Farmer Sausage & Spinach Gnocchi

 
Serves: 6
Ready In: 45 minutes
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
 

ingredients

  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 lb. farmer sausage
  • 1/4 cup wine or chicken broth
  • 1 can Italian diced tomatoes
  • 2 Tbsp. dried Italian herbs or seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 1 can (15 ounces) white kidney beans
  • 1 package gnocchi (16 ounces)
  • 1 and 1/2 cups fresh spinach ~4-5 ounces
  • 1/2 cup freshly grated mozzarella cheese
  • 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
 

instructions

  1. Chop onion, mince garlic, and coin the sausage.
  2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
  3. In a large skillet, fry onion in olive oil for 4 minutes. Add garlic and stir for 30 seconds.
  4. Add the farmer sausage along with Italian seasoning and paprika. Cook over high heat for 3-4 minutes.
  5. Add wine or broth, undrained tomatoes, rinsed and drained kidney beans, and uncooked gnocchi. Stir until combined. Gently stir in spinach and cook until it wilts.
  6. Transfer into a 9×13 pan and top with cheeses.
  7. Bake for 20 minutes and serve.

from the kitchen of

From the kitchen of Lepp Farm Market

Lepp Farm Market

This is a tasty way to use up farmer sausage and cooking wine. I like the tomato-ey, bean-ey, sausage-ey flavor. See the original recipe on leppfarmmarket.com. This recipe goes great with cornbread muffins.