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Creamy broccoli gnocchi bake

10
Points® value
Total Time
30 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
25 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
Looking for comfort food, fast? Soft, fluffy gnocchi baked with broccoli in a cheesy, creamy sauce and served with a side of spinach is just the thing.

Ingredients

Broccoli, raw

300 g, Tenderstem

Gnocchi, Fresh

500 g

Medium fat soft cheese

180 g

Garlic

2 clove(s), crushed

Vegetable stock cube

1 cube(s), 150ml

Ground Nutmeg

¼ teaspoon(s), level

Lemon

½ zest(s) of 1

Vegetarian parmesan style hard cheese

2 tablespoon(s), grated

Calorie controlled cooking spray

4 spray(s)

Spinach

360 g, young leaf

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C, fan 180°C, gas mark 6. Cook the broccoli and gnocchi for 2 minutes in a large pan of boiling water. Drain and put into a 1.5-litre baking dish.
  2. In a bowl, combine the soft cheese, half the garlic and all of the stock, nutmeg and lemon zest. Pour the sauce over the broccoli and gnocchi and toss to combine, then scatter over the grated hard cheese. Bake for 20 minutes, until golden and bubbling.
  3. Meanwhile, mist a large frying pan with cooking spray and set over a medium-high heat. Add the spinach, a handful at a time, and cook for 4-5 minutes until wilted. Season to taste, then stir in the remaining garlic and cook for a final 1 minute.
  4. Serve the gnocchi bake with the spinach on the side.

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