Coriander pesto gnocchi

Ingredients

• 500 grams Desiree Potatoes
• 200 grams grated parmesan cheese
• 1 egg
• Plain flour
• 2 bunches coriander, washed and picked
• 50 grams unsalted cashews, toasted
• 60 grams grated parmesan cheese
• Sea salt & cracked white pepper
• 120 ml olive oil
• 6 slices prosciutto
• 1 punnet cherry tomatoes
• 1 Spanish Onion, peeled and cut into wedges
• Handful of baby spinach

Method

1. Boil the peeled desiree potatoes in salted water until they are cooked through. Drain thoroughly then push them through a ricer or mouli on the finest setting.
2. In a food processor puree the picked coriander together with the toasted cashews, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and olive oil until it forms a bright green thickened liquid.
3. On the bench dusted with plain flour, add the desiree potatoes, grated parmesan cheese, one egg(whisked), salt & pepper and flour until it forms a dough the consistency of playdough.
4. Roll this dough into long logs, then cut them through and cook them until they rise to the surface for a minute in a pot of rapidly boiling salted water.
5. Remove from the water and run under cold water until cold, then coat with a little vegetable oil and keep in the fridge for up to four days.
6. In a frying pan, crisp up the prosciutto and set aside. In the same pan with a little vegetable oil, toss the Spanish Onion wedges until they are caramelized. Add the cherry tomatoes until they have just blistered and then remove and let cool slightly
7. In a large frying pan with vegetable oil, cook the gnocchi until it caramelizes then toss through the vegetables and crisp prosciutto. Serve on a platter and top with shaved parmesan

• dinner
• gnocchi
• pasta
• pesto