
Summer Vegetable Gnocchi with Basil Pesto
Ready in 30 minutes
• Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in My Veggie (3 Nights For 4) on Sunday, January 5, 2020.
This dish most recently appeared in My Veggie (3 Nights For 4) on Sunday, January 5, 2020.
Ingredients
Gnocchi
- 3 courgettes, thinly sliced
- 1 pack baby leeks, sliced 2cm
- 1 pack gnocchi
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable stock
- 250g frozen peas
- Zest & juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 pack basil pesto
- 1 pack lite sour cream
- 1/2 block Parmesan cheese, grated
To Serve
- 1/2 block Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 bunch basil, leaves picked
Steps
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Bring a pot of salted tap water to a boil. Cook veggies. Melt a knob of butter in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat. Add courgettes, leeks and 1/2 tsp salt and cook for 4-5 minutes, until tender and starting to colour. Remove from pan and set aside. Reserve pan.
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Cook gnocchi. Add gnocchi to pot of boiling water and boil for 2 minutes, until just tender. Drain well.
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Return fry-pan to medium-high heat with a knob of butter. Add gnocchi and cook for 2-3 minutes, until starting to brown. Add stock and peas to pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add vegetables back to pan and cook for 1-2 minutes more, until liquid has reduced and peas are bright green and tender.
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Finish gnocchi. Remove pan from heat, add lemon juice and zest, basil pesto, sour cream and first measure of Parmesan and mix to combine.
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Serve gnocchi topped with Parmesan cheese and basil.
Nutritional Information
Energy |
2301 kj 550 kcal |
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Protein | 22.0g |
Carbohydrate | 60.4g |
Fat | 23.0g |