Description
This Slow Cooker Sausage & Gnocchi Soup is the ultimate easy dinner.
It’s hearty, budget-friendly, and made with real food — no packets, no fuss.
Just dump it in and let the slow cooker work its magic.
You’ll find it (and loads more like it) inside my Slow Cooker Course — where dinner’s done before the kids start asking “what’s for dinner?” 🙃
Ingredients
1 onion, finely diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
500g pork sausages or mince
1 tbsp ground fennel or seeds
1 tspn garlic powder
800g-ish dried, shelf-stable gnocchi (or fresh)
1 bunch of kale, shredded
400g tomato passata
2 heaped tbsp tomato paste
1-litre broth
1 tspn S & P
To serve:
50g parmesan cheese
Instructions
STEP 1: In a hot pan, cook off the onion and garlic until coloured and then add to the slow cooker.
STEP 2: In that same pan, break up and fry off the pork sausages that you have pulled the casing off, with the herbs and S & P; when done, pop that in the cooker.
STEP 3: Shred the leaves of the kale stalks and add to the cooker with the mince and another pinch of S & P.
STEP 4: Now pop the gnocchi* and sauces with the broth and give it a good stir until it is well combined. Leave it to cook on Low for 5 hours, High for 3 or Pressure Cooker for 13 mins.
STEP 5: When ready to go, give it a taste and ensure the seasoning is ok. Go ahead and grate the cheese over the top and enjoy.
* If the gnocchi is from the fridge or homemade, only add it at the end too.
** Leave the gnocchi out of the pressure cooker and stir through at the end. It will turn to mush if you add it in before.
Notes
* If the gnocchi is from the fridge or homemade, only add it at the end too.
** Leave the gnocchi out of the pressure cooker and stir through at the end. It will turn to mush if you add it in before.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 5 hours