Pesto Gnocchi with bacon

Name: Pesto Gnocchi with bacon
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 cloves Garlic; 1 bunch Parsley, or basil; 70 g Almonds; 70 g Parmesan cheese; 1 tsp Pepper; 50 ml Olive oil; 500 g Potato gnocchi (Main); 2 fillets White anchovies, finely diced; 70 g Pine nuts; 1 bunch Asparagus, or peas/broadbeans; 200 g Streaky bacon, Freerange and chopped; 1 small handful Pea shoots; 1 large handful Parmesan cheese

for 2 people

Reader Recipes

By Paul Higson

This is an easy to prepare dish and an interesting way to get healthy green veges in your diet. It is seasonally adaptable as well. It encompasses many of my favourite ingredients.

Ingredients

2 cloves	Garlic
1 bunch	Parsley, or basil
70 g	Almonds
70 g	Parmesan cheese
1 tsp	Pepper
50 ml	Olive oil
500 g	Potato gnocchi (Main)
2 fillets	White anchovies, finely diced
70 g	Pine nuts
1 bunch	Asparagus, or peas/broadbeans
200 g	Streaky bacon, Freerange and chopped
1 small handful	Pea shoots
1 large handful	Parmesan cheese

Directions

Put the first 6 ingredients in a food processor and mix until smooth. This is your pesto.
Heat a pot of water till boiling. Add the gnocchi and cook for 5 minutes till floating and fluffy.
Chop the anchovies finely and the bacon and then fry. Near the end add pine nuts to lightly brown and then the asparagus.
Toss Gnocchi, pesto, bacon, pine nuts, asparagus and half the remaining Parmesan cheese. Put the rest on the side to add to taste on the table. Garnish with the pea shoots.