Main Meals

Cacio e pepe gnocchi

By
13 August 2026
6
Easy
10 minutes
15 minutes

This is the dish that proves weeknight dinners and dinner-party wow factor can share the same recipe. Pillowy Woolworths Italian potato gnocchi gets a legendary cacio e pepe treatment: a silky, glossy sauce that clings to every dumpling in the most irresistible way without a drop of cream. Simple, quick and spectacular.

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Ingredients

Method
  • 2 x 500g packs Woolworths Italian potato gnocchi
  • 80 g butter
  • 2 t freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 t sea salt
  • ½ cup reserved cooking water
  • 150 g Parmesan, finely grated
  • 290 9 Italian baby artichokes in olive and sunflower oil, drained and roughly chopped

Method

Ingredients

1. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil. Cook the gnocchi according to package instructions until they float to the surface, then drain, reserving at least ½ cup of the cooking water. Set both aside.

2. Heat the butter in a large pan until it foams. Season and cook, swirling the pan, for 1–2 minutes until the butter is golden and the pepper is fragrant and toasted. Add the cooking water and Parmesan and stir to combine.

3. Add the drained gnocchi and artichokes to the pan. Stir through and serve immediately with an extra crack of pepper and a final sprinkling of Parmesan if desired.

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Food assistant: Bianca Jones
Photographer: Shavan Rahim
Videographer: Barry De Villiers

Abigail Donnelly

Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

Nothing excites Woolworths TASTE's Food Director quite as much as the challenge of dreaming up recipes with innovative new foods – or the thrill of creating deliciousness on a plate with the humblest of ingredients. With Abi by your side, you’ll be a cooking expert in no time at all.

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