Gnocchi with Mint Pesto and Watercress

Summary

Ingredients

• 1 kg gnocchi
• 2 handfuls mint leaves
• 4 cloves garlic
• 150 ml olive oil
• 8 tablespoon pine nuts, toasted
• 220 g watercress
• 100 g oat cheese
• 200 g beans, reen, halved
• 200 g cherry tomato (s), halved
• possibly salt and pepper

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Instructions

1. First make the mint pesto. Put the mint leaves, garlic cloves, olive oil, half of the pine nuts and two thirds of the watercress in the blender and mix into a pesto.
2. Stir the grated goat cheese into the pesto. If you like, you can add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Then fry the gnocchi in a large pan with a little olive oil. At the same time, cook the beans in salted water.
4. As soon as the gnocchi have turned golden, mix in the pesto. Then add the tomatoes and beans.
5. Now take the pan off the hot stove and mix in the rest of the watercress. Then sprinkle pine nuts on the plates.