Creamy Buttery Tuscan Gnocchi
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!
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 Shallot chopped
- 4 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 lb Uncooked potato gnocchi dry packaged
- 1/2 cup Sun dried tomato strips in oil
- 1/2 cup Chicken broth
- 1 1/4 cup Heavy cream
- 1 tsp Dried Italian herbs
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 1/2 cups Fresh baby spinach
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese fresh grated
- 2 tbsp Fresh chopped basil or parsley
- 2 tbsp Oil from sun-dried tomatoes jar
- 1/2 lb Italian sausage (optional) crumbled
Instructions
- If using sausage: Heat a large skillet over medium. Cook up the sausage and crumble until cooked through. When done, put cooked sausage in a bowl for later. Drain any fat.
- 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. Add in cooked sausage if using. 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.