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Tomato Cannellini Bean Gnocchi with Spinach

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Vegetarian one-pan gnocchi with cannellini beans, tomato sauce, spinach, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, parsley, and oregano.

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30 min625 kcal4 base servingsDinnerVegetarianOne PanFamily Friendly
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Focus ingredients: gnocchi, cannellini beans, passata, baby spinach

Dietary fit: Vegetarian

Serving tip: Add a splash of water if the gnocchi thickens too much before the mozzarella melts.

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Ingredients

What you need

  • 600g gnocchi
  • 2 tins cannellini beans
  • 500g passata
  • 150g baby spinach
  • 250g cherry tomatoes
  • 125g mozzarella
  • 1 onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 15g fresh parsley
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

You'll also need

wide frying pan with lid, grater, knife, chopping board

Method

Step by step

Up to 8 clear steps
  1. Tomato Cannellini Bean Gnocchi with Spinach cooking step 1: Prepare the pan ingredients.
    Step 1

    Prepare the pan ingredients

    Finely chop the onion, grate the garlic, drain and rinse the cannellini beans, halve the cherry tomatoes, tear the mozzarella, and roughly chop the parsley.

    10 min
  2. Tomato Cannellini Bean Gnocchi with Spinach cooking step 2: Soften the onion.
    Step 2

    Soften the onion

    Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a wide frying pan over a medium heat. Cook the onion with a pinch of salt for 5 minutes until soft and glossy.

    5 min
  3. Tomato Cannellini Bean Gnocchi with Spinach cooking step 3: Build the tomato sauce.
    Step 3

    Build the tomato sauce

    Stir in the garlic, dried oregano, and black pepper for 1 minute, then pour in the passata and 100ml water and simmer for 5 minutes until slightly thickened.

    6 min
  4. Tomato Cannellini Bean Gnocchi with Spinach cooking step 4: Simmer gnocchi and beans.
    Step 4

    Simmer gnocchi and beans

    Stir in the gnocchi, cannellini beans, and cherry tomatoes. Simmer for 4 to 5 minutes until the gnocchi is soft and the beans are hot.

    5 min
  5. Tomato Cannellini Bean Gnocchi with Spinach cooking step 5: Wilt the spinach.
    Step 5

    Wilt the spinach

    Fold in the baby spinach and half the parsley for 2 minutes until the spinach wilts and the sauce clings to the gnocchi.

    2 min
  6. Tomato Cannellini Bean Gnocchi with Spinach cooking step 6: Melt the mozzarella.
    Step 6

    Melt the mozzarella

    Dot over the mozzarella, cover for 2 minutes until just melted, then serve with the remaining parsley and extra black pepper.

    3 min