Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Bacon & Sweetcorn
Gnocchi is easy and quick to make. It is a great way to use up leftover potato, squash or beetroot.
Gnocchi is very similar to pasta and which is made by adding egg and plain flour to produce a dough that is poached in salted boiling water.
Here I used leftover steamed butternut squash.
I added some parmesan which gives a great flavour. They poach in about 1 minute. Don’t add too many at once. I poached 1/3 of this batch at a time. You can form fancy shapes with gnocchi. I usually keep this simple and just slice on an angle!
1. Mash 100g of cooked butternut squash.
2. Add 30g grated parmesan, 2 tsp dried parsley, 1 beaten egg and 1 tsp of salt 1 tsp of pepper.
3. Add 100g of plain flour to form a soft dough that can form a ball.
4. Use extra flour (I used about 30g) to roll dough out into thin sausage shapes 1cm in diameter.
5. Cut on a angle into 1cm size chunks.
6. Drop the gnocchi into boiling salted water and poach until they float. About 1 minute. 10-12 at a time is fine in a large pan.
7. Drain on kitchen roll.
8. Saute 100g bacon until crispy and chop finely. Stir in bacon and a 150g of sweetcorn into gnocchi.
Steamed butternut squash Add egg, parmesan, dried parsley and season Add flour Roll into a sausage Cut into thirds and roll into 1cm diameter sausage Cut on angle to produce small gnocchi Drop into boiling water until they float Drain on kitchen roll Add cooked bacon bits and sweetcorn
Gnocchi are great sauted when cooked in butter with some fresh sage if you don’t mind all the extra calories!