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Spinach Gnocchi Recipe
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Thomas Sixt is a chef, food photographer, cookbook author and blogger.
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With this spinach gnocchi recipe, your meal will be on the table in less than 30 minutes, we promise!
Italian potato dumplings with spinach and cream sauce, this is a delicious vegetarian meal.
Ideal if you want to chill out. Tired of the work clothes?
Watching a movie and eating on the sofa? Great. This works out.
At the same time, I prepared the dish colorfully for you.
Roasted pine nuts and diced tomatoes complement the taste and appearance. Colorful tastes better!
Cook this dish relaxed for your guests!
A bit of magic in the kitchen and you’re completely relaxed.
I’ll show you the preparation step by step. Good luck!
Table of Contents
1. Recipe Spinach Gnocchi
Below are the instructions, please leave me a cooking question or kitchen gossip at the end of the page.
Spinach Gnocchi
Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.
Servings 2
Calories 995
Preparation Time 13 Min.
Cook Time 17 Min.
Total Time 30 Min.
Simple guide to prepare gnocchi with spinach and creamy sauce.
Ingredients
250 | g | Gnocchi (gluten free and vegan) |
7 | Pieces | Mushrooms |
1 | tsp | Olive oil |
80 | g | spring onions |
60 | ml | dry white wine |
200 | ml | soy cream (or cow’s milk cream) |
3 | Pinches | primal salt |
2 | Pinches | black ground pepper |
3 | Pinches | nutmeg |
150 | g | fresh leaf spinach (young spinach leaves are ideal!) |
2 | tbsp | pine nuts (roasted or freshly roasted) |
1 | Pieces | tomatoes |
50 | g | parmesan (fresh and finely grated) |
Instruction
Preparation step 1
Make gnocchi
Make the gnocchi yourself or grab them from the supermarket shelves.
Preparation step 2
Buy gnocchi
I like to use gnocchi from the supermarket, they are also available gluten-free!
Preparation step 3
Prepare Sauce
Cut the mushrooms into 2 mm thick slices and sauté in a pan or wok with olive oil.
Add the thinly sliced, light green spring onions to the mushrooms and continue to sauté.
Preparation step 4
Cook sauce
After 3-5 minutes, deglaze the sauce with onions and mushrooms with white wine, add the soy cream and bring to the boil.
Season the cream sauce generously with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Preparation step 5
Prepare spinach
Wash the spinach and trim if desired.
Star chefs remove the leaf stalk, I like to leave the stalks on young leaves because of the roughage.
Preparation step 6
Finish sauce
Add the washed and drained spinach to the cream sauce.
Bring the sauce to the boil and fold in the spinach.
Take the pan or wok with the cream sauce off the stove and have it ready.
Preparation step 7
Cook gnocchi
Boil the gnocchi in salted water.
My gnocchi only need 2 minutes for this, please note the cooking time information on the packaging.
Preparation step 8
Pine nuts
Roast the pine nuts, cut the tomato into quarters, add the core to the cream sauce and fold in.
Preparation step 9
Diced tomatoes
Skin the tomato fillets with a sharp knife and dice the tomato flesh.
Alternatively, you can blanch, skin, fillet and then dice the tomatoes. The cooking school Preparing diced tomatoes provides step-by-step information.
Preparation step 10
Finish gnocchi
Remove the floating gnocchi from the water with a slotted spoon and drain well.
Place the gnocchi in the cream sauce and cover with a spoon with cream sauce.
Preparation step 11
Serve gnocchi
Arrange the gnocchi and spinach on a hot plate.
Alternately place first vegetables and then gnocchi on the plate to create a nice picture.
Decorate the spinach gnocchi with pine nuts, parmesan and diced tomatoes and enjoy!
Courses
Cousine
Keyword
2. Calories and Nutritional Values
3. Cream Sauce Tips For Spinach Gnocchi
Since I mainly prepare these spinach gnocchi vegetarian, I use soy cream for the creamy sauce.
You can also use cow’s milk cream, that’s a matter of taste.
I like both and since I don’t want to do without the original, the good Parmesan, when it comes to cheese, I use soy cream for the cream sauce this time.
4. Overview Prepare Spinach Gnocchi
Let’s get an overview first:
- First, put a pot of water on the stove to cook the gnocchi.
- Season the boiling water for the gnocchi with plenty of salt (1 tbsp).
- The gnocchi are cooked later, when the cream sauce is ready.
- Place a pan or wok on the stove and heat.
- Thinly slice the cleaned mushrooms.
- Fry the mushroom slices first, adding a little olive oil.
- Let the mushrooms get some color.
- Thinly slice the light green part of the young onion.
- After a few minutes add to the mushrooms.
- Deglaze with a little white wine and bring to the boil with the broth.
- Slowly add the cream and bring to the boil.
- Bind with cornstarch if desired.
- Add the spinach and cook briefly with the lid on.
- Season, cook the gnocchi, arrange and serve.
Important: Always wash the spinach several times in plenty of cold water.
This is the only way to remove sand and dirt!
Spin dry after washing so you don’t dilute your sauce.
Fry the mushrooms and let them color, that gives flavor to the cream sauce!
Tip from chef Thomas Sixt
5. Top Tips For Preparing Spinach Gnocchi
Here are the photos with the valuable tips for sure!
Always roast pine nuts in advance so they are ready to hand in the kitchen cupboard
Ingredients tip from chef Thomas Sixt
6. More Gnocchi Recipes
Gnocchi with Mushrooms Recipe
Gorgonzola Gnocchi
Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce
Gnocchi Pan Recipe with 3+ Variations of Pesto
Gnocchi Recipe with Variation Sage Butter
Comments, Cooking Questions and Answers
Below you can write to me directly.
Please don’t forget the star rating on the recipe, 5 stars means you liked it!
Hello Ayoo,
Thank you for your positive and beautiful feedback.
Tomato cubes I use very gladly for the most different preparation.
Feel free to look around and discover more beautiful ideas!
Best regards Thomas
Dear Thomas,
This tasted very good to me!
Thank you for the nice instructions.
Greeting Ems
Dear Emy,
am just happy about your message and the positive feedback!
Feel free to get in touch with cooking questions.
I will answer them directly here.
Kind regards Thomas
Hi Thomas!
This is a simple and fine recipe.
The diced tomatoes are refreshing.
Many thanks for the valuable information.
Greetings from Ayoo