Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, gnocchi with basil pesto. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This Gnocchi with Pesto Sauce, also called Gnocchi al pesto, falls perfectly in to the category of "quick and easy". All you need is a pack of Gnocchi and pre-made pesto for You can also just make the pesto while the gnocchi is cooking. I used the Homemade Basil Walnut Pesto I shared last week.
Gnocchi with basil pesto is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Gnocchi with basil pesto is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook gnocchi with basil pesto using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Gnocchi with basil pesto:
- Make ready 250 g charlotte potatoes
- Get 100 g flour
- Get 1 egg
- Take Bunch basil
- Make ready 50 g pine nuts
- Take 50 g Parmesan
- Take 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Prepare 1 clove garlic
- Take Salt
- Get Pepper
Homemade Gnocchi and Pesto Cream Sauce. There is nothing like homemade pasta. And the perfect partner to basil pesto - so yummy! For the pesto, crush the basil, pine nuts, and garlic in a mortar.
Instructions to make Gnocchi with basil pesto:
- Peel the potatoes and boil in water for 25 mins. Once cooked, drain and leave to cool.
- Whisk cool potatoes with a handmixer. Add flour and egg and mix until it forms a dough. Roll the dough into four balls.
- Roll each dough ball into long sausage strips and cut at diagonals. Place on a tray, cover with cling film and refrigerate for 30 mins.
- Using a mixer, blitz the basil, olive oil, garlic, Parmesan and pine nuts in a blender. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Take the gnocchi out of the fridge and pop into salted boiling water for 3 mins.
- Drain the gnocchi and serve with as much pesto as you like.
Stir in the oil, bit by bit until smooth. Cook the gnocchi in boiling salted water until they float the surface. Mix the gnocchi with the pesto and serve while warm. In our pesto, we're doubling up on the greens by adding hearty spinach. And instead of regular pasta, we're using fresh gnocchi (cooked right along with the green beans).
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