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Sausage, butternut squash & kale gnocchi bake
Store-bought gnocchi with sausage meat, butternut squash, kale and a tomato, fennel & basil sauce stirred through it - dotted with mozzarella and parmesan and baked until bubbling. This makes for a wholesome and healthy one-pot mid-week meal!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 408 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
- about half a butternut squash chopped into smallish pieces
- 3.5 ounces kale washed & chopped into small pieces (remove any tough stems)
- one package of potato gnocchi mine was about 17 ounces – 500 grams
- olive oil for frying
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves crushed or finely sliced
- 4 good quality pork sausages
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 14 ounces passata
- a large handful of fresh basil leaves chopped
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1 ball of mozzarella
- a handful of grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350F/180C. Toss the butternut squash with a little olive oil, salt and pepper on a baking tray, cover with foil and roast for 30 minutes. Then take off the foil and roast for another 10 minutes. Put aside.
- Boil the kale for about 5 minutes, then tip in the gnocchi as well and cook for a couple of minutes longer. Drain and set aside.
- Heat up a good drizzle of olive oil in a skillet/frying pan, then fry the onion for a couple of minutes. Add the garlic to the pan, then run a knife down the side of the sausages so that you can squeeze the meat out into the pan. Cook, breaking up the sausage meat into small bits as you go, for 7 or 8 minutes, then add the thyme, fennel seeds & passata and cook for a further few minutes. Finally, stir in the basil.
- Add the squash, kale and gnocchi to the sausage and tomato mixture, then give it all a good stir before tipping it into a medium-sized baking dish. Tear the mozzarella ball into pieces over the top, sprinkle the parmesan over and bake for about 20 minutes until bubbling.
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Notes
- Loosely adapted from Nov 2014 edition of UK Delicious magazine.
Nutrition Information
Calories
408kcal
(20%)
Carbohydrates
14g
(5%)
Protein
20g
(40%)
Fat
30g
(46%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Cholesterol
81mg
(27%)
Sodium
759mg
(32%)
Potassium
877mg
(25%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
3070IU
(61%)
Vitamin C
43.6mg
(48%)
Calcium
82mg
(8%)
Iron
3.8mg
(21%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 408
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 408kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 20g | 40% |
| Fat | 30g | 46% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 81mg | 27% |
| Sodium | 759mg | 32% |
| Potassium | 877mg | 19% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 3070IU | 61% |
| Vitamin C | 43.6mg | 48% |
| Calcium | 82mg | 8% |
| Iron | 3.8mg | 21% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.