Combining lump crab meat and fresh plump shrimp to soft and pillowy gnocchi in a delicious white wine sauce makes the perfect meal for a date night.
This is an incredibly romantic dish. You will love this dish. I know the ingredient list and steps seem to be a bit intimidating, but I promise you that if you make this dish that combines seafood and gnocchi together, you will be glad you did. I’m glad I did. All I needed was a glass of chilled white wine, garlic bread, and salad. Oh yea, this is not a healthy dish. After one bite, you won’t care.
I want you to get creative with this dish. You can totally add lobster, scallops, clams, or crawfish. Go crazy! Get creative!
Seafood Gnocchi with White Wine Parmesan Sauce
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
Combine delicious and fresh seafood to soft and pillowy gnocchi combined with a white wine parmesan sauce.
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Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 shallot, chopped
- 1 1/2 c. white wine
- 1 3/4 c. heavy cream
- 1/2 lemon
- 2 c. Parmesan Reggiano Cheese
- 6 oz. large shrimp, cooked ( I cooked about 15 or so pieces of large shrimp)
- 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 8 oz. lump crab meat
- 1 lb. Gnocchi
- parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Once the water is boiling, add the Gnocchi to the pot and allow to cook for 3-5 minutes. Once all the gnocchi has floated to the top of the pot, remove the gnocchi with a slotted spoon and turn to a large bowl and cover with a paper towel.
- To make the sauce, melt the tablespoons of butter on medium heat in a deep and large shallow pan. Once the butter has melted, add the chopped shallot and cook for 3-5 minutes until the shallots become translucent. Add the minced garlic and cook the garlic for about 2 minutes until it becomes fragrant.
- Add 1 cup of white wine to the garlic and shallots and allow to simmer until reduced by half. Add the other half of the wine and simmer for 2 minutes and add the heavy cream. Allow the cream to simmer for 3-5 minutes and strain the sauce to remove the garlic and shallots and turn the sauce to a bowl to return back to the shallow pan.
- Return the pot back to the burner and bring to a slight simmer. Add the Parmesan Reggiano cheese, squeeze in the half a lemon, and stir. Turn the sauce down to simmer while occasionally stirring so the milk and cheese don’t stick.
- In the shallow pan with the sauce, add the gnocchi, crab meat, and cooked shrimp and simmer together for 5-7 minutes. Serve and garnish with parsley.
- Category: Entree
These are great seafood recipes.
Could you replace the Gnocchi with Orzo? Sometimes the Gnocchi bites seem like too much pasta in each bite?
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I don’t see why not but you might have to be a little more inventive with the recipe because they don’t cook the same.
How many servings does the recipe yeild?
I would say for an average size, about 4.
I made this last night and while it tasted fine, the cheese didn’t melt into the cream sauce and turned into a huge blob of melted cheese. With the seafood trapped inside it. Given the cost of all the seafood, I was supremely disappointed in the results.
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I’m sorry for how it turned out :-(.
This sounds delicious except for the white wine. I’m not a fan of wine (cooking with or drinking), can I substitute with chicken broth or is there something else? Thanks
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Yes!
Ok I made this once and I’m making it again tonight and I just have to say… this is the best cream sauce I have ever had. Ever. Hands down. No competition. Thank you for making this recipe!!!!!!
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Thank you Portia. Im so happy.