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Gnocchi with Creamy Pumpkin Sauce

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Today we're making Gnocchi with Creamy Pumpkin Sauce, a simple, luscious recipe for spooning up a deeply flavorful sauce. We combine roasted pumpkin with leek and cream cheese to create a velvety texture that coats every single gnocchi. Finished with a pinch of ground cayenne, we can just sit down and enjoy together.

Prep: 15 minCook: 25 minServes: 4

Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you need for this recipe

  • Whole wheat gnocchi
  • 1/2 pumpkin
  • 2 leeks
  • High-protein cream cheese
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Himalayan pink salt
  • Ground cayenne pepper
  • Vegetable broth

Kitchen tools

  • Power titanium 1000w Black blender

Step by step

Method

  1. 1Peel and dice the pumpkin, then gently sauté it in a skillet with a drizzle of olive oil.
  2. 2Once it starts to soften, add the sliced leek and sauté together.
  3. 3When the vegetables are nicely golden, cover with vegetable broth, season with salt to taste, simmer for 5 minutes, and remove from the heat to rest.
  4. 4Once lukewarm, transfer to the blender jug along with the cream cheese and blend until completely smooth.
  5. 5Cook the gnocchi in plenty of boiling water for 5 minutes, then pour the warm sauce over them.
  6. 6Toss everything well and serve with a sprinkle of ground cayenne pepper.
  7. 7Done! Our Gnocchi with Creamy Pumpkin Sauce is ready.

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