Potato Gnocchi In Burnt Butter Sauce

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 500 g potato gnocchi
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 80 g butter, cut into cubes (don't substitute oil or margarine in this recipe)
• 8 fresh sage leaves, roughly chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
• 80 g fresh parmesan cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 to cook gnocchi bring a large pan of water to the boil.
• 2 add salt.
• 3 add gnocchi.
• 4 cook gnocchi just until it floats to the top- do not overcook, this will only take a couple of minutes.
• 5 drain and divide gnocchi into serving bowls.
• 6 to cook sauce start preparing the sauce while the water for the gnocchi is coming to the boil.
• 7 melt butter in a small frypan over a medium heat.
• 8 when the butter starts to foam, tip the pan often to check the colour of the butter.
• 9 as soon as the butter begins to take on a golden brown tinge, add the garlic and sage.
• 10 give the mixture a stir, then remove the pan immediately from the heat.
• 11 the sage and garlic will continue to cook in the heat of the butter and the pan, while you drain the gnocchi and divide it into serving bowls.
• 12 spoon the burnt butter sauce over the gnocchi, distributing the pieces of garlic and sage evenly.
• 13 using a spoon, turn the gnocchi over lightly in each bowl so that it is evenly covered with sauce.
• 14 sprinkle over parmesan cheese and serve immediately.