Chard, Gnocchi and Lardons Fry-up

FOOD STYLING: EMILY KYDD, PROP STYLING: JENNIFER KAY, PHOTO ASSISTANT: SOPHIE BRONZE
Frying gnocchi is my favourite way to cook them, turning them golden and crispy. Dished up here with a pile of succulent greens, lardons and pine nuts, pumpkin gnocchi make this an autumnal 扱う/治療する ? the Dell’Ugo brand comes up trumps with deliciously natural little dumplings and no additives.
SERVES 4
150g smoked or unsmoked lardons
30g pine nuts
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 long shallots, peeled and finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, peeled and 鎮圧するd to a paste
400g young rainbow
chard, stalk-ends trimmed, sliced 1cm 厚い (see tip)
finely grated zest of 1 lemon and a squeeze of juice
400g pumpkin or plain gnocchi, eg Dell’Ugo
freshly grated parmesa n, to serve
sea salt, 黒人/ボイコット pepper
- ?Heat a large (around 28cm) 深い-味方するd nonstick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Scatter the lardons over the base and 動かす-fry for about 6 minutes until golden and crispy, stirring in the pine nuts a couple of minutes before the end. Drain them on a 二塁打 thickness of kitchen paper and discard the fat.
- ?追加する a tablespoon of oil to the pan and 簡潔に fry the shallots until 軟化するd, then 動かす in the garlic. 追加する two thirds of the chard and 動かす-fry until it starts to wilt, then 追加する the 残りの人,物 and continue to cook for several minutes until wilted.
- ?Lightly season and 動かす in the lemon zest, cover with a saucepan lid and cook for 2 minutes until the stalks are just tender. 追加する a squeeze of lemon and 移転 this to a large bowl.
- ?追加する a tablespoon of oil to the pan and 動かす-fry the gnocchi for 3-4 minutes until golden.
- ?Serve the greens with the lardons and pine nuts scattered on 最高の,を越す, the gnocchi to the 味方する with parmesan grated over.
TIP If the chard 要求するs washing, slice it first then wash before giving it a spin in a salad dryer.