Gnocchi Spinach And Meatball Soup Food

GNOCCHI, SPINACH, AND MEATBALL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-low heat and saute onion until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add chicken stock, bay leaf, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper and bring liquid slowly up to a simmer, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the meatballs. Combine ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, onion powder, Italian seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Mix until well combined. Roll mixture into tiny 1/2-inch meatballs.
• Once the soup is boiling, carefully drop meatballs one by one into the pot. Bring back up to a slow simmer and cook for 20 minutes. Skim off any gray muck that comes to the top with a spoon and discard.
• Add carrots, escarole, and gnocchi and bring soup back to a simmer. Stir in half-and-half, spinach, and herbs. When gnocchi rise to the top, remove from heat.
• Remove bay leaf and serve soup with Parmesan cheese.

GNOCCHI AND SPINACH TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Bring the vegetable broth to a boil.
• Put spinach in microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 3 minutes.
• Once broth is boiling, add the can of tomato sauce and stir. reduce heat to medium-high.
• Take spinach out of microwave and pull apart.
• Add to tomato mixture and cook for 3 or 4 minutes stirring constantly.
• Season to your taste.
• Add the gnocchi and stir.
• Cook 4 more minutes and serve.

SKILLET GNOCCHI WITH SPINACH & WHITE BEANS

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add gnocchi and cook, stirring often, until plumped and starting to brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and keep warm.
• Add the remaining oil and onion the pan and cook over medium heat for about 7 to 10 minutes, till soft and lightly caramelized. Stir in garlic and cook 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add the spinach, tomatoes, beans, pepper to the onions and garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in gnocchi and sprinkle with mozzarella and Parmesan. Cover just till cheese melts about 1 minute.
• *optional version* Add reaming oil and onion to the pan and cook, stirring, over medium heat for 2 minutes. Stir in garlic and 1/2 cup water. Cover and cook until the onion is soft about 4 minutes.

CHICKEN, SPINACH & GNOCCHI SOUP

Steps:

• Bring a medium saucepan of cold water to a boil over high heat, then salt.
• Add the gnocchi and cook, stirring occasionally for three minutes; Drain and set aside.
• Meanwhile, put l/4 cup of the chicken broth, garlic, butter and sugar in a large saucepan over medium-low heat.
• Bring it to a simmer, and cook uncovered, until under garlic is tender, about 1 minute.
• Add the spinach and let it wilt for about 30 seconds.
• Add the remaining 3 l/4 cups chicken broth and the chicken.
• Add salt, but be careful because the cheese is salty, and a generous amount of pepper, to taste.
• Ladle the soup into warmed shallow bowls and shower each with some freshly grated cheese.

ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP WITH GNOCCHI

Steps:

• To make the meatballs it's really easy. Just mix all the meatball ingredients together in a big bowl and then shape them into walnut sized meatballs (about 40-45) and set aside while you prepare the soup.
• To make the soup, heat the olive oil over medium high heat and add the celery, onions, carrots and cook 5-7 minutes until the vegetables begin to soften. Add the broth, cover the pot and bring to a boil.
• Once the soup is at a boil, turn down the heat a little and slowly add the little chicken dumplings and simmer for about 10 minutes than add the gnocchi and simmer for another 5 minutes. Now add the peas and parsley and continue cooking for another 2 minutes.
• The soup is done when the meatballs and gnocchi are cooked through.