Italy is known for its cuisine assaulted with numerous cheese flavours ranging from mozzarella to parmesan. Adding different types of cheese in traditional Italian dishes makes them distinctive from the rest of the world. Not just for pizza but cheese is an integral part of various other Italian dishes that we can try at home. Every Italian pasta lover must have tried gnocchi at least for once in the restaurant. This pasta is hard to find in the local supermarket. We will tell you how to prepare it at home in some easy steps. Just order mozzarella and parmesan cheese online to enhance the flavours in your pasta dish. 

Ricotta Gnocchi

This is an authentic and easy recipe which requires very common ingredients. Before starting the preparation, we recommend draining the excess water from ricotta by keeping it in the refrigerator. Properly drying the ingredients before using is a secret to cooking the best ricotta gnocchi at home. Let’s start with the process of cooking. 

Ingredients for Gnocchi

• Ricotta cheese (8 ounces)
• All-purpose flour (one cup)
• Freshly grated parmesan cheese (½ cup)
• Eggs (2)
• Salt (one teaspoon)
• Pepper (one teaspoon)
• Garlic powder (1 teaspoon)

Ingredients for Sauce

• Fresh mozzarella cheese (8 ounces)
• Can diced tomatoes (15.5 ounces)
• Means garlic (one tablespoon)
• Olive oil (3 tablespoons)
• Finely shredded basil leaves (6)
• Chilli flakes, Salt and pepper for taste

Directions to prepare

Total time:-1 hour

Total servings:- 5

Approximate calories:- 440

1. Take a large bowl, add ricotta cheese, Parmesan Cheese, eggs, salt, pepper, and garlic powder and mix them evenly. 
2. Add 1 cup of flour and prepare a dough which must be soft. Use a rolling pin and make ½ inch thick base. Cut the base into 1-inch pieces and place in a lightly floured baking sheet. 
3. Keep these pieces in the refrigerator and start with the process of making its sauce.
4. Take a saucepan and heat olive oil in it to stir garlic until it turns golden brown. Pour diced tomatoes, pepper flakes and cook them on medium flame for the next 10 minutes. Add salt, pepper and basil leaves in the end and stir well. 
5. Your gnocchi must be ready to cook in this time period. bring a large pot of salted water and boil it. Add gnocchi pieces in the boiling water for maximum of 2 minutes and then drain it. 
6. add mozzarella cheese cubes in the sauce we recently made and heat it to soften. make sure that you are just softening the mozzarella cheese not melting it completely. Pour this sauce over your gnocchi and enjoy. Order mozzarella cheese online from the nearest seller because it must be fresh enough to soften and easily. 

Within less than one hour, your authentic Italian ricotta gnocchi will be ready to serve. You can also spread some extra mozzarella cheese over the sauce by shredding it.