Recipe: Gnocchi with Roasted Tomato Parmesan Sauce
Gnocchi and Roasted Tomato Parmesan Sauce is the ultimate plate of comfort food
Soft gnocchi smothered in a pan of rich oven-roasted tomato sauce, left to simmer until all the sticky caramelised juices are absorbed into each piece. An absolutely stunning pasta dish.
The addition of Swiss chard gives an earthy flavour that keeps you dipping your fork in again and again, savouring each mouthful.
Roasted tomatoes and parmesan cheese
Pre-roasting tomatoes before crushing them into a sauce create a rich and deep umami flavour that isn’t comparable to passata or tinned tomatoes.
Parmesan cheese, also rich in umami flavour lifts the tomatoes to even further heights, hugging the sauce warmly and tenderly creating a true flavour bomb.
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Gnocchi with Roasted Tomato Parmesan Sauce
Warming Italian Gnocchi dish with fresh green swiss chard and creamy parmesan sauce.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 500 g Gnocchi
- 4 large tomatoes
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 200 ml chicken stock
- 80 g grated parmesan + extra for garnish
- Rind of half a lemon
- Splash balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
- Salt and pepper
- 2 handfuls Swiss chard leaves washed
- Good quality tasting olive oil for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C
- Cut tomatoes into quarters and place them on a baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast 20 – 30 minutes or until collapsed and juicy.
- Cook Gnocchi according to packet instructions. Drain and set aside.
- Heat some olive oil in a pan and gently fry crushed garlic for 30 seconds. Next, add tomato paste and roasted tomatoes along with the white wine, and using a wooden spoon crush tomatoes until broken down. Simmer until the wine has evaporated.
- Roughly cut chard leaves in half for more bite-size pieces.
- Add chicken stock, chard leaves, lemon rind, balsamic and chilli flakes to the tomatoes, bring to a boil then reduce to simmer for 3 minutes.
- To finish add gnocchi and combine well. Cook gently for a few minutes so the gnocchi can absorb the sauce. Remove from heat, generously drizzle in some olive oil along with the grated parmesan, and stir to combine. Taste and if needed season with salt and pepper.
- Transfer Gnocchi to bowls and grate a little extra parmesan over the top as garnish. Serve immediately.
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