Baked Gnocchi with Cannellini Beans, Spinach, and Tomatoes
        
    
    Updated: 17 Nov 2015
    
        
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
 
- 1 garlic clove, finely diced
 
- 250g cherry tomatoes, halved
 
- 30ml white wine
 
- 1x 400g tin (or slightly smaller if possible) cannellini beans
 
- 150g baby spinach leaves
 
- 250g gnocchi
 
- 60g mozzarella / cheddar cheesse
 
- 25g parmesan cheese
 
- Salt, pepper
 
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200C. Grease a baking dish (small blue one) and set aside. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil.
 
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the garlic, and as soon as it starts to sizzle add the tomatoes and fry for 1 minute. Pour in the wine, and simmer gently until the tomatoes 'pop' and release their juices. Tip in the beans and reduce the heat.
 
- Allow everything to warm throguh then add the spinach and cook briefly until wilted. Season with salt and pepper.
 
- Drop the gnocchi into the boiling water and cook for 2-3 minutes until they float to the surface. Reserve a ladleful of the cooking water. Drain the gnocchi and tip into the sauce. Pour in about 2 tbsp of the reserved cooking water to loosen the sauce, and stir to combine.
 
- Spoon the gnocchi into the greased baking dish then scatter over both kinds of cheese. Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden. Serve hot.