Gnocchi with creamy tomato & spinach sauce

Gnocchi with creamy tomato & spinach sauce

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Prep: 10 mins Cook: 10 mins

Easy

Serves 4
Make a change from pasta with this Italian-style midweek meal

Nutrition and extra info

  • Vegetarian

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal393
  • fat20g
  • saturates11g
  • carbs48g
  • sugars7g
  • fibre4g
  • protein9g
  • salt1.67g
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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
    olive oil

    Olive oil

    ol-iv oyl

    Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…

  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 400g can chopped tomato
  • 140g mascarpone
  • 500g pack gnocchi
    Gnocchi

    Gnocchi

    noh-kee

    An Italian dumpling made with semolina, flour, potatoes or ricotta and spinach cooked and eaten…

  • 200g bag baby spinach
  • handful basil leaves
  • parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), shavings, to serve (optional)
    Parmesan

    Parmesan

    parm-ee-zan

    Parmesan is a straw-coloured hard cheese with a natural yellow rind and rich, fruity flavour. It…

Method

  1. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Fry the garlic until golden, then add the tomatoes. Season, then simmer for 10 mins. Stir in mascarpone, then cook for 2 mins more.

  2. Meanwhile, boil the gnocchi according to pack instructions. Add the spinach for the final min of cooking. Drain well, pour back into the pan, then stir the sauce through. Mix well and serve immediately with basil leaves and Parmesan shavings scattered over, if you like.

  • Recipe Tip

    Gnocchi

    Gnocchi – small potato dumplings – are popular in northern Italy. You could also try tossing this sauce through 400g cooked pasta.

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lilygrey
13th Jan, 2017
Really quick and simple dish to make and it tasted delicious!
chrissiejean
10th Jan, 2017
5.05
Did the recipe as shown. Great hit with all the family.
louloufrance
5th Dec, 2016
5.05
We loved this recipe! The only thing I changed was to add a chopped up Italian chili.
djlefevre
28th Feb, 2016
3.8
Like others I added bacon as suggested. I found this dish overly heavy and fatty, especially with the mascarpone. Next time I'll use some low fat Phili instead. Definitely a decadent dish.
lacer
22nd Feb, 2016
There were a few comments about this being a bland recipe so I decided to kick it up a notch when I made it. I used chili oil to brown the garlic and added cayenne. I also chopped up black olives and basil to simmer in the sauce. There was nothing bland about this recipe!! It was delicious :-)
lou_rayment
20th Jan, 2015
1.3
Found this recipe very bland, which is a shame because some of the other gnocchi recipes on this site are very tasty.
laylajaynehay
21st Oct, 2014
Love this recipe. I add a frozen red chilli cube to the sauce for a kick and it's perfect.
Jodie Marshall
9th Sep, 2014
5.05
Made this for our tea the other night. So far this is my favourite veggie recipe from this website. Very easy and so yummy.
AmandaDeCoste
22nd Jun, 2014
5.05
First time ever making a recipe using gnocchi - we loved it! I doubled the recipe but still used only 1 handful of torn basil, and really large garlic cloves - really simple, quick and delicious. I would like to try using the cream cheese spread next time as others have suggestion to help keep the cost down - I think it would taste okay that way, also.
Frantic Flapjack
10th Apr, 2014
1.3
Wasn't keen on this. I like gnocchi recipes but the spinach didn't bind into the rest of the sauce. Also found it quite stodgy.

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lacer
22nd Feb, 2016
There were a few comments about this being a bland recipe so I decided to kick it up a notch when I made it. I used chili oil to brown the garlic and added cayenne. I also chopped up black olives and basil to simmer in the sauce. There was nothing bland about this recipe!! It was delicious :-)