Potato Gnocchi with Peas and Prosciutto
Sep
25th
I was delighted when I found out my recipe for Potato Gnocchi with Peas and Prosciutto was selected as a FoodBuzz 24×24 participant in the month of September 2011! This month the goal is a delicious, budget-friendly meal using mostly items in your pantry. Although I didn’t have prosciutto on hand, I had all the other ingredients to prepare this dish.
This recipe combines a lot of my favorite tastes and textures. The Potato Gnocchi are soft, light, and chewy. The peas are sweet with a slight bite to them. And, the prosciutto is salty with a hint of crunch around the edges. It all works really well together and is colorful too! And it comes together rather quickly.
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Potato Gnocchi with Peas and Prosciutto
Serves: 4
Weight Watchers PointsPlus®: 10
Ingredients:
16 oz. frozen potato gnocchi
1 T. olive oil
3 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
1/4 pound prosciutto, chopped
1 1/2 c. frozen peas, thawed
1 c. chicken broth
1 T. butter
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
¼ c. grated Parmesan cheese
Directions:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add gnocchi and cook until tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain well.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium heat until shimmering. Add the garlic and cook until golden brown; remove and discard.
- Add the prosciutto and cook 1 to 2 minutes. Then, add the peas and chicken broth and simmer until the liquid has reduced by half.
- Add the butter and continue to cook over low heat, stirring until thickened into a sauce; season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Add the cooked gnocchi and stir until evenly coated with sauce. Top with grated Parmesan cheese and serve.
mjskit September 25, 2011 at 9:24 pm
This looks absolutely delicious! I love the combination of peas and prosciutto. Great recipe!
Karis' Kitchen September 28, 2011 at 7:47 am
Great job with the 24×24 this month! I also participated and am looking forward to meeting you in San Francisco…or let me know if you’d like to meet before then. I was surprised to see that you live in Waukesha, I’m in Menomonee Falls
Meggan September 28, 2011 at 8:37 am
I actually just moved out of Waukesha in August, now I live in LA! It was a HUGE change and I do miss Wisconsin, at least some things. I’ll think about you guys when the snow starts falling.
It is fun to meet someone else from Wisconsin though who is going to the conference. I figured I would go even before I knew I was moving (we had about 4 weeks to get out here). I wondered who else would be there. Keep in touch and see you in San Fran!
Natalie@DeconstructingTheHome October 6, 2011 at 12:19 pm
This looks delicious! I’ll eat anything with proscuitto. I might try making this with sweet potatoes instead to see how they turn out (I’m a little obsessed with sweet poatoes right now). Thanks for sharing!
raquel October 22, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Just what I am looking for an affordable recipe and not only that this is easy to prepare…congratulation for being one of the participant on FoodBuzz.