Gnocchi And Spinach Tomato Soup Recipes

GNOCCHI AND SPINACH TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Bring the vegetable broth to a boil.
• Put spinach in microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 3 minutes.
• Once broth is boiling, add the can of tomato sauce and stir. reduce heat to medium-high.
• Take spinach out of microwave and pull apart.
• Add to tomato mixture and cook for 3 or 4 minutes stirring constantly.
• Season to your taste.
• Add the gnocchi and stir.
• Cook 4 more minutes and serve.

GNOCCHI, SPINACH, AND MEATBALL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-low heat and saute onion until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add chicken stock, bay leaf, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper and bring liquid slowly up to a simmer, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the meatballs. Combine ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, onion powder, Italian seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Mix until well combined. Roll mixture into tiny 1/2-inch meatballs.
• Once the soup is boiling, carefully drop meatballs one by one into the pot. Bring back up to a slow simmer and cook for 20 minutes. Skim off any gray muck that comes to the top with a spoon and discard.
• Add carrots, escarole, and gnocchi and bring soup back to a simmer. Stir in half-and-half, spinach, and herbs. When gnocchi rise to the top, remove from heat.
• Remove bay leaf and serve soup with Parmesan cheese.

GNOCCHI WITH CREAMY TOMATO & SPINACH SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Fry the garlic until golden, then add the tomatoes. Season, then simmer for 10 mins. Stir in mascarpone, then cook for 2 mins more.
• Meanwhile, boil the gnocchi according to pack instructions. Add the spinach for the final min of cooking. Drain well, pour back into the pan, then stir the sauce through. Mix well and serve immediately with basil leaves and Parmesan shavings scattered over, if you like.

ROASTED RED PEPPER & TOMATO SOUP WITH SPINACH GNOCCHI

Steps:

• In a large heavy bottom pot, combine the Olive Oil, onion and garlic.
• Saute over medium heat until onions are soft but not brown.
• Cut the roasted red peppers into large chunks and add to the pot.
• Stir in the sun dried tomatoes, San Marzano Tomatoes, chicken broth, salt, white pepper and sugar.
• Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover and simmer about 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Use a stick blender to blend the soup into a puree. If you don't have a stick blender, you can use a regular blender: Cool the soup slightly. Add small amounts of the soup at a time to the blender but do not fill the blender more than halfway. Hot soup produces steam when blended and the pressure can blow the top off your blender if you are not careful. Once that batch is blended, place the pureed soup in another pot and repeat until all soup is blended smooth.
• Stir in the basil, spinach and heavy cream. Set aside.
• To make the gnocchi: Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
• In a food processor, combine the mashed potatoes, spinach and roasted garlic.
• Pulse several times until well combined.
• Remove from processor and place in a medium bowl.
• Add the eggs, flour and salt.
• Mix just until the dough comes together.
• Turn dough onto heavily floured surface.
• Knead about 20 times. The dough will be sticky so make sure you use plenty of flour on your work surface.
• Divide dough into 6 portions.
• Working with one portion at a time, roll into a rope about the thickness of your index finger.
• Cut into 1 inch segments.
• Place on a floured cookie sheet. Set aside.
• Repeat until all 6 portions have been rolled and cut into segments.
• Add about 20 pieces of gnocchi at a time to the boiling water.
• Cook 2 minutes.
• Remove from the water with a slotted spoon and place in the soup.
• Repeat until all gnocchi has been cooked and is in the soup.
• Stir 1 cup of the gnocchi water into the soup.