Gnocchi With Sausage Ragu - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb Italian sausages
2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 slices bacon, chopped
1/4 cup chopped parsley, plus additional, to serve
2 cans (14 oz each) diced tomatoes with basil
1/2 cup white or red wine
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 pkg (20 oz) frozen potato gnocchi
1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
None None Mixed salad, to serve

Preparation

Remove casings from sausages. Break sausage meat into bite-sized pieces.
Heat oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Cook onion and garlic, stirring, 5 mins, or until onion softens.
Increase heat to high. Add sausage meat and bacon; cook, stirring, 5 mins, or until browned, breaking up sausage meat with back of a wooden spoon.
Add parsley, tomatoes, wine and stock. Reduce heat to low; simmer, uncovered, 20-25 mins, or until sauce thickens.
Cook gnocchi in a large saucepan of boiling salted water according to package directions. Drain well.
Toss gnocchi in sauce. Spoon gnocchi and sausage ragu into bowls. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and additional parsley. Serve with salad.