Italian Beef with Green Gnocchi

Italian Beef with Green Gnocchi

Ready in 150 minutes Serves 6
This dish most recently appeared in Ready in 20 (4 Nights For 4) on Sunday, June 16, 2019.

Ingredients

Italian Beef

  • 1 pack beef cross cut steaks
  • 1 pack Italian spices
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 tsp garlic paste
  • 1 can cherry tomatoes
  • 1 pack sundried tomato paste
  • Water

Green Gnocchi

  • 1 broccoli
  • 1 pack gnocchi
  • 1 tsp garlic paste
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 1 pack baby spinach

To Serve

  • 1 block Parmesan cheese, grated

Steps

  1. Prep the night before or morning of cooking. Pat beef dry and place in slow cooker/casserole dish. Toss with Italian spices and 1 tsp salt. Slice onion and roughly chop first measure of garlic. Add to beef, cover and set aside until ready to cook.
  2. Cook in slow cooker Add canned cherry tomatoes, sundried tomato paste and 1/2 cup water to beef. Cover and cook on low for 9-10 hours or until tender. Beef will easily pull apart when ready.
  3. Cook in oven Preheat oven to 200°C. Add canned cherry tomatoes, sundried tomato paste and 2 cups water to beef. Cover and cook in oven for about 2 1/2 hours. Beef will easily pull apart when ready. Set aside to rest.
  4. Cook gnocchi Bring a pot of salted water to the boil. Roughly chop broccoli into small pieces. Cook gnocchi in pot of boiling water for about 3 minutes, or until tender. Drain. Return pot to a medium heat with garlic, butter and a drizzle of olive oil. Cook for 1 minute, until fragrant. Add broccoli and cook for 2 minutes, until tender. Remove from heat and add cooked gnocchi and spinach. Season to taste.
  5. To finish Remove beef from sauce and roughly pull using 2 forks. Fold back through sauce and season to taste.
  6. Serve Italian beef over gnocchi and top with Parmesan cheese.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2431 kj
581 kcal
Protein 38.1g
Carbohydrate 39.1g
Fat 29.2g