One-pan sausage, roasted squash and gnocchi

Midweek meals never tasted so good

This midweek one-pan sausage, roasted squash, and gnocchi is a real family crowd-pleaser.

• SERVES: 4
• PREP TIME: 5 mins
• COOKING TIME: 35
• DIFFICULTY: easy
• IDEAL FOR: midweek meal, crowd-pleaser, Saturday lunch
• BUDGET: £

I love this dish.

It’s a new one to me and was inspired by the Pipers Farm Cookbook.

The biggest adaptation I made was to not make squash gnocchi.

I didn’t have the time, although it sounds lovely.

So, I went for bought gnocchi (which I often keep in my freezer).

And roasted the squash to add to the dish as its own ingredient – let it sing!

One-pan sausage, roasted squash and gnocchi

Well, it’s almost one pan.

You do have to use a roasting tray for the squash and sausages.

But then you’re done.

And I serve this dish in the middle of the table from the pan I cooked it in.

It looks fab and then people can serve themselves.

Ingredients

• Olive oil
• 6 pork sausages
• 1 butternut squash, peeled and chopped into large chunks
• 1 tbsp butter
• 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1 small bunch of fresh thyme, chopped
• 3 sprigs of fresh sage, leaves picked
• 250 ml white wine
• 200 ml single cream
• 200 g baby spinach
• 1 small bunch of parsley, chopped

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F.
2. Place the butternut squash into a large roasting dish, drizzle with some olive oil, and season.
3. Add the sausages into the roasting tray as well and cook for 20-25mins or until done. Place to the side.
4. Once the sausages are cool enough, cut them into 1 – 2 cm pieces.
5. In a large frying pan, on medium, add the butter, garlic, thyme, and sage and little cook for a couple of minutes then add the sausages. Add the wine and let reduce until almost gone, then the cream and reduce by approx. 1/3.
6. In a pan of salted boiling water, cook your gnocchi (follow the packet’s instructions).
7. When done, add the cooked gnocchi to the pan with the spinach and combine everything (add a splash of water if needed to help the spinach wilt)
8. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.

For more great simple sausage dishes, check out here.

Recipes inspired by: Pipers Farm Cookbook