This is a super easy weekday dinner to make and you can prepare it in the morning, stick it in the fridge and then whack in the oven when you are ready to eat. I really enjoy baked gnocchi and in this recipe you get the bottom browning nicely, adding some texture to the meal. I sometimes replace the chicken and bacon with sausage which is nice.
Serves 2 with some leftover for 1 lunch
Ingredients
Olive oil
1 packet fresh gnocchi
1 pack of tenderstem broccoli
1 red onion
2 chicken breasts or 4 boneless chicken thighs
3 rashes of thick cut smoked bacon
10 cherry tomatoes
125g mascapone
1 tablespoon of red pesto
1/2 lemon
Salt and Pepper
20g Parmesan cheese
Method
- Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees
- Chop the chicken and bacon into bitesize pieces
- Slice the red onion
- Add the chicken, bacon, onion, brocolli, tomatoes and gnocchi to a baking tray
- Add a good glug of oil, season with salt and pepper and mix all the ingredients so they are coated
- Bake in the oven for approx 45 minutes until the meat is cooked and the gnocchi is golden brown
- Mix together the mascarpone, pesto, parmesan and lemon with a bit of water to loosen it
- When the tray bake is cooked removed it from the oven and tip in the cheese and pesto sauce mixing it through all the meat and veg
- Serve with some extra virgin olive oil and a sprinkling more parmesan