Step 1

Finely dice the garlic then deseed and dice the chilli and sautee it in some olive oil on medium low heat

Step 2

Add 1 tin chopped tomatoes and use a little water to get the rest of the tomato sauce out of the tin and pour that into the tomatoes and simmer 3 minutes

Step 3

Add chopped basil salt and pepper and continue to cook

Step 4

Generously salt a pot of boiling water then add the gnocchi ( you can also use spaghetti or pasta ) cook according to package instructions

Step 5

Stir in the peas into the tomato sauce then add the mascarpone

Step 6

Take the gnocchi out of the pot and add to the tomato sauce with a little bit of the pasta water then stir and add grated parmesan and more basil on top