Gnocchi with brown butter and sage Recipe

• servings: 4 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

500 g (1.1 lbs) fresh gnocchi (homemade or store-bough is fine)

2 tbsp olive oil

pinch salt and pepper

75 g (1/3 cup) unsalted butter

20 fresh sage leaves*

2 cloves garlic (peeled and very finely sliced)

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp black pepper

zest of 1 lemon

juice of ½ lemon

grated parmesan (or vegetarian Italian-style hard cheese for vegetarian)

black pepper

Directions

Place the gnocchi in a pan of boiling water and boil the gnocchi until it floats.

Remove the gnocchi from the pan with a slotted spoon and place in a bowl.

Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat.

Add the gnocchi, plus a pinch of salt and pepper and fry the gnocchi for 5-6 minutes, turning oven, until the gnocchi is brown all over.

Remove the gnocchi from the pan and place in a bowl. If your pan has a lot of crispy bits in it (this might happen if you're using a non-stick pan), wipe/scrape them out. Don't worry about getting the pan spotless though, a few crispy bits are good.

Next, melt the butter in the frying pan over a medium heat. Once melted, continue to cook for a further 2-3 minutes, until it starts to go a very light brown and smells a tiny bit nutty.

Add the fresh sage leaves and cook for a further 2 minutes.

Add the garlic and cook for a further 1 minutes, stirring often.

Add the cooked gnocchi to the pan and sprinkle on the salt and pepper.

Stir together and cook for a further minute.

Add the lemon zest and juice and stir together.

Divide between bowls and top with a little parmesan and black pepper.

Nutrition

• Calories: 404 kcal
• Total Fat: 23 g
• Saturated Fat: 11 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
• Trans Fat: 1 g
• Cholesterol: 40 mg
• Sodium: 581 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 46 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3 g
• Total Sugars: 1 g
• Protein: 5 g