Spelt Gnocchi With Cheese Sauce -

Spelt Gnocchi With Cheese Sauce

Ingredients

3 oz (85 g) coarsely ground green spelt
1¾ cup (425 ml) vegetable stock, divided
½ cup (125 ml/100 g) low-fat quark or puréed cottage cheese
1 extra-large egg
3 tbsp (15 ml) chopped fresh parsley, divided
1 tsp (5 ml) herbed salt
Whole wheat flour
1 tsp (5 ml) oil
1 small onion
½ oz (15 g) low-fat herbed hard Swiss cheese
4 tbsp (60 ml/60 g) sour cream

Details

Serves: 2

Method

Toast the spelt in a dry skillet (frying pan) on medium heat until fragrant. Bring ¾ cup (175 ml) of the stock to a boil. Stir in spelt and cook, covered, on low heat for 15 minutes. Leave to cool slightly.

Combine quark, egg, 1 tbsp (15 ml) of the pars­ley and herbed salt. Stir in the spelt, then 1 tbsp (15 ml) flour.

Finely chop the onion. Heat the oil, stir in the onion and sauté lightly. Sprinkle with1 heaped tsp (7 ml) flour, cover and brown quickly. Pour in the remaining 1 cup (250 ml) stock and bring to a boil. Grate in the cheese and stir in the sour cream and remaining 2 tbsp (30 ml) parsley. Simmer on low heat.

Form 12 gnocchi from the spelt mixture and cook in a large pot of boiling salted water until they float. Remove and drizzle with cheese sauce.

Per serving:- approx. 337 calories 17 g protein, 13 g fat, 36 g carbohydrates

Related food category:

• Rice, Grain and Pulses