Veggie sausage gochujang gnocchi with crispy kale
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- 10 to 30 mins
- Serve
- Serves 4
Creamy, spicy gochujang gnocchi feels indulgent but keeps things light with a few dollops of light cream cheese instead of double cream. The crispy baked kale adds great texture, but you can just stir the kale through at the end if you want a shortcut.
Ingredients
- 100–120g/3½–4½oz kale, leaves roughly torn and any tough stems discarded
- 2–3 tbsp olive oil
- 6–8 vegetarian sausages (about 300g/10½oz)
- 800g/1lb 12oz gnocchi
- 2 shallots, peeled and finely chopped
- 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp gochujang, or to taste
- 4 tbsp light cream cheese
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- freshly grated Parmesan (or a similar vegetarian hard cheese), to serve
Method
Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
Toss the kale with 1 tablespoon oil and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. Transfer to a baking tray and roast for 10 minutes, shaking halfway through, until nice and crisp. Set aside.
Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large frying pan. Cook the sausages in the pan according to packet instructions. Break the sausages up into small pieces in the pan and fry until golden and crisp. Remove from the pan and set aside.
Cook the gnocchi in a large saucepan of boiling water according to packet instructions. Drain and reserve a mug of the gnocchi cooking water.
In the same pan as the sausages, heat the remaining oil, if needed, and fry the shallots and garlic for a few minutes until softened. Stir in the gochujang, cream cheese and a splash of the gnocchi cooking water. Mix until smooth and saucy, adding more gnocchi water if needed to loosen.
Stir in the gnocchi and sausage pieces, tossing it all together. Season with salt and pepper.
Serve in bowls and top each with the crispy kale, a generous sprinkling of Parmesan and an extra crack of black pepper.
Recipe tips
This keeps in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. It may thicken, so gently reheat with a splash of water to loosen.
Swap the veggie sausages for meat sausages if preferred. Just remove from their cases and then the method of cooking works just the same.
Swap the gnocchi for pasta if you like.
To reduce washing up, skip roasting the kale and stir it straight into the dish at the end.
