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Gnocchi With Mushrooms Recipe – simple and effortless meal, loaded with flavors, made with store bought potato gnocchi and easy homemade mushroom sauce. Perfect for lunch or dinner, this restaurant-worthy dish is a family favorite.
Store bought gnocchi for quick recipes
Store bought potato gnocchi cooks super fast, could be easily found at most stores and tastes delicious, when paired with the right sauce. This gnocchi with mushrooms is ready in 30 minutes and requires minimal ingredients, but is bursting with comfort food flavors.
Have you ever made gnocchi from scratch? I have! It is not as hard as it may seem, but I don’t have the time to make these again…
Priorities…
Spending time with my family is my most important one. My second important one – finding time for myself. Or shall I reverse these?
This is why easy, quick and delicious home cooked meal ideas are essential around here. Did I mention that there are extra points for minimal prep work and no more that 2 pots to wash? Weather is supposed to warm up, so I’d love to spend some more time outdoors and less in the kitchen. (I try to keep up with low-carb, but occasionally I cook pasta, gnocchi, potatoes and rice for my boys).
What ingredients do you need to make this Gnocchi With Mushrooms Recipe?
The combination of meaty mushrooms, garlic and parmesan cheese is my all time favorite. The tender gnocchi absorb the flavors from the mushroom sauce and are then topped with salty Parmesan cheese to complete the outstanding flavor.
- Potato gnocchi (store bought)
- Mushrooms – porcini and baby Bella. Button white will work, too.
- salt
- black pepper
- dried oregano
- butter
- garlic
- dry white wine (optional)
- Parmesan cheese
- fresh basil
- fresh parsley
I always prefer buying good quality gnocchi from a trusted brand, to ensure that they are tender and perfect once cooked.
In my opinion, gnocchi by itself, should’t have much of a taste, but instead be a vehicle for a great sauce. So the dish tastes great when your gnocchi is done right, is tender and smothered in a delicious sauce.
How to make gnocchi with mushrooms?
Rehydrate porcini mushrooms following the directions on the package. Chop into small pieces.
Cook gnocchi following the directions on the package.
While the gnocchi is cooking, melt butter in a pan. Add garlic and baby Bella mushrooms. Season with salt, pepper and oregano. Cook for 3 minutes. Add the Porcini mushrooms. Cook for 2 more minutes.
Add cooked gnocchi. Cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently, until the gnocchi starts ti turn lightly golden. Add the wine, stir and cook for 2 more minutes. Stir in the cheese, basil (or pesto) and top with parsley. Add more salt and pepper if needed. Serve warm.
What kind of sauce to serve gnocchi with?
- Creamy white sauce like any cheese sauce or Alfredo sauce
- good old marinara sauce
- pesto sauce
- mushroom sauce (like the one I used today)
- roasted vegetables and butter
- creamy gorgonzola sauce
Porcini mushrooms in pasta and gnocchi sauces
I’ve been planning to write about this for a while, can’t believe why I haven’t already. Do you guys like porcini mushrooms? I love them and substituted part of the mushrooms in this recipe with porcini. So I used baby bella (button mushrooms could be used instead) and porcini, that I rehydrated in advance.
Porcini mushrooms have earthy, rich taste and bring woodsy flavor to dishes. These mushrooms could be easily found in parts of Europe, where I originally come from and are often used in various dishes. People pick these mushrooms, slice and dry them, then sell them, where they are often exported to other countries.
Using porcini in this Gnocchi With Mushrooms Recipe is totally optional. You can use regular mushrooms and the dish will still be delicious.
I sauteed the mushrooms with butter, garlic and spices while the gnocchi was cooking. The I added some white wine (stock could be substituted) and topped with parmesan, parsley and basil.
Simple, elegant and filling gnocchi dish.
Gnocchi With Mushrooms Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 oz potato gnocchi
- 4 oz porcini mushrooms, rehudrated, following the directions on the package
- 8 oz baby Bella or white mushrooms, sliced
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup dry white wine or chicken stock
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- 1 tbsp basil, fresh, chopped, or use 2 tsp pesto sauce instead
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley for garnishing
Instructions
- Rehydrate porcini mushrooms following the directions on the package. Chop into small pieces.
- Cook gnocchi following the directions on the package.
- While the gnocchi is cooking, melt butter in a pan. Add garlic and baby Bella mushrooms. Season with salt, pepper and oregano. Cook for 3 minutes. Add the Porcini mushrooms. Cook for 2 more minutes.
- Add cooked gnocchi. Cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently, until the gnocchi starts ti turn lightly golden. Add the wine, stir and cook for 2 more minutes. Stir in the cheese, basil (or pesto) and top with parsley. Add more salt and pepper if needed. Serve warm.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This is the dinner of my dreams! Mushrooms are my absolute favorite and I love gnocchi, too. What a great weeknight meal, or anytime meal! Love how quick and easy this is. Pinning this beauty!
I made gnocchi from scratch once in cooking school and haven’t done it since. I want to make it again but always get side tracked! This looks phenomenal Mira — I love all the mushrooms!
Made this tonight as a last minute dinner idea with some sautéed broccoli as a side. It was delicious. I didn’t have porcini mushrooms or white wine. I used a splash of red wine instead and let it reduce. Yum!
That is just amazing recipe. I am thinking I am going to try this out this evening.
I made this for dinner and my husband and I were blown away!! I added green onion and tomato to the recipe and also made him some andouille sausage to add to his portion!! Will definitely add to the dinner rotation!! I didn’t use white wine or broth just water and it was great.
Wow, great additions! I’m so happy you liked these !
I was looking for a gnocchi recipe that had mushrooms and found this recipe. I used porcini and button mushrooms. I didn’t have fresh herbs so I used dry. We absolutely loved it. Even my husband who normally wants to know where the meat is loved it. Will definitely make a gain.
Glad you liked it!
Delicious! I used fresh oregano instead of dry and pesto sauce instead of basil, and only baby Bella mushrooms. Honestly this was tasty at every stage (even before adding the wine and Parmesan), so if you don’t want to use those you really don’t have to., but the end result was on point. Even my carnivore husband said it was a “10 out of 10, would eat again.” YUM.
I made this last night and it was superb! Best one I’ve made so far and the wine was delicious too 🙂
I added broccoli as I didn’t have spinach and it worked well. Just add the broccoli at the end so you don’t overcook it.
I have been making this recipe for the last several years. My in-laws lost their minds when I served this up to them. Thanks for the great recipe and the great memories!
Great! Glad you like it!
I added 1/4 cup of sour cream, half cup of mozzarella and then cornstarch for thickener. Soooooo good