Gnocchi in wild mushroom sauce (gnocchi con ragù selvatico di funghi)

"One of the biggest treats from Food Safari Earth were these magnificent light, gnocchi - with a robust wild mushroom and passata sauce. Our friend, Franca Norris and her husband, Donald grow much of their own produce and enjoy foraging for wild mushrooms in the beautiful pine forests that surround their Myrtleford home in Victoria’s High Country. Franca learnt the secrets of where to find wild mushrooms from her father Angelo, who is such an expert, he paid for his passage to Australia with proceeds from mushroom hunting. This recipe is a celebration of Italian know-how - all the ingredients from the earth - combined with simple technique to create extraordinary flavour and texture." Maeve O'Meara, Food Safari Earth