This is my favorite way to eat gnocchi; swimming in a basil-infused broth with bits of spicy sausage, roasted red peppers and fresh baby spinach leaves.
I prefer eating my gnocchi in soup rather than on a plate smothered in sauce. Not because I don’t like them that way. Even when they’re light and airy like clouds they expand later so I feel as if I swallowed a rock. A large, heavy one.
The problem is I tend to eat them like they’re pasta. Which you should definitely not do. Even though they are a type of pasta…gnocchi are made of potato and flour making them much more filling.
Eating them in this creamy soup means I can enjoy a few and still save room for other ingredients. Because there’s more to life than gnocchi.
Potato gnocchi with spicy sausage, roasted red peppers and fresh baby spinach in a creamy broth.
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a large sauce pan or soup pot saute onion and red pepper in a couple of tablespoons olive oil over medium-low heat until tender. Season well with salt and pepper. In a separate, large skillet brown the sausage, breaking it apart as it cooks. Add garlic to onion mixture and saute until fragrant.
- Drain sausage and add to onion mixture along with the basil and chicken broth. Season with salt and pepper, simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add gnocchi and spinach, bring to a simmer and cook until gnocchi puff up and start to float (check package for cooking time). Add half & half and fresh basil, bring to a simmer for three or four minutes. Serve with Parmesan cheese.
Made this tonight and it was so delish! Definitely adding it to my list of regulars.
Thanks Sakre! It’s high on my list of favorites too!
oh my gosh! this is like all my favorite things in a bit pot of soup – delicious!
This looks delicious…easy to make, too!
This does sound like the perfect way to enjoy gnocchi!
What a creamy, wonderful soup and a great way to use gnocchi. Thanks for sending it to Souper Sundays. ;-)