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'Gorgeous': Nici Wickes' minimum-fuss baked Gnocchi & Pumpkin

Publish Date
Sat, 28 Feb 2026, 10:32am
Kitchen knives. Photo / 123RF
Kitchen knives. Photo / 123RF

'Gorgeous': Nici Wickes' minimum-fuss baked Gnocchi & Pumpkin

Publish Date
Sat, 28 Feb 2026, 10:32am

Baked gnocchi & pumpkin  

A gorgeous dish which is one of the easiest ways to get a tasty meal on the table with minimum fuss and maximum flavour and it freezes well too. 

Serves 2  

Ingredients:

  • ½ butternut pumpkin 
  • 1 red onion, sliced thinly 
  • ½ red capsicum, sliced  
  • 2 tbsps olive oil  
  • Salt & pepper to season 
  • ½ cup crème fraiche
  • ¾-1 cup vegetable stock
  • 2 tbsps chopped fresh rosemary 
  • 250g store-bought gnocchi 
  • Few big handfuls fresh spinach leaves
  • 50g each blue cheese & grated cheddar  

Method:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 200 C fan bake.  
  2. Cut butternut (or other pumpkin) into large bite sized chunks. Toss pumpkin, onions and capsicum in oil and season well with salt and pepper. Roast on a tray for 20-25 minutes or until softened. 
  3. In an oven proof dish, whisk together ½ cup sour cream or crème fraiche with ¾ cup liquid vegetable stock and rosemary. Tumble in gnocchi straight from the packet. Add a few handfuls of spinach leaves and the roasted vegetables, when ready. Toss together. Sprinkle over cheeses and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden. 
  4. Serve with salad.  

Note: you can add more stock if it looks too dry.  

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