Gnocchi is a Lidia favorite. As a child, it was a Sunday dinner staple on the Matticchio table, which Lidia helped her mother cook. The secret to great gnocchi is making it light and fluffy, then shaping it. Lidia makes two gnocchi dishes: gnocchi in Lidia's plain tomato sauce (a core recipe) and gnocchi rolled and filled with ricotta/spinach/leek stuffing, dressed with a savory sage butter sauce.