Gnocchi with pumpkin sauce

Made with store-bought gnocchi and a homemade pumpkin sauce, your whole family will love this meal for dinner. Serve with cheesy bread on the side.

Ingredients

  • 700g potato gnocchi

  • 250g cherry tomatoes

    halved

  • freshly ground black pepper

  • olive or canola oil spray

  • 1 leek

    white part only, sliced

  • 500g pumpkin

    peeled, deseeded and chopped

  • 1 cup vegetable stock

  • 150 millilitres CARNATION Light & Creamy Evaporated Milk

  • 150g baby spinach

  • 1 tbsp fresh sage

    chopped

  • 8 large sourdough bread

    sliced

  • 2 cloves garlic

  • 1 cup parmesan cheese

    grated

Allergy Advice

Contains Dairy

Contains Eggs

Contains Gluten

Equipment

  • 1 oven tray
  • 1 non-stick paper
  • 1 non-stick saucepan
  • 1 processor or blender
  • 1 grill

Instructions

  1. Cook gnocchi according to packet instructions.
  2. Preheat oven to 200C (400F).
  3. Arrange tomatoes, cut-side up, on an oven tray lined with non-stick paper. Season with pepper.
  4. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until just soft.
  5. Meanwhile, spray a non-stick saucepan with oil and cook leek over medium heat for 3-5 minutes or until soft.
  6. Add pumpkin and stock and simmer for 3 minutes or until pumpkin is soft.
  7. Add milk and process or blend until smooth. Return mixture to pan, add spinach and heat until wilted. Stir through sage and tomatoes.
  8. Season with pepper. Add gnocchi and toss to combine.
  9. Meanwhile, to make cheese bread, toast bread under grill.
  10. Slice garlic in half and rub over warm bread.
  11. Sprinkle with cheese and return to grill until cheese is slightly melted.
  12. Serve gnocchi with cheese bread.

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