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Spinach and Ricotta Gnocchi

Ingredients

  • 300g spinach net weight prepared from 900g raw spinach
  • 2 spring onion chopped
  • 1 garlic clove finely chopped or grated
  • 1 egg
  • 250g ricotta
  • 50g almond flour
  • 40g total mix of walnuts and pine nuts toasted and roughly chopped
  • 45g grated parmesan
  • 2 tsps preserved lemons finely chopped
  • olive oil

sage sauce

  • 20g sage
  • 60g unsalted butter
  • splash of olive oil

Instructions

  • Oven 180°C
    Bake for 20min
    Grill until golden about 3 min
  • Gnocchi
    1 egg
    250g ricotta
    50g almond flour
    300g net weight of prepared spinach, (see how to prepare spinach here) then add 2 spring onions finely chopped to this along with a large clove of grated garlic
    40g pine nuts and walnuts mixed toasted and chopped
    45g grated fresh parmesan
    Salt and pepper
    2 tsps preserved lemons chopped finely or zest and squeeze of half lemon
  • Sauce
    20g bag of sage
    60g butter ( I used unsalted as it doesn't burn like salted butter)
    Splash of olive oil
  • Mix all the gnocchi ingredients together in a bowl. Shape into balls about 30g each or slightly bigger than a tablespoon.
    Drizzle olive oil over base of baking pan (33X24cm). Place balls on pan. In a pan on stove melt the butter and add the leaves only to the melted butter. Spoon sage butter over each gnocchi ball and bake for 20min. Put grill on and continue to bake until golden. They will puff up slightly
  • Serve over a steaming bowl of linguine and chopped fresh tomatoes and don't forget the Fresh parmesan too
Course: Light Meal