Dinner Tonight: Squash Gnocchi with Meat Sauce

Name: Dinner Tonight: Squash Gnocchi with Meat Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 butternut squash, quartered and seeds removed; 794 grams peeled whole tomatoes, chopped; 2 eggs; 237 milliliters flour; 227 grams ground beef; 227 grams ground pork; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 4 servings Salt and pepper

Dinner Tonight: Squash Gnocchi with Meat Sauce

Dinner Tonight: Squash Gnocchi with Meat Sauce is a dairy free main course. One serving contains 628 calories, 31g of protein, and 30g of fat. This recipe covers 40% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. If you have salt and pepper, canned tomatoes, flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the eggs you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 35

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Place the squash in a roasting pan, cover with foil, and place in the oven. Cook for an hour.

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Squash

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Meanwhile, toss the pork and beef into a large skillet over medium heat. Cook, breaking up the chunks with a wooden spoon, until browned.

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Beef

Pork

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Meanwhile, the oil into a large pot over medium heat, add the onion, and cook until soft, about 20 minutes. Dump the tomatoes with the juices, then reduce the heat and simmer.

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Tomato

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Pot

Pour off as much fat from the meat as possible and then add it to the pot.

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Meat

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Bring a large pot of water to a boil. When the squash is done, scoop out the flesh and place in a large bowl. Mash with a potato masher for a few minutes.

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Potato

Squash

Water

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Add the eggs and mash some more.

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Add the flour and work it in with your hands, until it forms a soft dough.

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All Purpose Flour

With a tablespoon, sccop up some batter and use a second tablespoon to scrap the dough off into the boiling water. Cook until the gnocchi rise to the top of the water and transfer to a warm platter. Repeat with the rest of the dough.

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Serve the sauce over the gnocchi and season with salt.

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Servings:

butternut squash, quartered and seeds removed 794grams

peeled whole tomatoes, chopped 2

onion, chopped 4servings

Salt and pepper

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Italian can be paired with Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. One wine you could try is Antinori Badian a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione. It has 4.6 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 60 dollars.