Gnocchi with creamy mushrooms

Today was a fairly productive day, so dinner had to live up to it. Admittedly, I had a particularly pleasant lunch today, Italian at that, with noodles (pasta, I mean) and focaccia as a starter. But I was in a hurry and didn’t finish it, and besides, I deserved this.

So here is the simplest recipe for what is not really a sauce, more an accompaniment to gnocchi (though you can happily add it to pasta too): mushrooms in Camembert. Incredibly simple, if not downright basic, but the flavour is perfect. The cheese brings out all the goodness in the mushrooms and shallots. So there’s nothing for it but to make it and eat it.

It goes perfectly with gnocchi, so yes, I wholeheartedly recommend it.

At a glance:

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Serves: two small portions or one generous portion

How many calories: a few more

Ingredients for gnocchi with mushrooms:

• 8 large button mushrooms
• 75 grams of Camembert (roughly 2/3 of a standard 125 gram pack)
• 3 good-sized shallots
• freshly ground black pepper
• salt
• olive oil
• gnocchi 

Recipe for delicious gnocchi:

I peeled the mushrooms and diced them very finely. I heated olive oil in a large frying pan and added the mushrooms. I fried them over medium „heat” (on my induction hob, 5 on a scale of 1 – 10). While the mushrooms were frying, I diced the shallots as finely as the mushrooms and added them to the pan.

I fried them for about 10 – 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. When the mushrooms had browned and the shallots were translucent, I added the finely chopped Camembert. I stirred thoroughly so the cheese would melt nicely. I also turned down the „heat” (to 4 on my hob).

I cooked the gnocchi (gnocchi recipe, though of course you can also buy them in a shop). I drained them and added them to the pan with the mushrooms. I mixed thoroughly, added a little salt and quite a lot of freshly ground pepper, and heated everything for another 2 – 3 minutes. The gnocchi with very creamy, and probably rather calorific, mushrooms are ready. Enjoy!