Gnocchi with Pesto, Bacon and Tomatoes
This pesto gnocchi dish is a recurring favourite for Friday or Sunday night dinner in our house. For me it really is a dish made from fridge and pantry staples. I always have a packet or two of gnocchi in the cupboard, bacon in the fridge and tomatoes on the bench. And more often than not I will have the ingredients for a pesto in the fridge or have a batch in the fridge or freezer. Worst case, I tend to keep a jar of pesto in the cupboard as well, for those emergency meals!
The dish is super quick and easy to make – everything is ready in the time the water takes to come to the boil then it’s minutes to cook the gnocchi. I t is also amazingly tasty and with the colours popping off the plate it is fun to eat! In my opinion this beats a takeaway hands down every time!
In this version I have used my rocket pesto but you can substitute for an flavoured pesto you have – be it a traditional basil or a sun dried tomato variety. It really is up to you!
