What to do for dinner...
I have homemade gnocchi and great hot sausage from a local farm. I'd love to combine them into a delicious meal. Anyone have ideas for anything else I can add to the dish? I'm feeling low on culinary creativity.
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9 Comments:
garlic, olive oil. if you have any veggies sitting around, saute 'em up.
you can also use the sausage in tomato sauce, but a simple garlic and olive oil sauce would make the sausage stand out more.
NYCEater at 6:40PM on 04/30/09
Broccoli rabe? Spinach? Mm, I love them both :)
Of course, lots of garlic and olive oil!!
sweethunibabi at 8:28PM on 04/30/09
I'd be tempted to use a lighter cream sauce and a little parmesan and garlic but above dishes sound delicious and are better for you. Jealous, I love homemade gnocchi and you have me craving hard now :)
mandoopandoo at 8:51PM on 04/30/09
I agree with the simple approach. Homemade pasta and great sausage, do not need 'dressing' up, let them stand alone and enjoy their simplicity, I would saute with some chicken broth and spinach.
Flour at 9:32PM on 04/30/09
My suggestion: butter & sage sauce..so easy and delicious. I think the sage would go very well with the sausage.
4 tbsp butter
10-15 fresh sage leaves
1 tbsp fresh lemon, or more to taste
On med-low heat brown butter. Add the sage leaves, cook until crispsy.
Add lemon.
Freshly ground pepper. Salt to taste.
Parmesan cheese (optional).
That's it. Enjoy
elaine nan at 9:36PM on 04/30/09
boring but a tasty standby: marinara/red sauce + brown sausage pieces
or you could bake the gnocchi, brown the sausage, sauce the sausage with something good, and stack little appetizer dudes with a toothpick.
joyyy at 11:25PM on 04/30/09
Depending on the seasoning of the sausage, I would either go with the butter and sage sauce or I would keep it even more simple by cooking up the sausage in a skillet and then adding the cooked gnocchi to crisp them up a bit in the fat from the sausage.
I love to get some color on my gnocchi by crisping them up in butter...but if you have that yummy sausage fat, I'd use that instead.
ceebee at 7:40AM on 05/01/09
Sweet bell peppers and caramelized onions. Cut both into strips, saute on the stove until the onions are caramelized and the peppers are soft. Add to gnocchi with balsamic vinegar, and maybe a pinch of red pepper flake if you want a little extra heat. Savory gnocchi, spicy sausage, sweet peppers and onions.....yum. I'd eat that right now.
kimberlymac at 12:10PM on 05/01/09
It's probably way late, but I think something slightly bitter, like a broccoli rabe or spinach (as suggested) or even a chard, would work well to provide contrast and cut the oily mouthfeel of the sausage, so every bite is decadent as the first.
What did you use?
BananaMonkey at 9:53AM on 05/04/09