Creamy Pork Sausage Gnocchi (feat. 'The Leaning Tower' Italian Sausages)

This is the kind of midweek dinner that shouldn’t work this well, but it does. Rich, creamy gnocchi paired with our award-winning Leaning Tower sausages, finished with basil, parmesan and a hit of lemon to balance it out.

Ingredients

• 4 Leaning Tower pork sausages
• 500g gnocchi
• 2 tsp fennel seeds
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 50g butter
• Handful basil leaves
• ½ cup cream
• Parmesan, to serve
• Lemon

Method

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil for the gnocchi.
2. Heat a large pan over medium heat and add the sausage meat, breaking it up as you go. Cook until browned and slightly crispy.
3. Add the fennel seeds and cook for a minute until fragrant, then add the crushed garlic and cook briefly until softened.

4. Cook the gnocchi in the boiling water until they float to the surface, then drain well.
5. Add the gnocchi straight into the pan with the sausage. Add the butter and stir through until melted and coating everything.
6. Pour in the cream and add the basil leaves. Stir gently and cook for around 5 minutes until the sauce thickens and coats the gnocchi.
7. Spoon into bowls, top with grated parmesan and finish with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.

Serves: 3–4
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes

Want more like this?

If this is your style of cooking, you’ll want to check out our creamy sausage orzo using the same award-winning sausages.

Shop the sausages

These recipes work because of the quality of the base product. Our Leaning Tower sausages are made in store and packed with flavour, making them perfect for quick, high-impact meals like this.