Artichokes and Prawns with Gnocchi and Lemon Cream Sauce

This dish of Artichokes and Prawns with Gnocchi and Lemon Cream Sauce is surprisingly quick and easy to make. Serving the artichokes whole adds great texture and works brilliantly with the prawns. Parmesan is optional!

Ingredients

Gnocchi:
  • 4 large floury potatoes, baked, riced
  • 75g OO flour
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 25g grated parmesan
  • Salt and pepper
  • 50g butter to fry
  • 6 violet artichokes prepped
  • 12 large raw prawns, shell removed
Sauce:
  • 200ml double cream
  • 200ml fish stock
  • Knob of butter
  • Juice and zest of half a lemon
  • 1 small bunch parsley chopped
  • 1 small bunch tarragon chopped
  • Salt and pepper

Method

To prep the artichokes, remove the stalk leaving 5 cm attached. Pull away the lower leaves 1 row around. Using a potato peeler shave the stalk, cut horizontally across the top of the leaves by 1/3 then ¼.

Place the prepped artichokes into a pan of boiling water add the olive oil and cook for 10 minutes.

For the sauce boil the cream and stock reduce by half, add lemon and butter, finish with the herbs and season.

Mix all the ingredients for the gnocchi, roll out to a sausage on a floured surface, cut into 2 cm pieces cook in a large pan of boiling salted water when they pop to the top they are cooked, drain.

Pan fry the prawns in butter when pink add the gnocchi, cook for a minute then add the artichokes and sauce, cook for a minute then spoon onto a platter.

Ingredients

Gnocchi:
  • 4 large floury potatoes, baked, riced
  • 75g OO flour
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 25g grated parmesan
  • Salt and pepper
  • 50g butter to fry
  • 6 violet artichokes prepped
  • 12 large raw prawns, shell removed
Sauce:
  • 200ml double cream
  • 200ml fish stock
  • Knob of butter
  • Juice and zest of half a lemon
  • 1 small bunch parsley chopped
  • 1 small bunch tarragon chopped
  • Salt and pepper

Method

To prep the artichokes, remove the stalk leaving 5 cm attached. Pull away the lower leaves 1 row around. Using a potato peeler shave the stalk, cut horizontally across the top of the leaves by 1/3 then ¼.

Place the prepped artichokes into a pan of boiling water add the olive oil and cook for 10 minutes.

For the sauce boil the cream and stock reduce by half, add lemon and butter, finish with the herbs and season.

Mix all the ingredients for the gnocchi, roll out to a sausage on a floured surface, cut into 2 cm pieces cook in a large pan of boiling salted water when they pop to the top they are cooked, drain.

Pan fry the prawns in butter when pink add the gnocchi, cook for a minute then add the artichokes and sauce, cook for a minute then spoon onto a platter.