the recipe and we have never changed this choice next times.