Gnocchi - Shrimp cream

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Chop the chives and keep aside.

Step 2

Boil the shrimps in hot salty water for five minutes. After this time, strain the shrimps. Remove the carapace of 3/4 of the shrimps and keep aside. Put the 1/4 of the shrimps in a bowl since they will be necessary for decoration.

Step 3

Warm up some olive oil in a pan and ease down the shrimps. Cook the shrimps for five minutes, then add a bit of salt and the lemon juice. Stir for another minute and then switch off the stove.

Step 4

While the shrimps are still hot, put them into a food processor. Add also salt, pepper, paprika, saffron, tomato paste and heavy cream. Mix the ingredients for a minutes to have a nice textured sauce.

Step 5

Take a pan and heat the sauce at medium heat. In the meantime, proceed boiling the gnocchi.

Step 6

Put a pot on the stove with some water in it. When is boiling add the salt and the gnocchi. When the gnocchi emerge on the surface of the water, stir with a slotted spoon and ease them down into the sauce. Stir gently for a minute before serving.

Step 7

While the water you used to boil the gnocchi is still hot, ease down the left shrimps so they can warm up. After a minute, stir and use them to decorate your dish with the chieves.