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I tried to do some potato gnocchi from scratch, with pizzaiola sauce, after a wonderful recipe – http://www.gianni.tv/potato-gnocchi-with-three-sauces/, but I didn’t have time today to make them, so I just bought some from Longo’s Supermarket. As a sauce, I’ve made an original recipe called Doru’s’ pasta sauce.

Ingredients for the sauce:

2 tbsp olive oil
1 stalk of leek, cut thin slices
4 garlic cloves, minced
5 plum tomatoes cut julienne (no skin)
2 mushrooms, thin sliced
2 tbsp of chicken/vegetable soup
1 tbsp bacon bits
2 tsp chili garlic sauce
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
pinch od oregano

Directions:

In a frying pan heat the olive oil at medium-high temperature, add leek and cook until soft. Add tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon bits, chicken/vegetable soup and chili garlic sauce and simmer until thick in consistency. When ready, add gnocchi and spices and simmer for another 2-3 minutes or until gnocchi will absorb the remaining liquid. Serve with grated Pecorino cheese. Enjoy!!!

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This sauce was made after a lot of trials and inspired from different marinara sauces found on the internet. I think the results are amazing.

Ingredients:

250g bacon
2 medium onion, chopped fine
4 celery stalks, chopped fine
2 medium size carrots, chopped fine
2 bay leaf
250g mushrooms
10 cloves garlic
1 large can crushed & peeled tomatoes
1 small can tomato paste
1/2 cup red wine
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp italian seasoning
250g bacon
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp of molasses
3-4 tbsp Tiranga – hot sauce
250g Barilla spaghetti (half package)
Parmigiano cheese

Directions:

Cut and saute the bacon in a large pan until crispy. Take out and set aside on a plate with paper towel. In the bacon fat left in the pan, saute for approx. 10 min the carrots, celery and onion on medium low heat until soft and season with salt and pepper. Add red wine and allow to simmer for an additional 5 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients except the bacon and simmer on low for 30 minutes. Cook the spaghetti for 8 min in boiling water and put them on two plates. Spread the sauce on top of the spaghetti and sprinkle bacon and shredded cheese.