Gnocchi Carbonara

EASY ITALIAN

This easy gnoochi carbonara, comes together in less than 30 minutes. It’s packed with crispy bacon and tossed in the creamiest

carbonara sauce, your whole family will love. This one pan meal traditional  has few ingredients, I added a few more,  spinach and sun dried

tomatoes, to add another depth of flavor, you don’t have to, if you want to keep it traditional.

The trickiest part of this easy recipe, is adding the cheese and eggs to the gnoochi, to create the famous carbonara sauce.

I find it works best adding the beaten eggs and cheese mixture when the gnoochi are off the burner,

to provide gentle heat to cook the eggs without scrambling them.

Pour the egg and cheese mixture over the

gnoochi while tossing them the entire time to coat them with the carbonara sauce.

The heat from the hot pan is hot enough to cook the eggs to a safe temperature without scrambling  them.

At the restaurant these are make by hand, by prep cooks. using equal parts of flour, mashed potatoes or ricotta.

This recipe is made simple for the home cook, that doesn’t have a prep cook or hours  to make home made gnoochi.

Talk about time, I finally took down my Christmas tree usually I un decorate on the first. this year has been busy.

The blog is growing, so thankful to you all, with more growth,more time is required, so I like to keep meals simple for me and my readers.

For this recipe I used  dry off the shelve potato gnoochi, you can use the refrigerator kind as well. If your using the one

pan method it doesn’t work with homemade gnoochi’s., homemade gnoochi  need to be cooked in boiling water than tossed in the sauce.

Using store bought means you can have this dinner on your table in 30 minutes, but your family and friends will think it took

hours to prepare.

They cook  quickly in the sauce in this deep covered    saute pan,   

I like simple recipes, that come together in less than an hour, but from the looks of the meal we can tell our friends

it took hours. Serve it up in pretty white dinner plates  

add some festive napkins and you have a restaurant quality dinner

that comes together in 30 minutes, is quick and easy for family weekday dinners and

just fancy enough for special occasions.

Frying the bacon and  deglazing the pan with the chicken stock, and cream makes the sauce  creamy, and rich in  flavor.

You can use white wine in place of the chicken stock, because I don’t drink I give the non-alcoholic version.

I often use wine when cooking, Am okay with that, but for some who aren’t there are alternatives, use what feels and tastes good to you,

it doesn’t change the flavor enough where people notice.

No matter what you use, be sure you use the best and freshest ingredients

you can find, that will make the different between just so-so to WOW!!!!!

I hope you try this and the part I like  best…..Let me know how you liked it!!!! And please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram

Enjoy restaurant style cooking at home!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

1 box store bought potato gnoochi

4 slices bacon chopped

2 eggs + 2 egg yolks

2 cups spinach chopped

1 cup parmesan cheese

1/2 cup  chopped sun dried tomatoes

4 cups chicken stock

2 Tbs. chopped garlic

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 Tbs. each chopped Italian parsley, basil, and thyme

2  tablespoons butter

salt and pepper to taste

Instruction

Heat butter in large deep saute pan over medium heat, add bacon

fry bacon until crispy then add onion and garlic saute until translucent add chopped sun dried tomatoes,

simmer 5 minutes add chicken stock and gnocchi simmer until gnoochi are tender about 10 minutes,

remove pan from burner

mix eggs, egg yolks, parmesan, spinach  and herbs mix into gnoochi pan.

Top with additional parmesan and ENJOY!!!!