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Creamy Buttery Tuscan Gnocchi Recipe
Soft, tender pillows of gnocchi enveloped in a full-flavoured cream sauce with sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, garlic and fresh basil. Creamy Tuscan Gnocchi is the ultimate comfort food all cooked in one pan!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 4 serves
Calories: 576 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
American
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 andf 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
- 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.*
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Notes
- Tips:
- *The sauce thickenes as it cools. If not serving immediately, add extra cream or chicken broth just before serving to thin it out a little.
- Add uncooked dry gnocchi as it cooks right in the sauce! The starch released from the gnocchi thickens the sauce perfectly while cooking.
Nutrition Information
Calories
576kcal
(29%)
Carbohydrates
48g
(16%)
Protein
13g
(26%)
Fat
39g
(60%)
Saturated Fat
23g
(115%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
10g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
108mg
(36%)
Sodium
815mg
(34%)
Potassium
390mg
(11%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
2.66IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
19mg
(21%)
Calcium
256mg
(26%)
Iron
5mg
(28%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4serves
Amount Per Serving
Calories 576
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 576kcal | 29% |
| Carbohydrates | 48g | 16% |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 39g | 60% |
| Saturated Fat | 23g | 115% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 108mg | 36% |
| Sodium | 815mg | 34% |
| Potassium | 390mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 2.66IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 19mg | 21% |
| Calcium | 256mg | 26% |
| Iron | 5mg | 28% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.