Blue Cheese Gnocchi Recipe
This wonderful creamy blue cheese gnocchi recipe features a Stilton and creme fraiche sauce, asparagus and crispy bacon and it all cooks in around 30 minutes!
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 928kcal
Ingredients
- 400 g Potato Gnocchi 14oz
- 6-7 Rashers Smoked Streaky Bacon 100g
- 125 g Asparagus 20-25 thin stems
- 1 Small-Medium Echalion or Banana Shallot 35g
- 6 Sage Leaves
- 125 ml Dry White Wine ½ Cup
- 50 g Creme Fraiche 3 tablespoon
- 75 g Stilton or Other Blue Cheese ¾ Cup
Instructions
- Heat a large (30cm or 12") nonstick pan over a medium heat and add the rashers of bacon and render out the fat for 10 minutes. Then turn up the heat a little and crisp up the bacon for 5 minutes. Remove the bacon and place it on some kitchen paper to soak up any excess fat. When the bacon has cooled crumble it between your fingers.
- Peel the shallot and dice it as finely as you can.
- Shred the sage leaves as finely as you can.
- Snap the woody bases from the asparagus, cut off the tips and then cut the stalks into 1.5cm (½") long pieces.
- Bring a medium (20cm or 8") pan of water to a boil.
- Once the bacon has cooked and been removed, reduce the heat under the pan to medium and toss in the shallots, cooking them in the bacon fat for 2-3 minutes to soften. If they begin to colour, remove the pan from the heat and continue to stir until it cools down a little.
- Add the asparagus and sage leaves and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Add the wine and reduce by half, then add the creme fraiche and Stilton and stir to form a sauce, and allow to cook until the gnocchi is cooked.
- Add the gnocchi to the boiling water and cook until it begins to float (2 minutes or so), then drain and add the sauce. Don't worry about salt, we have plenty of that elsewhere.
- Stir, then add the crumbled bacon into the sauce, reserving a little to be served as a garnish.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 928kcal | Carbohydrates: 91g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 168mg | Sodium: 1353mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 5g
