Butternut Squash Gnocchi With Whiskey Cream Sauce

Butternut Squash Gnocchi With Whiskey Cream Sauce

  Ready in : 45 mins

Butternut Squash Gnocchi With Whiskey Cream Sauce is a main course that serves 4. One serving contains 539 calories, 14g of protein, and 23g of fat. For $4.03 per serving, this recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Foodista has 72 fans. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. If you have eggs, parmesan cheese, heavy cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. A few people really liked this Mediterranean dish. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 60%. This score is pretty good.

Ingredients

butternut squash

butternut squash

1 small

parmesan cheese

parmesan cheese

0.5 cup

nutmeg

nutmeg

0.75 tsp

salt

salt

1 tsp

bell pepper

bell pepper

4 servings

eggs

eggs

2

butter

butter

3 Tb

flour

flour

2 Tb

shallots

shallots

2

garlic

garlic

4 cloves

chicken stock

chicken stock

2 cups

bourbon

bourbon

1 cup

heavy cream

heavy cream

0.33333334 cup

salt and pepper

salt and pepper

4 servings

thyme leaves

thyme leaves

4 servings

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

    oven
    oven
  2. 2
    Cut the squach in half.

  3. 3
    Remove the seeds and lay on a oiled, rimmed baking sheets. Roast the squash until soft30-40 minutes.

    squash

    squash

    seeds

    seeds

    baking sheet
    baking sheet
  4. 4
    Scoop the flesh of the squash out and place it in the food processor. Puree until completely smooth.

    squash

    squash

    food processor
    food processor
  5. 5
    Mix the pureed squash with Parmesan cheese, nutmeg, salt, pepper and eggs. Then add the flour into the mixture and work together by hand. It will be very sticky.

    parmesan

    parmesan

    nutmeg

    nutmeg

    pepper

    pepper

    squash

    squash

    all purpose flour

    all purpose flour

    egg

    egg

    salt

    salt

  6. 6
    Once smooth, flour a work surface and a large piece of parchment paper. Flour your hands and grab a handful of dough.

    dough

    dough

    all purpose flour

    all purpose flour

    baking paper
    baking paper
  7. 7
    Roll into a long strip, about inch wide.

    roll

    roll

  8. 8
    Cut the strip into pieces.

  9. 9
    This is the tricky part~

  10. 10
    Place each piece in the palm of your hand (or on the cutting board) and gently roll with a fork to create ridges.

    roll

    roll

    cutting board
    cutting board
  11. 11
    Place each piece on the floured parchment paper and repeat with the rest of the dough.

    dough

    dough

    baking paper
    baking paper
  12. 12
    Bring a large pot of water to boil. Boil half the gnocchi, then remove and repeat. With each batch, boil until all the gnocchi floatsabout 5 minutes.

    gnocchi

    gnocchi

    water

    water

    pot
    pot
  13. 13
    Meanwhile, heat another large skillet over medium heat.

    frying pan
    frying pan
  14. 14
    Add the butter and flour, whisk until smooth.

    butter

    butter

    all purpose flour

    all purpose flour

    whisk
    whisk
  15. 15
    Then add the shallots and garlic.

    shallot

    shallot

    garlic

    garlic

  16. 16
    Saute for 3 minutes.

  17. 17
    Then add the bourbon and chicken stock.

    chicken stock

    chicken stock

    bourbon

    bourbon

  18. 18
    Whisk and raise heat. Bring the sauce to a boil. Allow the sauce to reduce down to a thin gravy-like consistency. Then lower the heat to medium-low and add the cream. Salt and pepper to tasteusually about 1 tsp. of salt.

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    cream

    cream

    gravy

    gravy

    salt

    salt

    whisk
    whisk
  19. 19
    Once the gnocchi are finished cooking, remove them with a skimmer and place them directly into the cream sauce. Stir to coat.

    gnocchi

    gnocchi

    skimmer
    skimmer
  20. 20
    Serve the gnocchi warm and garnish with fresh thyme leaves!

    fresh thyme

    fresh thyme

    gnocchi

    gnocchi

  21. 21
    Serves

  22. 22
    If the cream sauce thickens too much, add a little water from the gnocchi pot to thin it out!

    gnocchi

    gnocchi

    water

    water

    pot
    pot