Lunch/Dinner Gnocchi with Sausage, Courgette & Chilli

Serves : 4

Preparation Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Gnocchi with Sausage, Courgette & Chilli

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli, finely chopped
  • 6 pork and leek sausages
  • 1 medium courgette, cut into small dice
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 2 sprigs thyme, leaves picked and chopped
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • 1 x 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
  • 200ml chicken stock
  • 500g gnocchi
  • Parmesan to serve, freshly grated

Equipment

  • Saute pan
  • Medium saucepan
  • Colander
  • Pasta plate to serve

Method

  1. Heat a large sauté pan until medium hot. Add the olive oil, shallots and chilli and sweat gently for a few minutes while you prepare the sausages.

  2. Slice the skin on the sausage and discard then cut the sausage meat into 4 pieces.

  3. Add to the sauté pan and cook until browned on each side, then add the courgettes, garlic, thyme, chilli flakes, tinned tomatoes and stock.

  4. Season with salt and black pepper then bring to the boil, turn the heat down, cover and simmer for 10-12 minutes until the sausages are cooked through.

  5. Meanwhile, cook the gnocchi according to the pack instructions and drain.

  6. Add to the sausage sauce, stir well then cook for another minute.

  7. Check the seasoning and serve straight away, with a grating of parmesan on top.