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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal287
  • fat15g
  • saturates8g
  • carbs19g
  • sugars2g
  • fibre2g
  • protein20g
  • salt0.86g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Boil the kettle. Place the spinach in a large bowl and pour boiling water over it. Leave for 2 mins until wilted, then drain thoroughly. Leave to cool, then wrap a clean tea towel around the spinach. Hold it over the sink and squeeze out as much water as possible. Finely chop.

  • step 2

    Place the spinach, parsley, garlic, ricotta, flour, eggs, cheese and a generous grating of nutmeg into a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Use a fork to stir very thoroughly until everything is completely mixed. Using wet hands, form the mixture into walnut-size balls. Place on a large plate or tray and refrigerate for at least 30 mins.

  • step 3

    When ready to cook, heat the oven to warm and bring a large pan of water to the boil. Reduce the heat to medium and drop in batches of about 8-10 gnocchi at a time. They will sink to the bottom, and when they rise to the top give them about 1 min more, then remove with a slotted spoon and keep warm while you cook the rest. Serve the gnocchi on warm plates drizzled with olive oil and scattered with rocket and more cheese.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2010

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.107 ratings

janeanderson3871bFlDURBl

I am glad I DIDN'T read the comments. I've just made these and while I agree it's lunch for 4 (with salad) or a generous dinner for 2, I enjoyed these. I think previous people probably didn't squeeze out the spinach properly. They also need longer than 1 minute when they rise or they are uncooked in…

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question

Can you check out one of the below comments from aisausa? They comment on lots of recipes trying to get people to go to their YouTube site. Also commented on aubergine rolls with a similar thing.

cbarnesthomas

These are dumplings not gnocchi, gnocchi is made from potatoes.

tatami53

This looks amazingly good. I'm going to try it tomorrow. I wonder... would you add a pesto sauce to it? Or is that too much?

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Matthew Duckworth

I followed this recipe to the letter and the results were excellent. I used two dessert spoons to form rugby ball shaped gnocchi. I agree with people who say it’s enough for two not four (if a main course definitely). The main pitfalls are, I suspect, not squeezing the spinach enough (you have to…

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Matthew Duckworth

Another tip is that if any water comes out when you’re chopping the spinach, you haven’t squeezed it enough. I also use half and half Parmesan/extra mature Cheddar, and my final tip is to wrap the lot in cling film, make it into a square about an inch thick, then when you take it out of the fridge…

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