Spring Gnocchi
WITH Jazmyn McKinnie
Dinner/Lunch • 20 mins • Serves: 4 • Cost: $15.20 approx. ($3.80/serve)
INGREDIENTS
- 500g Fresh Gnocchi (refrigerated section of the supermarket – we used pumpkin gnocchi)
- 1 bunch of asparagus
- 1 bunch of basil
- 2 cups of spinach
- 1 cup grated cheese
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 punnet of cherry tomatoes
Essentials
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper
METHOD
Method:
- Prep: chop asparagus into bite-sized pieces, roughly slice basil, slice cherry tomatoes in half, crush garlic, grate cheese.
- Heat a drizzle of olive oil on a fry-pan, on a medium-high heat.
- Add gnocchi, and cook for 4-5mins flipping them every now and then – they should start to turn golden.
- remove gnocchi and put aside
- drizzle olive oil over the pan, add asparagus, tomatoes and garlic then cook for 2 mins, stirring regularly.
- Add the gnocchi back to the pan along with spinach and basil. Stir through.
- Sprinkle over the cheese and cover the frypan with a lid or baking tray until cheese has just melted.
- Serve!