Baked gnocchi with rooster is severely speedy consolation meals — comfortable, pillowy gnocchi baked in a wealthy purple pesto sauce with tender rooster and topped with effervescent cheese. It’s the sort of cozy, oven-to-table meal that’ll make everybody assume you’ve spent hours within the kitchen when actually it’s prepared in underneath 30 minutes!
Nicky’s recipe notes
Retailer-bought gnocchi is a superb staple to have readily available within the fridge or freezer to bulk up a meal, while additionally making it really feel a bit ‘fancy’. It takes huge punchy flavours like pesto so nicely. When you needed to alter it up, swap out the purple pepper pesto for normal basil pesto and also you get a very totally different meal!
There’s a lot of pretty sauce hidden underneath the gnocchi on this recipe, so I like to recommend serving with crusty bread for dunking.
📋 Components
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***Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card on the finish of this put up***
- First we par-bake the rooster items with just a little oil and seasoning, within the baking dish.
- Then we add in EVERYTHING else, besides the mozzarella (gnocchi, spinach, pesto, cream, peppers and so forth) – you’ll want two spoons to toss it collectively. It’ll really feel like there’s an excessive amount of in there, however it should combine collectively and the spinach will wilt down so much.
- High with mozzarella and bake within the oven till golden and bubbly. I like to sprinkle on a couple of basil leaves earlier than serving.
Professional Tip
I really like to make use of do-it-yourself purple pepper pesto for this recipe (it solely takes a couple of minutes to make), however you should use store-bought purple pesto for those who desire. Sacla do a pleasant one, I’ve additionally seen it in Sainsbury’s and Tesco.
It’s so very moreish! and there’s a stunning pool of creamy purple pesto sauce beneath which you could drizzle on high once you serve it up.
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🍽️ What to serve it with
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Incessantly Requested Questions
Sure, you can also make the recipe proper as much as the half earlier than you set it within the oven for the second time. Let the rooster cool, add the remainder of the components, then cowl the dish and refrigerate for as much as a day.
When able to cook dinner, take away from the fridge an hour earlier than you need to bake (to take the chilliness off). Place within the oven and cook dinner, including an additional 3-4 minutes to the acknowledged cooking time (because the dish shall be going into the oven chilly). Guarantee it’s piping sizzling all through earlier than serving.
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Preheat the oven to 200C/400F (fan).
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Place the rooster breast items in a medium baking dish (approx. 30cm (11.8”) x 20cm(7.8”)). Drizzle on the oil and sprinkle on the salt, pepper and oregano. Toss collectively to coat the rooster evenly.
2 giant rooster breasts, 1 tablespoon olive oil, ¼ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon black pepper, ½ teaspoon dried oregano
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Place within the oven to bake for 10 minutes.
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After 10 minutes take away the dish from the oven. Add within the spinach, then pour over the recent rooster inventory. Add the gnocchi, purple pepper pesto, bell pepper, cream and tomato puree. Stir every part collectively to mix.
60 g (2 packed cups) child spinach, 120 ml (1/2 cup) sizzling rooster inventory, 500 g (17.6oz) pack contemporary gnocchi, 8 tablespoons (140g/5oz) roasted purple pepper pesto* See Tip, 1 purple bell pepper, 60 ml (1/4 cup) double (heavy) cream, 1 tablespoon tomato puree
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Dot the torn mozzarella amongst the rooster and gnocchi items.
150 g (5.3 oz) mozzarella ball
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Place again within the oven for an extra quarter-hour till the rooster is cooked via and the sauce is effervescent.
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Serve topped with basil leaves and a sprinkling of black pepper, alongside some crusty bread.
Handful contemporary basil leaves, Freshly floor black pepper, Chunks of crusty bread for dunking
Tip: Pink Pepper Pesto
You need to use store-bought purple pesto, or strive my do-it-yourself Pink Pepper Pesto.
Make it vegetarian
Swap the rooster for chunky items of courgette (zucchini). Swap the rooster inventory for vegetable inventory. Make sure you’re utilizing vegetarian mozzarella and pesto.
Dietary info is approximate, per serving (this recipe serves 4)
Energy: 631kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 35g | Fats: 32g | Saturated Fats: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 1g | Monounsaturated Fats: 7g | Trans Fats: 0.01g | Ldl cholesterol: 105mg | Sodium: 1328mg | Potassium: 562mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 3510IU | Vitamin C: 44mg | Calcium: 302mg | Iron: 6mg
Vitamin info is robotically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
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