This is definitely a summer side dish when tomatoes are at their peak. Pan searing the gnocchi produces the same pillowy soft inside with a crisp shell; that stands up to the balsamic dressing.

Light, little pillows of dough make Italian dumplings or Gnocchi; which are usually served as the first course to contain hot food (prime or primo) in a traditional Italian meal. The prime or primo is not the main event, it is more like a hot…

One of our many favourite ways to eat gnocchi is with tomato sauce just like it’s served in Verona, Italy. Verona is not quite half way between Venice and Lake Como; famous as the setting for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.