Okay - on to the recipe! This is a vegetarian pasta dish that I only just tried tonight. I can't say it was my favorite dish ever, but my family all liked it, and the children even cleaned their bowls! They're not the easiest kids to please, so I'm going to have to keep this recipe!
Lemon Gnocchi with Spinach & Peas
Ingredients:
- 1 cup frozen baby peas (not thawed)
- 1/2 cup heavy cream (you can substitute half and half, or milk, but it may cause the sauce to separate some when you add the lemon)
- 1/4 teaspoon dried hot red-pepper flakes (we skipped this - not hot peppers for kiddos!)
- 1 garlic clove, smashed
- 3 cups packed baby spinach (about 3 ounces)
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 pound dried gnocchi
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan (make sure to use grated, not shredded, or you will end up with a big, tough ball of cheese)
Simmer peas with cream, red-pepper flakes, garlic, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large, heavy skillet, covered, until tender, about 5 minutes.
Add spinach and cook over medium-low heat, uncovered, stirring, until wilted. Remove from heat and stir in lemon zest and juice.
Meanwhile, cook gnocchi in a pot of boiling salted water according to the package directions. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta-cooking water, then drain gnocchi.
Add gnocchi to sauce with cheese and some of reserved cooking water and stir to coat. Thin with additional cooking water if necessary.
***Wendy here - we skipped the hot pepper flakes, but I will probably add them in when I cook this for just hubby and I. I didn't add in any of the pasta-cooking water, just threw the sauce in and served it up with Garlic bread. Thanks sm!***
4 comments:
What in the world is gnocchi? Did I eve nspell thatright?! haha! I'm not sure I'm into eating something I can't spell or pronounce.... I'm just kidding! I'll make Britt make this one for me to try. :)
Gnocchi is just a pasta. "Big shells". I had trouble finding it at Food Source, so I picked up some Rotelle, just in case. But Savemart had Gnocchi.
As with most pasta dishes, you can use whatever noodle you want. the taste will be the same.
Hi ladies! I love gnocchi...I'll have to try this recipe. Gnocchi isn't really pasta...it's more commonly made with a combination of potato, flour and egg...here is a good website for more info. =)
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-gnocchi.htm
Okay, I guess I got gnocchi pasta. That's the only "dried gnocchi" I found (and the recipe does mention "pasta-cooking water"), but perhaps I should have checked a specialty store.
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