10 minute ham & spinach gnocchi

This is a really quick meal I put together based on recipe adapted from "Economy Gastronomy: Eat well for less". I give the ingredient volumes I used in making a quick meal just for me, with the ingredients I had available, and suggestions for others I might have tried. The original recipe included a tin of tomatoes, which would have taken more time to reduce, so I replaced this with a few fresh tomatoes, as there are plenty in the greenhouse currently.

John Holland @cook_25498087

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Ingredients

10 minutes

1 - simple to increase for more

1 tbspolive oil
1/2red (or yellow) pepper, finely chopped
6-8cherry tomatoes, chopped into quarters
1spring onion, thinly sliced
1-2 tsppaprika (according to taste)
2medium mushrooms, roughly chopped
3-4 slicesham, roughly chopped
handfulbaby spinach, chopped (or other green leaves)
8-10green beans (dwarf beans, French beans or similar)
100-125 ggnocchi
grated Parmesan

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Steps

10 minutes

1

Boil water for the beans and gnocchi in a small pan
2

Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan or wok, and fry the pepper until it starts to colour slightly.
3

Add chopped tomatoes, spring onion and paprika to the pepper, and leave to simmer gently.
4

Drop the green beans into the boiling water in the second pan, and add gnocchi about two minutes later. Generally, the beans need about 5 minutes and the gnocchi about 3 minutes. Drain when tender.
5

Add the mushrooms to the tomato mixture, and cook for a couple of minutes to reduce. Then add the ham and spinach, and continue to heat briefly, just to gently warm the spinach so that it doesn't get soggy.
6

Drain the beans and gnocchi, and pour onto a warm shallow bowl. Add the sauce and stir.
7

Serve with grated Parmesan and enjoy