Gnocchi with homemade creme fraiche pesto. Homemade Italian potato dumplings (gnocchi) coated in rich pesto cream sauce. It was on this day that I ate one of the best meals of my life: gnocchi and pesto cream sauce. I was visiting one of my dear friends from college, who happens to live in our college town of Gainesville, Florida (Go Gators!).

Watch to learn not only how he makes these fluffy potato dumplings, but also how he makes a fresh basil pesto in one easy step! Creme fraiche makes it something completely different and equally enjoyable. The extra garlic in the sauce ensures that there'll be no kissing tonight, but it's totally worth it! You can have Gnocchi with homemade creme fraiche pesto using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Gnocchi with homemade creme fraiche pesto

Prepare 1 cup of cherry tomatoes quartered.
You need 1 of courgette cubed.
You need 2 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese.
You need 1/2 bunch of fresh basil chopped.
Prepare 2 tbsp of chopped pine nuts.
You need 3 tbsp of creme fraiche.
It's 1/4 cup of panchetta cubed.
You need 3 cup of gnocchi.
You need 1 bunch of baby spinach.

Place basil, creme fraiche, Parmesan cheese, garlic, pine nuts, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper in a food processor. Photo: iStockphoto. by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. Tasting of hazelnuts with a hint of tang, creme fraiche is France's favorite form of cream for cooking. With more body and complex flavors than fresh sweet cream, creme fraiche is a thick, rich, custard of a cream..

Gnocchi with homemade creme fraiche pesto step by step

Chop cherry tomatoes into quarters.
Cube the courgettes.
Grate the parmesan cheese.
Finely chop up 2/3 of the basil and all the pine nuts.
Mix the basil and pine nuts with the creme fraiche.
Mix in the parmesan and a 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
Heat 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil in a non-stick pan on a high heat.
Cook courgette for 4-5 minutes until brown then put to one side.
Cook panchetta for 2 mins in 2 teaspoons of olive oil until crispy and add cherry tomatoes for another 4 mins then put to one side.
Fry the gnocchi in 2 teaspoons of olive oil for 8 mins until crispy around the outsides.
Add 2 handfuls of spinach to the gnocchi and stir together until the spinach wilts.
Finally mix in the creme fraiche pesto, courgette, tomato and panchetta and garnish with the remaining basil.

Rosta pinjenötterna lätt i en panna och strö dem över laxen när den är färdig. Byt ut creme fraiche mot Sour Supreme (innehåller soja) eller imat fraiche (innehåller havre). Try our easy and light recipe for gnocchi with peas. Add the shallot and cook for a few minutes, then add the wine or chicken stock, peas and crème fraîche and simmer for a minute. Homemade pasta - in one hour - with not too much of a mess.