Easiest Way to Make Tomato Sauce Gnocchi Recipe

Papa's Tomato Sauce

Gnocchi with tomato sauce is one of the best pasta dishes.

Recipe Summary Papa's Tomato Sauce

My father's recipe for tomato sauce that the entire extended family loved.

Ingredients | Tomato Sauce Gnocchi Recipe

¼ cup olive oil

1 cup chopped red onion

½ cup chopped fresh parsley

1 ½ tablespoons dried basil

2 cloves garlic, chopped

½ pound pork neck bones

½ pound beef neck bones

2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes

1 ¾ tablespoons salt

1 tablespoon dried oregano

2 bay leaves

1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

Directions

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, parsley, basil, and garlic; cook and stir until onions are soft, about 5 minutes. Add pork and beef neck bones; cook and stir until browned, 7 to 10 minutes.

Stir crushed tomatoes slowly into the onion mixture; mix in salt, oregano, and bay leaves. Cook, covered, until flavors combine, about 2 1/2 hours. Stir in tomato paste; simmer uncovered until sauce thickens, about 2 hours.

For a thicker sauce, substitute 1 can crushed tomatoes and 1 large can of tomato puree for the 2 cans crushed tomatoes.

If doubling recipe, don't double bay leaves, just use 3.

If sauce is too thick, add water. If tomatoes are sour or acidic, add more basil and a couple of large pinches of baking soda toward the end of cooking.

Info | Tomato Sauce Gnocchi Recipe

prep: 20 mins cook: 4 hrs 42 mins total: 4 hrs 62 mins Servings: 8 Yield: 8 servings

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