Creamy Pumpkin Sausage Gnocchi
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4.6
Creamy Pumpkin Sausage Gnocchi
Description
The recipe begins by cooking ground Italian sausage until browned and removing excess fat. Onions sauté in butter with garlic and Italian seasoning develop a fragrant base. Deglazing with white wine concentrates flavors. Then chicken stock, heavy cream, and pumpkin puree are whisked in to form a luscious sauce. Gnocchi and chopped kale cook within the sauce until tender and wilted. The sausage is returned to the pan, and Parmesan cheese melts in, enriching the texture. Fresh basil is stirred in at the end for a herbal note.
The result is a creamy, autumn-inspired pasta skillet featuring soft gnocchi and hearty kale in a savory, pumpkin-spiced cream sauce balanced by Italian sausage. This meal is filling and combines multiple textures: chewy pasta, meaty sausage, and tender greens.
Ingredients
- 16 oz Italian sausage ground, mild
- 1 TBSP butter
- 1/2 yellow onion finely minced
- 4 garlic minced, cloves
- 1/2 cup white wine or chicken stock
- 1 cup pumpkin not pumpkin pie filling, puree
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 4 cups kale tough stems removed, chopped
- 16 oz gnocchi uncooked, fresh or frozen
- ½ cup chicken stock low sodium
- 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese fresh grated
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup basil thinley sliced (Chiffonade, fresh
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat.
- Brown sausage. Once cooked through, remove from pan and drain fat.
- Return skillet, to heat, reduce to medium. Add 1 tablespoons butter. Add onion, season with a little salt. Saute for about five minutes, until onions and is softened. Add garlic and Italian seasoning, saute for 30 seconds
- Add wine to deglaze the skillet and bring to a gentle simmer until reduced by half.
- Reduce heat to medium low. Add chicken stock and cream and whisk in pumpkin until a creamy sauce forms. Stir gnocchi and kale into sauce until combined. Cover and cook for 7-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until kale is wilted and gnocchi is tender and pillowy.
- Add sausage back to the sauce. Taste sauce and add more salt and pepper if needed. Add Parmesan, stir until melted into sauce. Stir in basil. Remove from heat and serve.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 6Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 594 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 594kcal | 30% |
| Carbohydrates | 36g | 12% |
| Protein | 20g | 40% |
| Fat | 40g | 62% |
| Saturated Fat | 19g | 95% |
| Cholesterol | 122mg | 41% |
| Sodium | 934mg | 39% |
| Potassium | 437mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 8575IU | 172% |
| Vitamin C | 20.8mg | 23% |
| Calcium | 186mg | 19% |
| Iron | 4.7mg | 26% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.6
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