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🍽️ Crispy Gnocchi with Creamy Pear and Gorgonzola Sauce

775 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 800 g mealy-cooking potatoes
• 120 g flour
• 2 eggs
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 200 ml vegetable broth
• 200 ml whipping cream
• 250 g Gorgonzola
• 1 handful parsley
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 2 firm pears
• 40 g walnut kernels

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the potatoes and boil them in salted water until tender.
2. 2. Drain the water and press the hot potatoes through a potato ricer.
3. 3. Add flour and eggs to the potato mixture.
4. 4. Season the dough with salt, pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg.
5. 5. Knead everything into a smooth dough and form finger-thick rolls.
6. 6. Cut the rolls into pieces about 3 cm long.
7. 7. Pour the vegetable broth into a pot and bring it to a boil.
8. 8. Stir in the cream and let the mixture simmer gently.
9. 9. Fold in the Gorgonzola and stir until melted.
10. 10. Let the sauce thicken for 6 to 8 minutes while stirring.
11. 11. Wash the parsley and shake it dry.
12. 12. Finely chop the parsley.
13. 13. Wash the pears, quarter them, and remove the core.
14. 14. Cut the pears into thin slices.
15. 15. Season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste.
16. 16. Fold the pear slices into the Gorgonzola sauce.
17. 17. Boil the gnocchi in salted water for 3 to 4 minutes.
18. 18. Remove the gnocchi from the heat as soon as they float to the surface.
19. 19. Drain the gnocchi and let them drip dry.
20. 20. Distribute the gnocchi onto pre-warmed plates.
21. 21. Pour the sauce over the gnocchi.
22. 22. Sprinkle the dish with chopped walnuts and parsley.
23. 23. Serve the dish immediately.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 775
• Protein: 26 g · Fett/Fat: 46 g · Carbs: 65 g