Spinach & ricotta gnocchi

Spinach & ricotta gnocchi

These luxurious gnocchi are both light and spoilingly rich at the same time

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Boil the kettle. Place the spinach in a large bowl and pour boiling water over it. Leave for 2 mins until wilted, then drain thoroughly. Leave to cool, then wrap a clean tea towel around the spinach. Hold it over the sink and squeeze out as much water as possible. Finely chop.
  2. Place the spinach, parsley, garlic, ricotta, flour, eggs, cheese and a generous grating of nutmeg into a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Use a fork to stir very thoroughly until everything is completely mixed. Using wet hands, form the mixture into walnut-size balls. Place on a large plate or tray and refrigerate for at least 30 mins.
  3. When ready to cook, heat the oven to warm and bring a large pan of water to the boil. Reduce the heat to medium and drop in batches of about 8-10 gnocchi at a time. They will sink to the bottom, and when they rise to the top give them about 1 min more, then remove with a slotted spoon and keep warm while you cook the rest. Serve the gnocchi on warm plates drizzled with olive oil and scattered with rocket and more cheese.

Per serving

287 kcalories, protein 20g, carbohydrate 19g, fat 15 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 2g, sugar 2g, salt 0.86 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2010.

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  • 08 July 2011

    kellyb rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really delicious! friends and family loved them :)

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  • 20 July 2011

    emmabell rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely delicious, had great fun making the gnocchi with my boyfriend. Time-consuming, but that's ideal if you enjoy cooking. And the description is spot on - incredibly rich and light at the same time. As a vegetarian, I tried to omit the parmesan. Can't find seem to find vegetarian parmesan ANYWHERE. However, this made the gnocchi rather tasteless. Would recommend using another strong flavoured cheese rather than leaving out the parmesan altogether. I found a vegetarian alternative (called something like 'Not Just a Pasta Cheese'), and the result was divine.

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  • 30 August 2011

    SalsJ rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These are so tasty! They are very easy to make and making them ahead of having people over is brilliant as they then only take a couple of minutes to cook through. Plenty of good noises coming from the dinner table. Will make this again!

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  • 04 October 2011

    chubbychops commented on this recipe

    These were soooo easy. I enjoyed them, but to make them appealing to hubby, added some chicken tenderloins that had been poached in creamy white wine sauce then drizzled sauce over gnocchi. Not vegetarian in the end, but delish. Great for entertaining as super easy and tasty. Will freeze some and update on how they go.

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  • 13 October 2011

    Lisa rated this recipe

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  • 16 October 2011

    MartaB rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Super easy and amazing taste.

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  • 29 October 2011

    MdC BC rated this recipe

    3 stars

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  • 06 January 2012

    nomnomnom commented on this recipe

    there is a conversion guide on this website, under the how to cook section at the top

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  • 12 January 2012

    LuluFaye rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I love these tasty little morsels. However, they work even better with some chopped fresh cherry tomatoes lightly sauteed so they still retain their shape.

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  • 23 January 2012

    Blue rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Not sure what I did wrong, but these just didn't work at all, they were stodgy and didn't taste of very much.

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  • 15 February 2012

    Jan22 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very simple to make. I must admit I was dubious to whether this would really work out (I expected them to start falling apart in the water) but I followed the amounts as per the recipe and they turned out great; I'll be making them again. I added a little extra garlic to the mix.

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  • 03 March 2012

    ilia commented on this recipe

    Spinach vitamins are water-soluble. Why wash and squeeze them away? Why not wilt the spinach in a heavy-bottomed pan until it is quite soft and all its water has evaporated? At least that's what I do.

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  • 02 April 2012

    Vanessa commented on this recipe

    I tried this out yesterday. It was quite bland, so perhaps what will help is if you make a sauce to go with, perhaps a spicy tomato based sauce. Either drop the gnocchi in or pour the sauce over. It worked really well with a tomato, onion, garlic and chilli sauce :)

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  • 02 April 2012

    Vanessa rated this recipe

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  • 04 April 2012

    chanelle rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    they are simply amazing...me and mum just made them... before cooking them i sealed them with flour cause they started to disintegrate in the water... salt, pepper and olive oil....wooww

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  • 12 April 2012

    VBradbury rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy to make and delicious! I couldn't get parsley but it still tasted pretty good!

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  • 15 April 2012

    CoraSingapore commented on this recipe

    These were disgusting. I'm sorry but no other way to describe! I will make them again as everyone else does seem to love them and I love all the components so was excited to try...I am a pretty good cook but I'm sure I must have done something wrong. What I ended up with cannot be what everyone else is raving about. They were really wet and didn't bind well, when boiled they lost their shape and although fluffy we didn't enjoy them at all. I think calling these Gnocci is misleading, they're nothing like normal Gnocci.

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  • 08 May 2012

    Nick rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great recipe. I use coriander instead of parsley and I fry the gnocchi in plenty of butter after they've had a good boil. Then serve in a bowl with lightly oven roasted cherry tomatoes and a sprinkling of rocket and Parmesan. I'm making it tonight. Yum!

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  • 24 May 2012

    Leighbee rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made these last night, pretty tasty, but I had to add a bit more flour. Going to try the leftovers as dumplings in vegetable soup tonight

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  • 26 May 2012

    lucymoocy rated this recipe

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

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287 kcalories, protein 20g, carbohydrate 19g, fat 15 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 2g, sugar 2g, salt 0.86 g

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