Oh Em Gee.
So yesterday I was watching Master Chef Australia, and Chris had to make Gnochi for the celebrity chef challenge. It looked delicious. Then, by Lord's willing, I was at Ya Ya centre later in the day looking around the supermarket- and I'm never at Ya Ya (an expensive mall too expensive for my paycheque) so I don't know that it carries things like Gnochi. But, I found it. And, I splurged and I bought it. And this is what I did with it. If you have never tried Gnochi, you really should. It's basically a potato pasta dumpling, is the best way to describe it. Takes no time to cook at all so it's a really easy dinner.
This meal has three easy parts: the gnochi, the vegetables, and the sauce.
Step 1
-package of Gnochi
-chopped vegetables for steaming (I had broccoli, green beans and carrots)
through the gnochi in a big pot of boiling salted water. Put a collander on top, and through your vegetables in it to steam. Put a lid on the veg to speed up the process (gnochi only take about 5 min to cook so chop your veg small)
step 2 (sauce)
-olive oil and butter (butter is important. be generous)
-onion
-garlic
sautee together.
-white wine
add a splash to deglaze pan, let it boil away the alcohol for a few minutes
-cream or milk (obviously cream will give you a creamy-er sauce..but use what you want)
-parmesan cheese- grated
simmer this all together until the cheese melts and the sauce comes together. I'm not awesome at this yet so mine kind of separated but I'm sure there is a technique you can use that makes this not happen, I was just hungry and impatient.
Drain the Gnochi. Toss them in the sauce. Place your veg in a bowl. Dump the gnochi and sauce over the veggies, and toss again altogether. (I love sauce, so it just kind of oozed and covered the veggies on its own).
EAT IT ALL TO YOURSELF.
