Creamy Avocado Pesto Gnocchi | BOSH! | BOSH!

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Italian
vegan

Ingredients

  • 2 x 400g butter beans drained and patted dry
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Bosh! Sweet & Smoky BBQ Seasoning
  • 1 large ripe avocado
  • 25 g fresh basil leaves reserve a few for garnish
  • 30 g pine nuts reserve a few for garnish
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 4 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • lemon juice Juice of 1 lemon
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 100 ml pasta water reserved
  • sea salt
  • black pepper
  • 500 g shop-bought gnocchi
  • lemon zest to finish

Method

  1. Step 1

    Smash the butter beans on a lined tray with a fork to your preferred texture.

  2. Step 2

    Toss the butter beans with olive oil and the Bosh! seasoning and roast at 210C fan for 15 minutes, shaking halfway, until crisp and golden.

  3. Step 3

    Bring a large pan of salted water to a rolling boil.

  4. Step 4

    Drop in the gnocchi and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until they float to the surface.

  5. Step 5

    Scoop out 100ml of the cooking water, then drain the gnocchi.

  6. Step 6

    Scoop the avocado flesh into a blender with the basil, pine nuts, garlic, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, olive oil and a good pinch of salt.

  7. Step 7

    Blitz until smooth and silky.

  8. Step 8

    Loosen with the reserved pasta water, a splash at a time, until it's a glossy sauce that coats the back of a spoon.

  9. Step 9

    Return the drained gnocchi to the warm pan off the heat.

  10. Step 10

    Pour over the avocado pesto and toss gently until every piece is coated.

  11. Step 11

    Taste and adjust the salt, pepper and lemon.

  12. Step 12

    Divide the gnocchi between bowls.

  13. Step 13

    Pile the crispy butter beans on top and scatter with the remaining basil, pine nuts and lemon zest.

  14. Step 14

    Eat immediately.