I love gnocchi! If you’ve never had gnocchi before, it’s basically fluffy little potato dumplings, which you can flavour however you choose – just like you can with pasta. To make this pizza baked gnocchi, I smothered the dumplings in mozzarella cheese and added my favourite vegetarian pizza toppings, then baked it until it was all nice and gooey. Just look at that cheesy goodness!
Of course, you can switch up the pizza toppings depending on your preference. If it works on pizza, it will work on this pizza baked gnocchi! The end result is part pizza, part pasta bake, part gnocchi… it’s an excellent combination.
I like sautéed gnocchi best, rather than when it’s only been boiled – it makes the dumplings so fluffy! – so I cooked it in a frying pan for a few minutes before assembling the casserole. Then, once it’s all hot and cheesy, just serve it up with some salad or a bit of garlic bread (to mop up the plate!), and you’ve got a simple, tasty, comforting dinner.
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Using gnocchi and tasty pizza toppings makes a really lovely change from a regular pizza or a pasta dish.
- You can customise the dish using your favourite pizza toppings – try some different combinations!
- This gnocchi recipe reheats nicely, so make enough for leftovers.
- Ooey gooey mozzarella cheese… need I say more?
🥗 Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make this recipe. You’ll also need a few cupboard staples, like oil and black pepper. See the printable recipe card below for detailed ingredient quantities.
- gnocchi. I use either fresh gnocchi, or the vacuum-packed stuff – either one is fine. You could even use homemade gnocchi or ricotta gnocchi!
- pizza sauce – whichever one’s your favourite!
- onion – this time I used frozen diced onion, but use fresh onion if you prefer.
- garlic
- mozzarella cheese – I find the ready-grated stuff melts the best, rather than fresh mozzarella.
- fresh chives
- your favourite pizza toppings – I used mushrooms, black olives, yellow pepper, and cherry tomatoes.
📋 Instructions
Here’s how to make this recipe – see below for the printable recipe with detailed ingredients and instructions.
Step 1: Sauté some gnocchi with some diced onion. This helps the gnocchi to become light and fluffy – you can find out more in my post ‘How to fry gnocchi (and why you should want to!)‘
Step 2: Add your favourite tomato pizza sauce. I used shop-bought sauce, but a homemade tomato sauce would also be great.
Step 3: Transfer the tomatoey gnocchi to a baking dish, and add mozzarella cheese and your favourite pizza toppings. I used yellow peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and black olives.
Step 4: Bake until the cheese is nice and gooey.
