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Gnocchi with broccoli, peas, pancetta and blue cheese

This pasta dish has been created by our team of culinary experts, influenced by the Italian style of cooking and flavours.

Ingredients

  • Serves 4.

  • 600g gnocchi

  • 240g broccoli, chopped

  • 240g peas

  • 120ml double cream

  • 80g stilton cheese, crumbled

  • 3 garlic cloves, sliced

  • 120g onion

  • 100g smoked pancetta, chopped 1cm pieces

  • Small handful of thyme, roughly chopped

  • Pinch of sea salt

  • Pinch of cracked black pepper

  • 100ml olive oil

  • Walnut crumb:

  • 10g Italian hard cheese, shaved

  • 40g breadcrumbs

  • 40g walnut pieces, finely chopped and toasted

  • 20g crispy onions

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed

  • 2 lemons

  • 3 sprigs of thyme

  • Pinch of chilli flakes

  • Pinch of yeast

  • Pinch of sea salt

  • Pinch of cracked black pepper

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • Adults need around 2000Kcal/8400kJ a day

    Typical values per portion: Energy 875Kcal/3658kJ

Method

  • 1. For the walnut crumb: Mix garlic with the oil and add the breadcrumbs, salt and pepper and mix well. Roast in the oven at 160 degrees for approximately 15 minutes until golden, stirring from time to time. Allow to cool. Add zest of two lemons, yeast flakes, crispy onions, chilli, Italian hard cheese and check the seasoning. Store in an airtight container.

  • 2. Cook the gnocchi as per packet instructions. Drain, rinse in cold water and drain again. Dress with olive oil.

  • 3. Blanch in boiling water and refresh.

  • 4. Heat 50ml of olive oil and add the onions, pancetta and garlic and cook till starting to brown, add the thyme and remove from the stove.

  • 5. Heat 50ml of oil in a non-stick pan and panfry the gnocchi till its starts to colour and turn golden.

  • 6. Mix the gnocchi, cream and fried onions together and heat up with the peas and broccoli and adjust the seasoning.

  • 7. Finley add the crumbed stilton, stir and top with the walnut crumb.