Gnocchi with pumpkin sauce
Gnocchi with pumpkin
Gnocchi with pumpkin sauce is incredibly easy to make, but it tastes absolutely amazing! The airy and at the same time crispy gnocchi taste so luxuriously delicious, and together with the creamy pumpkin sauce, you get a dish so delicious that it can be easily served to guests. At the same time, the recipe is so easy and straightforward that it can easily be whipped up as a little extra pampering on a tired weekday evening.
TIP: Also try this recipe for pumpkin fritters or gnocchi with browned butter or pumpkin gnocchi with mushroom sauce
Easy pumpkin sauce in the oven
The pumpkin sauce is made in the oven, which makes the recipe super easy and the taste fantastically delicious! When the pumpkin flesh is roasted in the oven, it gets a more caramelized flavor that really suits the dish. At the same time, the consistency becomes more creamy and firm, and not nearly as "watery" as if you had boiled the pumpkin flesh. Along with the pumpkin cubes, sage and garlic are added, which goes perfectly with the sweet pumpkin. Both sage leaves and garlic just need to be whole in the dish, and then they will be perfectly cooked after a trip in the oven. After the pumpkin and herbs have been in the oven, the whole thing needs to be blended. You can do this in a regular blender, food processor, mini chopper or with a hand blender, whichever you think is easiest. You add a little cream, freshly grated parmesan and lemon juice to the sauce, as this gives it the perfect balance between acidity and fattiness. If you want to make the recipe vegan, you can just use lemon and a little plant milk or cream.
TIP: Also try using pumpkin in a lovely autumn cake
Recipes with gnocchi
Gnocchi is a type of pasta made from potatoes. Boiled potatoes are mixed with a type of flour and (usually) eggs before being shaped into small balls that are cooked like pasta. It is recommended to fry the cooked gnocchi in a pan so that it becomes deliciously golden and crispy. It is also recommended to buy fresh gnocchi in the fridge, which you can find in the same place as fresh pasta in the supermarket. It tastes much better than the dried varieties. If you want to try a gluten-free version of gnocchi, you can try these two recipes for butterbean or pumpkin gnocchi, respectively: