Gnocchi in Gorgonzola Cream Sauce with Toasted Almonds

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Makes: 2 servings adjust
Title says it all. Gnocchi tossed in a rich, gorgonzola cream sauce with toasted, slivered almonds. This is a heavy dish and is definitely not for dieters.

Directions

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons Butter

Step 1

Over low heat, slowly melt two tablespoons of butter in a medium saucepan.

Ingredients

  • 1⁄2 clove Minced Garlic, Peel one half clove garlic and mince

Step 2

Add minced garlic and slowly brown it. Too much heat too quickly will burn it, so nice and slow. Make a nice, bubbling mixture of the browned garlic and butter, being careful not to burn either.

Ingredients

  • 1 pint Heavy Cream

Step 3

Slowly stir in one pint of heavy cream.

Ingredients

  • 1 pinch Fine Sea Salt

Step 4

Add to the saucepan.

Ingredients

  • 3 pinches Pepper

Step 5

Add to the saucepan and stir.

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces Gnocchi, Fresh gnocchi are best and are becoming easy to find.

Step 6

In a large pot, bring six cups of water to a boil. Add gnocchi and cook uncovered. Gnocchi will be done cooking when they rise to the top (about 8-10 minutes). Gnocchi should be done cooking about the time the sauce and almonds are done.

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces Gorgonzola, Shred or make into fairly small crumbles

Step 7

Stir in gorgonzola to the butter/cream mixture and bring heat up to medium. Stir to keep mixture from sticking to the pan.

Ingredients

  • 1⁄4 cup Raw Slivered Almonds

Step 8

Spread almonds out over a small sheet pan. Roast in over for five minutes at 250 degress.

Ingredients

  • 1 Egg, yolk only

Step 9

Add egg yolk to butter/cream/cheese mixture and stir rapidly. this will thicken the sauce almost immediately and greatly reduces cooktime. Reduce heat to low and simmer for four minutes. Stir slowly but constantly.
 

Step 10

Take gnocchi off the boil and drain. Rinse quickly in hot water and strain.
 

Step 11

Toss gnocchi with cream sauce.
 

Step 12

Garnish with slivered almonds.
 

Step 13

Enjoy and feel yourself getting fatter with each bite!
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