Pesto gnocchi

This Pesto Gnocchi is a scrumptious weeknight dinner concept that’s bursting with taste and requires minimal cleanup. This recipe is your reply whenever you’re caught on what to make for dinner this summer season. It makes use of pillowy potato gnocchi, tender hen, and a vibrant pesto, all roasted collectively on a sheetpan to perfection. Easy to make, and so yummy!

This put up was created in partnership with DeLallo.

❤️ Why You’ll Love Pesto Gnocchi

• Flavorful: I discover that any dish you add pesto to mechanically makes it so elevated in taste. Pesto is such a simple taste enhancer that you could toss into bowls, unfold on sandwiches, or add to pasta for an instantaneous connoisseur style.
• Easy: Who needs to spend all night time within the kitchen after work? Not me! This straightforward sheet pan recipe makes use of minimal dishes and could be prepped in solely 10 minutes.
• Versatile: You could make this gnocchi recipe your individual by including in different veggies, herbs, or swapping (or eradicating) the protein.

🍲 Ingredients

Pesto – For this recipe, I used DeLallo Simply Pesto® Traditional Basil Saucewhich is my go-to store-bought pesto. It is a Northern Italian staple in a jar that’s made with contemporary, easy substances like handpicked basil, olive oil, and crunchy pine nuts. This no-cook sauce is ideal by itself, tossed with roasted veggies, drizzled over a bowl, or thrown right into a pasta salad. The choices are limitless, so it’s an ideal pantry staple to have readily available.

Gnocchi – This Pesto Gnocchi is made with Delallo potato gnocchiwhich is pillowy smooth and made with 85% potato. Gnocchi is a flexible pasta that may work in each cold and warm pasta dishes. What I like about gnocchi is that, not like different pastas, you’ll be able to bake it with out pre-cooking it. Making it a simple selection for one-pan meals like this sheet pan recipe.

👩‍🍳 How to Make Pesto Gnocchi

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a big baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Set apart a few tablespoons of pesto to drizzle over the gnocchi on the finish.
3. To the parchment paper-lined sheet pan, add the gnocchi, crimson onion, smashed garlic cloves, eggplant items, hen items, and lentils. Add ½ cup pesto to the pan and toss every part collectively to coat with the pesto. Spread out every part on the pan into an excellent layer.
4. Bake for half-hour, tossing on the 20-minute mark. After 20 minutes, crumble the goat cheese excessive of all of the substances within the pan and bake for 10 extra minutes.
5. Serve instantly, topped with contemporary basil, halved cherry tomatoes, and an additional drizzle of pesto if desired.

🪄 Tips and Tricks

• Don’t precook your gnocchi! Gnocchi could be baked proper from the packaging and can get a phenomenal texture because it bakes within the oven with the opposite substances.
• Swap the Pesto: If you need to get inventive, you’ll be able to swap the basil-based pesto for DeLallo Simply Pesto® Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto for a distinct spin on this recipe.
• Make it Vegetarian: If you need to make this dish vegetarian, you’ll be able to merely take away the hen, and voila!
• Don’t Overcrowd: For your sheet pan dish to prepare dinner correctly and evenly, be sure you aren’t overcrowding the pan. If you’ll want to use a couple of baking sheet, do it.

🗒 Variations

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👝 How to Store Leftovers

Leftovers of this Pesto Gnocchi retailer nice! Store them in an hermetic container for as much as 4 days within the fridge.

🤔 Common Questions