Golden Gnocchi Goodness

Hi! Just a quick meal idea from me to you.

Have you tried making your own gnocchi? If you have, I hope it went well! For quickness, the shop bought gnocchi is good too (it's just the GF gnocchi is pricey). Either way, if you have any leftover gnocchi here's an idea to revamp it.

We made GF gnocchi last week (check blog 29 Oct) and there was enough for two meals. So Sunday came around again and we wondered what to make for Italian Night. I've heard that baked gnocchi can be really tasty so I'll need to try that one day. Also, I'd heard that pan-fried gnocchi can be awesome. Scott's mum had a recipe for pan-fried gnocchi with broccoli pesto. I didn't try the broccoli pesto (bit too green for Scott) but Scott and I did have a go at pan frying the leftover gnocchi. It was a great way to serve the gnocchi and if you use the recipe I used, you end up having a crisp edge on the lovely, light gnocchi. Fancy having a go?

Here's what we did:

We chopped tomatoes, peppers, courgette, aubergine and garlic, coated with a little oil and herbs and got that in the oven (including 200g tomatoes and 200g red peppers for red pesto) to roast and I whizzed up the pesto (see blog 21 Aug) whilst the gnocchi was defrosting sightly. Then, once the veg was nearly ready, we heated a little oil in a frying pan, placed the gnocchi in (in two batches) and fried them for about 4 minutes each side.

Easy, peasy, lemon, squeezy. 

I liked the gnocchi with the pesto and roast veg but you could serve it up with pesto alone, or with fresh mozzarella and tomatoes or a herby butter.

I hope that's helpful. That's all for now.

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