Potato Gnocchi with Creamy Vodka Sauce and Italian Sausage

This week's Food Adventure we have an assistant. Corrie has returned for our bountiful feast. For dinner tonight we're having Potato Gnocchi with Creamy Vodka Sauce and Italian Sausage, then we're drinking the vodka. Here we go!

 Potato gnocchi is so easy to make. It's basically mashed potatoes with flour and eggs added to make it dough-like. So, get that water boiling for your potatoes. Here's what you're going to need.

2 medium potatoes
1 teaspoon of salt
2 eggs
2 cups of all purpose flour

Once your potatoes are done, mash 'em up and add the other ingredients.  Mash with your hands until the dough is good and blended. Add more flour, if necessary, until dough is firm. Roll the dough into a little ball; the smaller the better, because they do swell when you cook 'em. To shape the gnocchi, make ridges by pulling the tines of the fork over each ball. We had an awesome time chatting and rolling our balls. It was a bonding experience. When your gnocchi are ready, put them in boiling water like you would any pasta. When gnocchi floats, it's ready.

Now, time to make the sauce. Things we will need:
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 small onion
2 gloves of garlic, finely chopped
2 cups of homegrown tomatoes from the garden
1/2 cup of Vodka
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of sea salt
1 teaspoon of pepper
8 oz of heavy whipping cream

Heat 10-inch skillet to medium-high heat and roast your garlic in the olive oil, as always. =)  Next, add your veggies. Then, the Italian sausage followed by your Vodka, heavy whipping cream, and the rest of your ingredients. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Now that it's done, we mix our sauce and our pasta, top with shredded mozzarella, and put it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes, or until the cheese starts to brown. Looks awesome!!! Lets eat!

Corrie's Rating: 10 Stars. I don't know what the scale is. It was comforting and nice and the sausage was not over powering. It's good, so good. I liked how creamy it was. It was almost like an alfredo or stroganoff.

Sandy's rating:  4.5

It was very creamy and good.  It would be good with shrimp and bacon in it as well.  Gnocchi were very good.  It was a lot like eating dumplings in a creamy and meaty sauce.

Huge success tonight. Kick ass good time. The sauce was very unique and easy peasy. We ate too much and drank way too much and I have to meet a client in the morning. But we do have a lot to celebrate. You must enjoy life no? Until next time my friends. All men must dine! ~Tony