Creamy Pumpkin Gnocchi Delight
This Creamy Pumpkin Gnocchi Delight combines rich pumpkin sauce, wilted spinach, and fluffy gnocchi for a soul-warming fall dinner ready in 30 minutes.
Equipment
- - Large pot
- - Skillet
- - Wooden spoon
- Ladle
Ingredients
- - 1 lb gnocchi
- - 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- - 3 cups spinach chopped
- - 1 cup heavy cream
- - 3 garlic cloves minced
- - 1 medium onion diced
- - 1 cup Parmesan grated
- - 2 tbsp olive oil
- - ¼ tsp nutmeg
- - Salt & pepper to taste
- - Optional: red pepper flakes parsley, pine nuts
Instructions
- Cook gnocchi in salted water until floating. Drain, reserve ½ cup pasta water.
- In skillet, sauté onion in oil until soft. Add garlic, cook 1 min.
- Stir in pumpkin, cream, Parmesan, nutmeg, salt & pepper. Simmer 5 min.
- Add spinach and cook until wilted.
- Fold in gnocchi. Loosen sauce with reserved water if needed.
- Serve hot with toppings of choice.
Notes
- Swap cream for coconut cream for vegan option
- Add sausage or chickpeas for protein
- Toasted nuts make a perfect crunchy topping
- Add sausage or chickpeas for protein
- Toasted nuts make a perfect crunchy topping