As a kid growing up in Anguilla, my go-to lunchtime snack was a street food dish called pizza patty, cooked by a vendor named Papa Lash. It was basically fried dough filled with cheese and tomato sauce – mouth-burningly hot and absolutely delicious. This childhood memory was the inspiration for my own version: a gnocchi dough stuffed with a selection of cheeses and served on a rich tomato sauce with herbs and a crumble of feta.
It might seem that there’s a lot going on in this recipe but I promise you it’s worth the effort. And if you can resist eating it on the spot, everything freezes well and can be cooked from frozen, so you could make a batch on a lazy day then pop it into the freezer – an incredible ready to go treat.
