Summer Gnocchi With Avocado Pesto And Tomatoes. Happy Tuesday!
Are you looking for a nice and tasty recipe to try out today?
Summer gnocchi with avocado pesto and tomatoes anyone? A fresh, fragrant and simple summertime dish.
How To Make Summer Gnocchi With Avocado Pesto And Tomatoes:
Preparation and cooking: 15 minutes
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
1 ripe avocado, such as Hass, halved, pitted and peeled
A large bunch of fresh basil
1 garlic clove, crushed
50g blanched almonds, pine nuts or walnuts
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 tbsp olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
500g pack ready-to-cook gnocchi
100g baby plum or cherry tomatoes, halved
Parmesan cheese shavings, to serve
How To Make Summer Gnocchi With Avocado Pesto And Tomatoes:
- Put the avocado flesh into a blender. Reserve a few basil leaves for garnish and put the rest into the blender with the garlic, nuts, lemon juice and olive oil. Blend for about 20 seconds until smooth, adding a little water if you prefer a thinner consistency.
- Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
- Bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil and cook the gnocchi according to pack instructions. Drain well, return to the saucepan and add the pesto sauce and tomatoes. Heat, stirring gently, for 1-2 minutes.
- Share between 2 warmed plates or bowls and sprinkle with extra black pepper and the reserved basil leaves. Serve with the Parmesan shavings.
*Recipe and recipe photography by Peruvian Avocados *
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This looks amazing
Gnocchi & Pesto was a weekly meal when i lived in Genova Italy , love this twist on it with the Avocados
looks lovely!!
That looks so delicious!Hazel Rea – @beachrambler
Oh that looks really refreshing! Fab images too x
Thanks for stopping by Jayne 🙂
This looks very delicious. I love your photography as well.
Thanks for stopping by Stella, photo credits to Peruvian Avocados 🙂
I love simple summer dishes like this!
Tanks Tamar 🙂
Thanks for the comment Keely 🙂
I've never used Gnocchi as a base for salad before, but it definitely sounds like something I need to try. It looks delicious
Thanks for stopping by Zena 🙂
This most definitely has my name written all over it x
Whoo lovely 🙂
This looks like the perfect summer dish x
Thanks for the comment 🙂
That looks amazingly delicious! I love gnocchi so I'm definitely going to give this a try.
Thanks Nikki 🙂
I'm definitely going to try this – pesto is such a lovely simple sauce.Alana x
Thanks Alana 🙂
Looks amazing ive not had gnocchi for ages and I like the sound of the avocado pesto.
Thanks for stopping by Joanna 🙂
This looks amazing! So yum!
Thanks Heather 🙂