Gnocchi salad with beans and pesto dressing

Total: 35 min. | Active: 35 min.
vegetarian, lactose-free

Quick, simple, fresh, crunchy and summery. A colourful, cheerful summer salad. Filling and yet light, thanks to the lemon and crunchy beans. The pesto dressing can easily be prepared in advance. The salad can also be prepared a day ahead of time. Add a little water and oil to add a shine.

Nadja - LouMalou

Ingredients

for 4 person

Salad
300 g green beans, cut in half
  salted water, boiling
500 g gnocchi
250 g different coloured cherry tomatoes, cut in half
Pesto dressing
2 bunch flat-leaf parsley
50 g walnut kernels
1 dl olive oil
5 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp white wine
4 tbsp water
¼ tsp icing sugar
1 tsp salt
To serve
garlic clove, squeezed
organic lemon, use grated zest
  salt and pepper to taste

How it's done

Salad

Cook the beans for approx. 10 mins. in simmering salt water, drain, rinse under cool water. Prepare the gnocchi according to the packet instructions, drain, cool. Place the beans, gnocchi and tomatoes in a bowl.

Pesto dressing

Puree the parsley and all the other ingredients up to and including the icing sugar, season with salt.

To serve

Add the pesto, garlic and lemon zest to the salad, mix, season.

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