Gnocchi with Blue Cheese Sauce

Om nom nom nom nom!!!

This was a DELICIOUS meal!

The recipe was loosely based on one from Tom Kitchin’s book ‘From Nature to Plate’- an already much-loved Christmas present! This recipe was the very first to catch my eye as I flicked through on Christmas day, and may seem somewhat out of place amongst the octopus carpaccios and game pithiver. Nevertheless, it promised a hearty-home-cooked meal, and it delivered without a doubt!!

Step 1:

Make the gnocchi as described in this post here. Plain ones worked very well with this meal, as the blue cheese is very strong. Then pan-fry in a little oil and butter.

Step 2:

Prepare your veg- I used runner beans (boiled and blanched) and roasted some old leftover cherry tomatoes too.

Step 3:

Make your blue cheese sauce. Heat equal amounts of cream and milk together in a pan, then stir in twice as much blue cheese. I used some old stilton left from Christmas, but any blue cheese will do!

Step 4:

Toss the beans, tomatoes and gnocchi together, and pour the sauce over the top.

Ta dah! Guaranteed to make you ‘ohh’ and ‘ahh’, especially if you’re a blue cheese freak like me!

Plus, it’s pretty frugal! It used up loads of leftovers for me, so it was pretty much free, but with cheap blue cheese it shouldn’t cost more than about £1 a portion!

Lush.