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Creamy Gnocchi Bake
Oh my goodness. So gnocchi is AMAZING by itself, but adding pesto to it will just blow your mind!
Serves4Prep10 minutesCook30 minutesTotal40 minutes

ingredients
- 500g fresh potato gnocchi
- 1 cup light thickened cream
- 1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes, halved
- 150g chargrilled capsicum, sliced into strips
- 100g baby spinach
- 5 button mushrooms, sliced
- 1 brown onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped
- 2 tbsp basil pesto
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp parmesan cheese
method
- Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
- Cook gnocchi according to packet instructions.
- In a deep pan, heat olive oil over medium to high heat.
- Add brown onion, garlic and chilli into the pan and cook for 4 minutes or until onion turns translucent.
- Add mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes and chargrilled capsicums into the pan and cook for 5 minutes or until mushrooms have cooked through.
- Add thickened cream, basil pesto, salt and pepper and leave to cook for 10 minutes on a low heat.
- Add cooked gnocchi into the pan and stir through.
- Pour gnocchi mixture into a deep baking tray and sprinkle parmesan cheese over the top.
- Bake int he oven for 10 minutes or until lightly browned on top.
- EAT!
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