I'm not sure when I fell in love with caramelized onions - I've said that before I guess. I've never really liked onions but caramelized onions are out-of-this-world good. And I wanted to make a sauce with them for gnocchi. This sauce has it all - sauteed chicken, scrum-didly-uptious caramelized onions, mushrooms, cream, butter...I don't know how many calories it has and I don't care. So if you know, please don't tell me. ;) You can make your own gnocchi (search "Gnocchi Mario Batali" on Food Network and you'll come up with some great recipes - stick with a plain one), or you can buy it premade. I've found it at World Market, Super Target and Albertson's, so I'm pretty sure it's widely available now. I make my own and individually freeze them on cookie sheets, then keep them in a large ziplock in the freezer. You can make a huge batch, then only cook what you need at a time. This sauce isn't the most colorful (and actually, it's probably more like a ragout than a sauce), but it sure is delicious, if I do say so myself! It serves 2 but is easily multiplied to serve more. Enjoy!



P.S. I'm going to start just posting the download recipe (saves some time) - but please let me know if this doesn't work for you for some reason, and I'll resume posting the entire recipe here as well. Thanks!


The downloadable recipe!

This was a super simple, super delicious easy meal! You can use any gnocchi (you can even buy gnocchi in some grocery and specialty stores now, I've seen it at Super Target and World Market). I made a giant batch of it homemade, and flash froze them on cookie sheets individually, and keep them frozen in a Ziplock. There are lots of great recipes out there, try searching Food Network.com for "gnocchi + Mario Batali," and you'll come up with quite a few.

So this isn't really much of a recipe even. You cook the gnocchi for just a few minutes in boiling water (according to recipe or package directions), while cooking frozen vegetables in a skillet with olive oil (I used green beans). When the gnocchi are almost done, take them out and put them in a medium-high skillet (make sure it's HOT) with olive oil to give them a nice crust. It took me a few times to get this right. Add some prosciutto and the cooked vegetables and season. I like lemon pepper and garlic salt but you can use whatever you want. Enjoy!