Sausage and Gnocchi Soup

This easy gnocchi soup calls for canned tomatoes, packaged gnocchi and sausage with Italian flavors for a favorite soup you'll be making for years to come.

Course Soup

Cuisine Italian

Keyword gnocchi soup

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings 6

Calories 348kcal

Ingredients

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
10 ounces ground pork sausage
¾ teaspoon dried fennel seeds crushed between your fingers
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
½ yellow onion chopped
3 garlic cloves pressed or minced
2 cups chicken stock
2 cups water
1 15 ounce can diced tomatoes with their juice
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 16 ounce package gnocchi
2 cups fresh spinach
Parmesan cheese grated

Instructions

In a large dutch oven or stock pot, heat the oil over medium high. Add the sausage, fennel seeds, and red pepper flakes and brown, breaking the sausage apart with wooden spoon. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring often, for about 5 minutes or until softened.
Add the chicken stock, water, tomatoes, Italian seasoning, kosher salt and pepper. Bring to a boil then simmer for 10 minutes. Add the gnocchi and cook until they float to the top, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, stir in the spinach and taste for seasoning. Serve hot with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.