I decided to take some of my low-carb glucomannan dumplings and add some pesto sauce recently and was that ever good! I need to post that gnocchi recipe, too, soon. We had a few gnocchi leftover so I created this tasty way to serve broccoli tonight. Simple really and quite tasty with baked chicken. Just a little caramelized onion, mushrooms and cream and VOILA, a tasty side! It was so good with chicken, next time I think I’ll saute cut-up bite-size chicken bits and add it right into the dish for a casserole, with some fresh Parmesan cheese grated over it for a binder! This dish is suitable for all phases of Atkins, Keto diets. It is not suitable for Primal-Paleo due to dumpling ingredients.
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INGREDIENTS:
1/4 recipe my Dumplings made into small gnocchi
1 oz. slivered onion
2 T. butter
4-oz. can sliced mushrooms, undrained
2 T. heavy cream
1/8 tsp. xanthan gum (optional to thicken sauce slightly)
10 broccoli flowerets
1½ T. pesto sauce (or a commercial sauce is OK)
Dash each salt and black pepper
DIRECTIONS: Make a batch of my dumpling dough in a small bowl, stirring ½ tbsp. pesto sauce right into the batter. Cook according tot he directions in that recipe (linked above). You will only need a small part of it for this vegetable dish. Roll ¼ of the pesto-flavored dough into a ½” “rope. You can make up the rest of the dough into more gnocchi or larger dumplings for a soup or other meal. Cut the “rope” into small bites about ½” balls, allowing the cut off pieces to land on a silicone sheet, Silpat® or waxed paper. These DO swell up and will almost double in size when gently simmered. When the dumplings are done cooking dip out of the water with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels until ready to serve.
In a medium ceramic vegetable dish, steam the broccoli in a bit of water until nearly done (about 3-4 minutes on HI in your microwave). Drain off water. Stir in the cream, xanthan gum, mushrooms with their liquid (or drain if you prefer), the remaining pesto sauce, salt and pepper and set aside.
Now melt the butter in a small skillet and saute the onion until it begins to brown. I didn’t brown mine quite enough and will do so next time. 🙂 Remove onions from heat. Stir the pesto gnocchi into the broccoli-mushroom mixture. Finally spread the caramelized onions on the top. You can add fresh grated Parmesan cheese to the top if you like, but I have not included that in my numbers below. You can serve at once (which I did) or pop into an oven for 15-20 minutes to allow flavors to mellow even more. ENJOY!
NUTRITIONAL INFO: Makes 3 servings, each contains:
168 calories, 15.8 g fat, 5.73 g carbs, 2.06 g fiber, 3.67 g NET CARBS, 3.73 g protein, 248 mg sodium
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