This Baked Gnocchi recipe is about to be high up on that list of loved vegetarian family meals. Affordable, ready in 30 minutes, very little effort, super tasty = winner!

This Cheesy Baked Gnocchi recipe is a complete meal, all cooked in one pan. Just what we love. (In fact, I’ve written a whole book of One Pot Recipes – I love them that much!)

Here’s how this one works:

➡️ Roast the veggies

➡️ Add gnocchi and roast a bit more

➡️ Pour over instant sauce and bake

Boom! That’s it. This is so adaptable. Swap out the broccoli for something else, add in some meat or other protein if you fancy. But either way, don’t forget the cheese.

Recipe Tip

If you’re new to gnocchi (and if you are – please also try my Chorizo Gnocchi Pan-Fry because it’s divine), these little blobs of happiness are pronounced noh-kee.

They’re a Italian soft, dumpling-style pasta that’s made with a dough that usually includes potato, semolina or plain wheat flour, and egg.

They work really well with plenty of sauce, and you can cook it separately or, like this recipe, you can throw it in with the sauce to cook.

In testing this recipe, we started off with a cream based sauce but felt that it was a little heavy and rich for a mid week dinner.

So in our later tests, and this version, we used an instant white sauce cheat type method which I’ve used in a few recipes elsewhere and absolutely love.

The mustard, garlic powder and plenty of Parmesan add flavour and the gnocchi roasts just enough to have a little bite and texture.

Baked Gnocchi Ingredients

• Broccoli – This needs to be cut very small so it cooks quickly enough.
• Onion – You can use fresh or pre-chopped frozen for this, again chop small.
• Gnocchi – I used dried gnocchi but you can use fresh if you prefer.
• Cornflour – NOT regular flour. PLEASE NOTE that cornflour in the UK is NOT the same as it in the US! There it’s known as ‘corn starch’. Corn flour in the US is something different (the same as cornmeal in the UK), so please don’t use this.
• Milk – Semi-skimmed or whole is fine.
• Crème fraîche – Regular or half fat is fine.
• Grated Parmesan cheese – Or a vegetarian alternative if you prefer.

How To Make Baked Gnocchi

1. Roast the broccoli and onion as per the recipe below.

2. Add the gnocchi and more oil and return to the oven.

3. Mix up the sauce as per the recipe below.

4. Pour over, sprinkle on the remaining cheese and bake one last time!

Substitutions

• Meat – You can add in meat if you’d like to. Bacon lardons would work well.
• Veggies – Similarly, add any veggies you think would work here. Perhaps peas or sweetcorn?

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.