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#WFD – Creamy Bacon and Broccoli Gnocchi Bake

Place in the oven until the cheese is melted and golden brown on top

POLOKWANE – Gnocchi are various thick, small, and soft dough dumplings that may be made from semolina, ordinary wheat flour, egg, cheese, potato, breadcrumbs, cornmeal, or similar ingredients.

What’s for Dinner describes this dish as a deliciously rich and creamy dish, baked potato gnocchi dumplings tossed with crispy bacon and broccoli florets.

Ingredients

– 500g ready-made potato gnocchi
– 30ml butter
– 200g diced bacon
– 300g broccoli florets
– 300ml milk
– 1 x KNORR Naturally Tasty Creamy Chicken & Broccoli Bake Recipe Mix
– 100 ml cream
– ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese

Method

– Preheat oven to 200C
– Fill a 3lt pot with salted water and bring to the boil
– When boiling add the potato gnocchi
– After a few minutes the gnocchi will start to float to the surface of the pot
– Using a slotted spoon remove the gnocchi from the boiling water and set aside – the gnocchi is now cooked
– Melt butter in a pan and fry the diced bacon then toss through the broccoli florets
– Add the milk and stir in the contents of the sachet of KNORR Naturally Tasty Creamy Chicken & Broccoli Bake Recipe Mix then stir in the cream
– Add the cooked potato gnocchi and mix well to combine then transfer to an ovenproof casserole dish
– Top with grated Parmesan cheese and freshly ground black pepper
– Place in the oven until the cheese is melted and golden brown on top

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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