This easy 15-minute dinner recipe is made with potato gnocchi sautéed with Italian sausage, kale, and parmesan cheese.
My boys and I love Italian sausage, so you’ll find me using it frequently to make dinner, Sausage Pizza Stuffed Peppers and Sausage and Eggplant Baked Pasta to name a few. It’s such an easy way to add incredible depths of flavor to your meals! Today I’m sharing a household favorite, my Sausage and Kale Gnocchi Pasta. With just a few simple ingredients, you’ll have a delicious meal in no time!
Ingredients
- Gnocchi: Classic potato gnocchi is perfect for this dish, but you could get creative with using other types of gnocchi, too!
- Sausage: I use mild or spicy Italian sausage, depending on how my family is feeling!
- Kale: Rich in vitamins and antioxidants, cooking the kale makes it less bitter.
- Garlic: Sweetens up as it cooks and adds that unmistakeable, slightly nutty garlic flavor.
- Parmesan cheese: Grated parmesan is the perfect finishing touch of salty, nutty, savory cheese flavor.
How to Make Sausage and Kale Gnocchi Pasta
Step 1. Start by cooking your gnocchi according to package instructions, reserving 1 cup of the starchy pasta water when finished.
Step 2. While gnocchi is cooking, heat a skillet with cooking oil and cook the Italian sausage until browned, breaking it up as it cooks.
Step 3. Once sausage is cooked, add the chopped kale with some salt and pepper.
Step 4. Then use a microplane to grate the garlic into the pan, and add some of the reserved pasta water. Cover with a lid and let kale steam until wilted.
Step 5. Once kale is wilted and bright green, add the cooked gnocchi to the pan.
Step 6. Finish with freshly grated parmesan cheese, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Top with any fresh herbs you have on hand, and some chili flakes if you like a kick of heat, and enjoy your Sausage and Kale Gnocchi Pasta!
Frequently Asked Questions
Flour, salt, egg, and potato are the ingredients of traditional potato gnocchi, but you can also find pumpkin gnocchi, spinach gnocchi, and gnocchi with cheese mixed into the dough.
You can serve gnocchi like most pastas, in a variety of sauces and with almost any veggie you have in the bottom drawer of your fridge. I like to serve it alongside a garden salad and bread.
Gnocchi are typically boiled like pasta in salted water, and can also be fried until crispy.
More Italian Sausage Recipes
- Sausage Pesto Pasta with Caramelized Onions
- Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash
- Zucchini Zoodles with Sausage and Kale
- Turkey Breakfast Sausage
- Sausage, Kale, and Butternut Squash Soup
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Sausage and Kale Gnocchi Pasta
Ingredients
Instructions
- While preparing DeLallo Potato Gnocchi, reserve 1 cup of the starchy cooking liquid before draining pasta.
- As the pasta cooks, head a deep skillet over medium high heat and spray with cooking spray. Add sausage to the pan and sauté until golden brown, about 8-10 minutes, using a wooden spoon to break the sausage into bite-sized pieces.
- Add chopped kale, garlic and a pinch of salt and pepper to the pan, along with the reserved starchy cooking liquid from the pasta pot. Stir well then cover with a lit to allow the kale to wilt, about 2 minutes.
- Stir the gnocchi into the pan along with the parmesan cheese. Check for seasoning before serving adding salt and pepper to taste if needed.
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