Gnocchi Alla Sorrentina

Ingredients

• 1kg of floury potatoes, such as King Edward, Maris Piper or Desirée
• 1 heaped tsp of salt
• Generous twist of black pepper
• 300g of ‘00’ flour
• 1 egg
• 6 tbsp of extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 red or white onion, finely chopped
• 1 large garlic clove, lightly crushed
• 2 x 400g cans of whole Italian plum tomatoes
• 1 large sprig of basil
• 1-2 tsp of caster sugar
• 1 level tsp of salt
• A good pinch of freshly ground black pepper
• 12 ripe & flavourful cherry tomatoes, diced
• Our favourite or winter tomato sauce (see pages 97–98 and above)
• 125g of ball mozzarella
• Fresh basil leaves