One-pot gnocchi in truffle cream sauce (easy recipe)
A delicious, creamy, and rich gnocchi recipe that can be eaten alone, or paired with a perfect protein of your choice.
- Prep time
- 3 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 17 ounces of pre-made gnocchi pasta
- 4 slices of bacon
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1/4 cup fresh basil + 2-3 leaves for sprinking at the end
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon truffle balsamic
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup heavy cream
- optional: grate in fresh parmigiano reggiano cheese
Instructions
- 1
Start by chopping up 3 cloves of garlic and a 1/4 cup of basil. They can be roughly chopped. Set aside.
- 2
Then, cube your bacon and fry it in a pan on medium-high heat until it’s crispy and cooked through. Set it aside on a paper towel to drain any excess grease.
- 3
Add your herbs back into the pot and cook down until your garlic looks golden.
- 4
Turn your heat down. Pour in your heavy cream, truffle balsamic and olive oil. stir and give the ingredients about 5 minutes to simmer together.
- 5
Add in your gnocchi and cook according to the package (mine specified 2-3 minutes). You’ll know they fully cooked when you pierce them and they have an even color and texture. If in doubt 2-4 minutes is the rule of thumb.
- 6
The cream sauce will start to thicken because of the starches from the pasta. You want that deliciousness!
- 7
Turn off your heat, and top with bacon and a little bit of fresh basil. You can also grate in some Parmigiano Reggiano.