- Vegetarian
- High-protein
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 250g vine cherry tomatoes
- 1 large red onion, sliced into half moons
- 2 small red peppers, diced
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 2 garlic cloves, finely diced or minced
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 500g ricotta (350-370g drained weight)
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 40g vegetarian hard cheese or parmesan, finely grated
- 80g plain flour
- 2 tbsp butter
- 50g rocket
- 1 large handful fresh basil, torn
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan.
Step 2
Drain the ricotta by placing it between sheets of paper towel. Flatten the ricotta onto the bottom sheet of towels using a spatula or wooden spoon. You may need to change the paper towel 6-8 times until the paper towel no longer absorbs as much water from the ricotta. This can take 5-8mins.
Step 3
Add the peppers, tomatoes, red onion, oregano and garlic to a non-stick baking tray and drizzle evenly with oil and season generously with salt and pepper. Pop in the oven and bake for 25-30mins, or until the vegetables have softened and the tomatoes have started to blacken on the skins and release sticky juice.
Step 4
Add the drained ricotta, egg, egg yolk, parmesan, flour and a pinch of salt to a large mixing bowl and mix using a silicone spatula. The consistency should be relatively sticky but can form a ball, although the ball will stick to the bowl.
Step 5
Lightly flour a non-stick surface. Shape the dough into a square and cut into 4 equal parts.
Step 6
In a non-stick pot, boil a pot of water.
Step 7
Stretch each part into a long log. Don’t use too much flour on the surface as a bit of stickiness can help form the log rolls as you stretch it out. Each log should be roughly 2cm thick.
Step 8
Cut along the logs to form your gnocchi pillows. Cut 2cm along the log for each piece of gnocchi.
Step 9
Add the gnocchi to the boiling water, gently stirring as you add them so they don’t stick together. Cook the gnocchi until they float, roughly 2-3mins. Drain and set aside.
Step 10
Drain the boiling water from the non-stick pot, over medium heat, add the butter and begin to melt, you want the butter to brown slightly before adding the boiled gnocchi.. Brown the gnocchi for 1-2mins. Add the grilled vegetables and turn off the heat. Add the rocket and basil and stir through.
Step 11
Serve topped with a sprinkle of extra cheese.
