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Creamy Tuscan Gnocchi Recipe

Creamy Tuscan Gnocchi Recipe

Creamy Tuscan Gnocchi is the ultimate comfort food, with gnocchi enveloped in a full-flavoured cream sauce with sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, and garlic.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 4 serves
Calories 576 kcal

Equipment

  • large skillet

Ingredients
  

Base Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil
  • 1 brown shallot chopped or 1 small onion
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 pound uncooked potato gnocchi the dry packaged gnocchi - not fresh
  • ½ cup sun dried tomato strips in oil jarred, reserve 2 teaspoons of the jarred oil for cooking
  • ½ cup chicken broth
  • 1 ¼ cups heavy cream thickened cream or half and half
  • 1 teaspoon dried Italian herbs
  • 1 pinch salt to taste
  • 1 pinch pepper to taste
  • 1 ½ cups fresh baby spinach
  • ½ cup parmesan cheese fresh grated
  • 2 tablespoons fresh chopped basil or parsley
  • 2 tablespoons oil from the sun-dried tomatoes jar

Instructions
 

Cooking Steps

  • Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Melt the butter and sauté shallots until transparent, about 2 minutes. Sauté garlic until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
  • Add the gnocchi and let sear in the butter for a minute. Add the sun dried tomatoes and reserved oil. Cook for a further minute to release flavours into the gnocchi.
  • Pour in the chicken broth, cream and Italian herbs. Scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
  • Season with salt and pepper to taste. Mix everything together and reduce heat to medium. Cover pan with lid and let cook for 5 minutes.
  • Stir in the spinach leaves and cook until wilted, about 1 minute.
  • Stir through parmesan cheese and chopped basil. Let simmer for a further minute or until gnocchi is soft, cooked through and the sauce has thickened to your liking.
  • Season with a little extra salt & pepper, if needed, to suit your taste.
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

Add uncooked dry gnocchi as it cooks right in the sauce! The starch released from the gnocchi thickens the sauce perfectly while cooking. The sauce thickens as it cools. If not serving immediately, add extra cream or chicken broth just before serving to thin it out a little.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 576kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 13gFat: 39gSaturated Fat: 23gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 108mgSodium: 815mgPotassium: 390mgFiber: 4gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 2.66IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 256mgIron: 5mg
Keyword Creamy Tuscan Gnocchi, gnocchi recipe, Tuscan
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