Pesto Gnocchi
Our creamy pesto gnocchi recipe is a quick and easy dinner idea made in less than 30 minutes with eight simple ingredients. Use your favorite store-bought pesto or a yummy homemade pesto recipe to make this delicious one pan dinner.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 502kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 1 pound gnocchi
- ½ cup fresh pesto can be store bought or homemade
- ¼ cup mascarpone
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- ½ cup white wine
- ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- In a large frying pan, combine crushed garlic with butter, cook over medium heat for a minute until fragrant.
- Lower heat to low, add mascarpone, heavy cream, wine and parmesan.
- Add gnocchi and cook over low heat for 5-7 minutes until gnocchi is tender. Be sure that the sauce doesn't get too warm here. You want to cook the gnocchi but don't want to sauce to separate.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in pesto.
- Serve with fresh parmesan, chopped fresh basil and salt and pepper.
Nutrition
Calories: 502kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 930mg | Potassium: 53mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1236IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 217mg | Iron: 4mg